Genre
Dance & Performance
The dancer and the player put movement and spectacle on a still surface. Degas spent decades on the ballet, drawn to the strain behind the grace, and the theatre, the fete, and the masquerade gave painters a stage on which gesture and costume could carry the whole scene.
Key artists
Works
A Dance in the Country
初代嵐橘三郎 （二代目嵐吉三郎） の惟高親王|The Actor Arashi Kitsusaburō I (Kichisaburō II) as Prince Koretaka
Arrangement in Black, No. 3: Sir Henry Irving as Philip II of Spain
William Charles Macready as William Tell
Pierre Louis Dubus (1721–1799), Called Préville, of the Comédie-Française
Traveling Players
The French Comedians
Itinerant Actors
Louis Gueymard (1822–1880) as Robert le Diable
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二代目岩井粂三郎の肖像|Portrait of Iwai Kumesaburō II
Mezzetin
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Bandō Mitsugorō II as Shinbei in the Kabuki Play "Sukeroku"
布袋市右衛門図大津絵|Ōtsu-e of Kabuki Actor Playing Hotei Ichiemon
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東洲斎写楽画 四代岩井半四郎の重の井 『恋女房染分手綱』|Iwai Hanshirō IV as Shigenoi in the Play "Koinyōbō Somewake Tazuna"
東洲斎写楽画 初代市川男女蔵の奴一平 『恋女房染分手綱』|Ichikawa Omezō I in the Role of Yakko Ippei from the Play "Koinyōbō somewake tazuna"
「大判事清澄 坂東三津五郎」（三代）・「久我之助 嵐小六」（四代）|Bandō Mitsugorō III as Daihanji Kiyozumi and Arashi Koroku IV as Koganosuke
東洲斎写楽画 二世坂東三津五郎の石井源蔵 『花菖蒲文禄曽我』|Bandō Mitsugorō II as Ishii Genzō in the Play "Hana-ayame Bunroku Soga"
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東洲斎写楽画 三代目坂東彦三郎の帯屋長右衛門と四代目岩井半四郎の信濃 屋お半 『二本松陸奥生長』|Bandō Hikosaburō III in the Role of Obiya Chōemon and Iwai Hanshiro IV in the Role of Shinanoya Ohan, from the Play “Nihonmatsu Michinoku sodachi”
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東洲斎写楽画 三代目大谷鬼次の奴江戸兵衛|Kabuki Actor Ōtani Oniji III as Yakko Edobei
東洲斎写楽画 三世坂田半五郎の藤川水右衛門 『花菖蒲文禄曽我』|Sakata Hangorō III as Fujikawa Mizuemon in the Play "Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga"
三代目市川高麗蔵の志賀大七|Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Komazō III as Shiga Daishichi in the Play A Medley of Tales of Revenge (Katakiuchi noriaibanashi)
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東洲斎写楽画 尾上松助の松下酒之進 『敵討乗合話』|Onoe Matsusuke I as Matsushita Mikinojō in the Play "Katakiuchi noriyaibanashi"
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喜多川歌麿画 「青楼仁和嘉女芸者 茶せん売 黒木売 さいもん」|Three Niwaka Performers, Chasenuri, Kurokiri, and Saimon (Tea-whisk Seller, Firewood Seller, Shrine Festival Perfomer), from the “Geisha of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival” (Seiro Niwaka Onna Geisha)
八代目守田勘弥の鴬の次郎作|Kabuki Actor Morita Kan’ya VIII as the Palanquin-Bearer in the Play A Medley of Tales of Revenge (Katakiuchi noriaibanashi)
春好斎北洲画 初代浅尾勇次郎・初代市川鰕十郎 『傾城佐野の船橋』|Kabuki Actors Asao Yūjirō as Sano Genzaemon and Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Miura Arajirō, in the play Keisei Sano no Funabashi
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Portrait of Madame Judic during Act II of "Niniche"
春好斎北洲画 三代目中村歌右衛門 『一世一代当狂言』|Kabuki Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as the Sword Master Kyōgoku Takumi, from the series Issei ichidai atari Kyōgen (Hits of a Lifetime of Kyōgen)
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東洲斎写楽画 初世中島和田右衛門のぼうだら長左衛門と初世中村此蔵の船宿かな川やの権 『敵討乗合話』|Nakajima Wadaemon and Nakamura Konozō as Bōdara no Chōzaemon and Kanagawaya no Gon in the Play "Katakiuchi noriyaibanashi"
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春好斎北洲画 初代市川鰕十郎 「紅紫大坂潤」|Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Tōken (China Dog) Jūbei, in the play Benimurasaki ai de someage (Red and Purple, Rich Dyes of Osaka)
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Mrs Siddons as Constance in King John
Țăran Personajul Ion din Năpasta (actorul Iancu Brezeanu)
Actorul Nicolae Soreanu
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二代中村野塩|The Actor Nakamura Noshio II, in Female Role, Holding a Shakuhachi (Bamboo Flute)
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市川左小治 土左衛門伝吉|Ichikawa Sadanji as Dozaemon Denkichi in a Kabuki Play
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鳥居清満画 初代市川雷藏・二代目坂東彦三郎|Kabuki Actors Ichikawa Raizō I and Bandō Hikosaburō II
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市川団十郎|The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro I 1660–1704
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回文歌 京 大阪 江戸|Palindromic Poems (Kaibunka): Kyo
松本幸四郎|Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Tsurifune no Sabu
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「団七九郎兵衛」|Nakamura Utaemon IV as Danshichi Kurobei
九代目市村羽左衛門・三代目大谷廣次|Kabuki Actors Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Ko-kakeyama and Ōtani Hiroji III as Kōga Saburō
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鳥居清広画 初代目尾上菊五郎|Kabuki Actor Onoe Kikugorō I in The Belle of Asakusa Temple (Keisei Asakusa no Kane)
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歌川国升画 五代目市川海老蔵 「熊谷次郎直実」|Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Ebizō V as Kumagai Jirō Naozane
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三代目市川海老蔵|Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Ebizō III (Ichikawa Danjūrō IV)
