At the Phillips’s 90th Birthday Bash, young dancers from the Kirov Academy of Ballet of Washington, D.C. stretched and practiced at the barre in the galleries, bringing Degas’s paintings to life.
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How Would You Describe Dancers at the Barre?
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, Dancers at the Barre, ca. 1900. Oil on canvas, 51 ¼ x 38 ½ in. The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. Acquired 1944.
Earlier this week, I started my spotlight tour by asking the group to collectively come up with ten words or phrases to describe Degas’s Dancers at the Barre. Here’s what they shared:
Bright
Childhood
Delicious
Flexible
Floating
Grace
Lonely
Orange
Painful
Stretch
What word would you use? Leave a comment, and let me know.