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The Art of Ballet

The beauty of ballet captured as a moment in time. Costumes worn by ballerinas Violette Verdy, Marianna Tcherkassky, and Misty Copeland were showcased at the National Museum of American History. Read more about their stories in "Passionate Threads: American Ballet Costumes Embody Perseverance, Dreams and New Horizons."


Martha Graham

Stage Design: Ballet Drop, for Flower Drum Song

A Ballet Dancer, Mademoiselle Marie Allard

Merce Cunningham

Ballerina cutout

Collage of Tamara Toumanova dancing

Ballet Dancers

City Center Joffrey Ballet (from the portfolio "25th Anniversary City Center of Music & Drama, Inc.")

Martha Graham

Zürcher Ballet, van Manen, Forsythe, Spoerli

Züricher Ballet, Balanchin, Kylian, Spoerli, van Manen

Giselle

New York City Ballet (from the portfolio "25th Anniversary City Center of Music & Drama, Inc.")

Nussknacker [The Nutcracker]

Danseuse vue de dos [drawing] / (photographed by Walter Rosenblum)

Hammond Dance School

Colored Pencil Design Drawing for Ballet Costume; Morning Sun - Carole Kroon

George Balanchine

Dancer Moving Forward, Arms Raised

Danskins Are For Dancing

Edward Villella and Patricia McBride

Aaron Copland

Ballet Dancer

George Balanchine

1999 Season, Ballet Tech

Ballet Theater -- New York, 1947

Katherine Dunham

Pointe shoe and tights worn by Ingrid Silva of Dance Theatre of Harlem

Rudolph Nureyev

Erick Hawkins

Martha Graham--Letter to the World--(Swirl)

Pencil and Watercolor Design Drawing for Ballet Costume with Textile Samples

Pencil and Watercolor Design Drawing for Ballet Costume

Ballet Dancer

Ballet Class


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