CURIOSITIES FROM THE WORLD OF BALLERINAS AND THE BACKSTAGE OF DEGAS’ ERA

From their lives, everyday worries, and the scandals of then-Paris (Paris) that today would fill the pages of tabloids, but also from the work and life of Edgar Degas.

We believe these stories and little details will help you better immerse yourself in the atmosphere of that time, understand how ballerinas truly lived, what brought them joy and what troubled them, and bring ballet closer to you from a different, lesser-known perspective. Perhaps then you will look at paintings of ballerinas and reflect on them in a slightly different way.

Ballet has always been sweat, blood, and tears – but back then, even more so.