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The Masquerade Scene from the New Ballet of "Les Metamorphoses", 1850. Creator: Unknown.

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The Masquerade Scene from the New Ballet of "Les Metamorphoses", 1850. 'Carlotta Grisi, in the very appropriate character of an exquisite sprite, assuming at each moment some new transformation, and employing in turn every species of fascination, danced as she never did before. She did her spiriting so quaintly and so curiously, her buoyant steps, so graceful and aerial, were withal so eccentric, that the spectators were lost in astonishment. Thus, as a mime and as a dancer she was equally triumphant...This last tableau alone (which we have represented, and which is full of startling effects) contains the materials sufficient for half a dozen ordinary ballets...The dancers...Mdle. Rosa and her four companions, and the agile M. Charles, displayed the greatest talent; and M. Paul Taglioni had the opportunity of distinguishing himself as much in physical motion as he has done in devising the ballet.' From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22A34_182

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Droits gérés

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52,2Mo (4,8Mo) / 42,0cm x 31,1cm / 4960 x 3678 (300dpi)

Mots clés

female women woman people male man men dance play playhouse entertainment guy theatre dancing British dancer dancers stage drama show Victorian century Britain ballet ballerina ballerinas ballet dancers ballet dancer newspapers press B&W engraved engraving 19th century black & white black and white B W on stage nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News ILN Carlotta Grisi newspaper Unknown Paul Carlotta Grisi Caronne Adele Josephine Marie Grisi Paul Taglioni Taglioni 19th-century Les Metamorphoses Les Métamorphoses