Degas and the Ballet: Picturing Movement

• The first exhibition to present Degas’s progressive engagement with the figure in movement
• See the development of the artist’s ballet imagery throughout his career
• Material from public institutions and private collections

17 September to 11 December: Daily

Royal Academy of Arts opening times:
10am-6pm Sunday to Thursday (last admission to galleries 5.30pm)
10am-10pm Friday and Saturday (last admission to galleries 9.30pm)

In the Autumn of 2011, the Royal Academy of Arts will stage a landmark exhibition focusing on Edgar Degas’s preoccupation with movement as an artist of the dance. The exhibition will trace the development of the artist's ballet imagery throughout his career, from the documentary mode of the early 1870s to the sensuous expressiveness of his final years. This will be the first exhibition to present Degas's progressive engagement with the figure in movement, acted out against parallel advances in photography and early film that he was aware of or directly involved in. Degas Dancers will incorporate drawings, pastels, paintings, prints and sculpture by Degas, as well as photography by the artist and his contemporaries and samples of film from the period. It will bring together selected material from public institutions and private collections, including both
celebrated and little-known works by Degas.

• Please note these are not timed entry tickets. Voucher to be exchanged on arrival for ticket and a time will be allocated.
• At busy times, there may be queuing involved to collect tickets.

Venue Information:
Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BD
Nearest Underground: Piccadilly Circus or Green Park
Bus Routes: 9, 14, 19, 22 or 38

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