The Dance Class, 1874

Edgar Degas

Oil on canvas · 32 7/8 x 30 3/8 in. (83.5 x 77.2 cm)

Young ballerinas fidget and stretch while an old master looks unimpressed.

Degas takes us backstage into a ballet rehearsal, dancers stretching, fidgeting and adjusting slippers under an old master's eye. The high viewpoint and casual, cut-off figures feel snapped rather than posed — modern life caught mid-motion.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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