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Edgar Degas’ Small Rat Effort a Scandal
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[I recently posted a collection of three Washington Post articles on the Kennedy Center première of a new musical, Little Dancer, inspired by the famous wax sculpture by Edgar Degas. The Post’s extensive coverage of this new musical provides an inside glimpse at how a new musical is mounted, what goes into the production, and how it’s promoted and scheduled for viewing. I’ve chosen a half dozen pieces from the paper to present on ROT because I think the blog’s readers would be interested in this phenomenon. The first three articles—an examination of star Boyd Gaines’s efforts to develop the character of artist Degas, the review of the art exhibit built around the original statue planned to coincide with the opening, and the review of the musical’s presentation—were posted a few days ago. (I urge readers to go back and read the first installment, before or after reading the selections here.) Below are three other articles discussing the preview-performance practice, the treatment of the female characters in the play, and how set designer Beowulf Boritt was inspired by Degas paintings.]
“BACKSTAGE:
‘LITTLE DANCER’ FINALLY SET TO OPEN AFTER MONTH OF PREVIEWS”
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Little Dancer of Fourteen Years
Sculpture by Edgar Degas
The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer (French: La Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans) is a sculpture begun c. 1880 by Edgar Degas of a young student of the Paris Opera Ballet dance school, a Belgian named Marie van Goethem.
Description
[edit]The sculpture is two-thirds life size[2] and was originally sculpted in wax, an unusual choice of medium for the time.[3] The sculpture exhibited in 1881 was dressed in a real bodice, tutu and ballet slippers and a wig of human hair. All but the hair ribbon and tutu were coated in wax.
There are at least 28 bronze casts of this sculpture that appear in museums and galleries around the world today. After Degas' death his family hired a famous founding company, Hébrard, to make these replicas.[4] The tutus worn by the bronzes vary from museum to museum.[5]
The exact relationship between Marie van Goethem and Edgar Degas is a matter of debate.[6] Another version of the statue is a nude, currently on display side by side with the 1881 Exhibition wax original at the National Gallery in Washington DC.[7] Although the public reacted negatively to the nudity of Degas' young model, as implied by his statue's real and