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勝川春好画 三代目澤村宗十郎 三代目佐野川市松 |Kabuki Actors Sawamura Sōjūrō III and Sanogawa Ichimatsu III in "A Courtesan’s Mirror for the Eastern Provinces" (Keisei Azuma kagami)
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東海寄談音児館|Onoe Kikugorō V as Otowake Neko no ke (Right), Bandō Mitsugorō IV as Aishō Michinoku (Center), Onoe Kikugorō V as Isogai Mibunosuke (Left) in the Kabuki play Tōkai Kidan Nekomata Yashiki
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三代目瀬川菊之丞|Kabuki Actor Segawa Kikunojō III in a Female Role
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勝川春好画 三代目瀬川菊之丞・二代目市川門之助|Kabuki Actors Segawa Kikunojō III and Ichikawa Monnosuke II and Two Courtesans Celebrating the New Year
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「中村玉七」（初代）|Memorial Portrait of the Actor Nakamura Tamashichi
四代目市川團蔵|Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danzō IV
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三代目市川高麗蔵|The Actor Ichikawa Komazō III
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見立三国志 牛若の源治|Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Ushiwaka no Genji in the Kabuki play A Parody of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Mitate Sangokushi-Ushiwaka no Genji)
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初世尾上菊五郎の戸無瀬|Onoe Kikugorō as Tonase, from Kanadehon Chūshingura (Kanadehon Chūshingura, Shosei Onoe Kikugorō no Tonase)
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四季の花|Girls Entertained by Performers, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons
勝川春泉画 三代目大谷廣次|Kabuki Actor Ōtani Hiroji III
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二代目市川八百蔵|Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Yaozō II
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勝川春英画 三代目大谷鬼次|Kabuki Actor Ōtani Oniji III
Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan|Onoe Matsusuke as the Ghost of the Murdered Wife Oiwa, in "A Tale of Horror from the Yotsuya Station on the Tokaido Road"
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勝川春好画 三代目瀬川菊之丞|Kabuki Actor Segawa Kikunojō III in a Woman’s Role
鳥居清満画 九代目市村羽左衛門|Kabuki Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX
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花形見風折烏帽子瀬川富三郎の娘道成寺|Segawa Tomisaburo in the Role of Musume Dojoji in "Hanagatami Kazaori Eboshi"
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「摂府真助」「市川子團次」「岸野年秋 市川左團次」 「西条高盛 市川團十郎」 「倉田進八郎 尾上菊五郎」「正太郎 中村仲太郎」「孫市 尾上菊之介」「徳丸 市川幸作」西南雲晴朝東風|Ichikawa Kodanji as Seppu Shinsuke, Ichikawa Sadanji as Kishino Toshiaki, Ichikawa Danjūrō as Saijō Takamori, Onoe Kikugorō as Kurata Shinpachirō, Nakamura Chūtarō as Shōtarō, Onoe Kikunosuke as Magoichi, and Ichikawa Kōsaku as Tokumaru in the play Okige no kumo harau asa gochi
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勝川春好画 七代目片岡仁左衛門 五代目市川團十郎|Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V
「二代目瀬川菊之丞図」|The Kabuki Actor Segawa Kikunojō II as a Woman Reading a Letter
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安達吟光画 第二番目狂言 漂流奇譚 西洋劇 三幕目 アメリカ鉄道の場|“Act II, Scene 2: Along Train Tracks in America,” from the series The Strange Tale of the Castaways: A Western Kabuki
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二代目嵐璃寛宮本武蔵|Arashi Rikan II as Miyamoto Musashi
勝川春章画 二代目小佐川常世|Kabuki Actor Osagawa Tsuneyo II
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三代目沢村宗十郎と遊女|The Kabuki Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō III and Courtesans
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Michiyuki no embō|Evening Glow on a Traveling Drama [Chinese watching a Kabuki play]
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初代中村富十郎|Kabuki Actor Nakamura Tomijūrō
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Shiokumi|The Dance of the Beach Maidens from the series Brocade of the East
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「岩井半四郎図」|The Actor Iwai Hanshiro as a Courtesan Reading a Love Letter while Mounted on a Black Ox
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Kairaishi|The Actor Ichimura Takenojo VIII in the Role of a Puppeteer, showing Puppets to a Courtesan
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三代目瀬川菊之丞のわっぱ菊王にて女朝比奈の草摺引|The Actor Segawa Kikunojō III as Wappa no Kikuō in a Woman’s “Asahina Armor Pulling” (Asahina no kusazuri-biki) Scene
初代瀬川菊之丞の傾城図|The Kabuki Actor Segawa Kikunojo in the Role of a Courtesan Reading a Letter
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「傘一本足」|“One-Legged Umbrella Monster” (Kasa ippon ashi)
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Frequently asked questions
What is Dance & Performance?
Dance & Performance is a motif in painting. The dancer and the player put movement and spectacle on a still surface.
How many Dance & Performance works does Artifact World Gallery have?
Artifact World Gallery holds 405 public-domain Dance & Performance works, all free to view and download.
Who are the key Dance & Performance artists?
Key Dance & Performance artists in the collection include Gustave Courbet, Henry Inman and Shunkōsai Hokushū.