Backstage and ballet in the studio were favorite themes of Edgar Degas (1834-1917). (New Products).

BACKSTAGE AND BALLET ballet (băl`ā, bălā`) [Ital. ballare=to dance], classic, formalized solo or ensemble dancing of a highly controlled, dramatic nature performed to music.

See also dance; modern dance. IN THE STUDIO were favorite themes of Edgar Degas Noun 1. Edgar Degas - French impressionist painter (1834-1917)
Degas, Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French Impressionist master of the human figure in motion. His dance paintings decorate two lines of note cards from Galison Books: a twelve-card portfolio with four different images for $7.50 and a keepsake box of twenty cards with four different images for $13.95. (Degas's Blue Dancers is shown here.) The company's Web site, www.galison.com, has more information and accepts orders, or call 212/354-8840.

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