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Enrico Cecchetti's Classes for Dancers in Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes

Sketch
ca.1919 (made)
Artist/Maker
White, Ethelbert (artist)
Place of origin
London (made)

Pencil sketch by Ethelbert White showing a ballet class in Enrico Cecchetti's Studio in London. Cecchetti is seated on a chair, background left. There is a very rough doodle on the reverse.

Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Dance
Drawings
Object type
Sketch
TitleEnrico Cecchetti's Classes for Dancers in Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil on paper
Paper
Pencil
Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description
Pencil sketch by Ethelbert White of a ballet class in Enrico Cecchetti's studio, ca.1919
Physical description
Pencil sketch by Ethelbert White showing a ballet class in Enrico Cecchetti's Studio in London. Cecchetti is seated on a chair, background left. There is a very rough doodle on the reverse.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.2cm
  • Width: 26.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Centre' (Pencil annotation, lower left hand corner)
Gallery label
(26/10/2020)
Enrico Cecchetti was a virtuoso Italian dancer who had performed in London from 1888 to 1892. He became an inspiring teacher of professional dancers in St Petersburg and Warsaw before serving as a teacher and mime artist for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and Anna Pavlova's company. Cecchetti taught in London from 1918, officially opening his studio to train professional dancers in 1920. His ballet training developed strength, discipline and co-ordination through the full use of the body.
Object history
Sketched purchased with a group of prints and drawings, some of which are stamped 'White Estate'.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.642-2017

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Record createdApril 20, 2017
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1389827/enrico-cecchettis-classes-for-dancers-sketch-white-ethelbert/
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