The Love Song
Photograph
1932 (photographed)
1932 (photographed)
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This press photograph shows Adeline Genée and Anton Dolin posed on stage with baskets of flowers after their dance, The Love Song, performed in Copenhagen during the visit of the English Ballet Company organised by Genée in September 1932.
The Love Song, inspired by an 18th century painting of the same title by Arthur Devis, was created by Genée for a charity matinée at Drury Lane on 7 June 1932, and was performed to period dances - pavane, minuet, passpied, galliard and rigaudon - arranged by Dora Bright:
‘The curtain rose to reveal the old-world interior, with its spinet of white, lacquer-red and gold…where in an eighteenth-century gown of shot silk, she sat with her Cavalier, dressed in rococo costume and powdered wig, standing behind her chair and offering her the music of a love song. With Anton Dolin she danced the coquettish pavane with lively expression, and then, with buoyant rhythmic steps, fluttering fan and rustling silk gown, she trod the stately measures of a minuet and with unforgettable style and feminine gesture held out her hand for her cavalier to kiss.’
The following year Genée and Dolin danced The Love Song for a short season at the London Coliseum.
The Love Song, inspired by an 18th century painting of the same title by Arthur Devis, was created by Genée for a charity matinée at Drury Lane on 7 June 1932, and was performed to period dances - pavane, minuet, passpied, galliard and rigaudon - arranged by Dora Bright:
‘The curtain rose to reveal the old-world interior, with its spinet of white, lacquer-red and gold…where in an eighteenth-century gown of shot silk, she sat with her Cavalier, dressed in rococo costume and powdered wig, standing behind her chair and offering her the music of a love song. With Anton Dolin she danced the coquettish pavane with lively expression, and then, with buoyant rhythmic steps, fluttering fan and rustling silk gown, she trod the stately measures of a minuet and with unforgettable style and feminine gesture held out her hand for her cavalier to kiss.’
The following year Genée and Dolin danced The Love Song for a short season at the London Coliseum.
Object details
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| Title | The Love Song (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Photograph |
| Brief description | Photograph of Anton Dolin and Adeline Genée in The Love Song, Copenhagen, 1932 |
| Physical description | Photograph showing a man and a woman in theatrical 18th-century dress. The woman sits on a chair, the man stands, leaning his left arm on the back of the chair. The woman holds a bouquet and looks straight ahead while the man, who holds a musical score, looks down at her. There is a large floral arrangement in the lower right hand corner of the photograph. |
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| Credit line | Given by the estate of Mary Clarke |
| Object history | Acquired as part of the Mary Clarke Collection, THM/462. |
| Summary | This press photograph shows Adeline Genée and Anton Dolin posed on stage with baskets of flowers after their dance, The Love Song, performed in Copenhagen during the visit of the English Ballet Company organised by Genée in September 1932. The Love Song, inspired by an 18th century painting of the same title by Arthur Devis, was created by Genée for a charity matinée at Drury Lane on 7 June 1932, and was performed to period dances - pavane, minuet, passpied, galliard and rigaudon - arranged by Dora Bright: ‘The curtain rose to reveal the old-world interior, with its spinet of white, lacquer-red and gold…where in an eighteenth-century gown of shot silk, she sat with her Cavalier, dressed in rococo costume and powdered wig, standing behind her chair and offering her the music of a love song. With Anton Dolin she danced the coquettish pavane with lively expression, and then, with buoyant rhythmic steps, fluttering fan and rustling silk gown, she trod the stately measures of a minuet and with unforgettable style and feminine gesture held out her hand for her cavalier to kiss.’ The following year Genée and Dolin danced The Love Song for a short season at the London Coliseum. |
| Other number | THM/462 - V&A Archive number |
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| Accession number | S.479-2021 |
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| Record created | May 22, 2021 |
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