Learning the language of ballet

Learning the language of ballet

Photograph

Cornell Capa

Maker
American, b. Hungary, 1918–2008

Learning the language of ballet

Ballet – From Grand Jeté to Jive


1958
Gelatin silver print, printed 1961
Image: 9 3/8 × 7 3/16 in. (23.8 × 18.2 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0041
Inscriptions Typed in black ink applied label on verso, C: (Ballet) 8/61 (12): LEARNING THE LANGUAGE OF BALLET: In Moscow's Bolshoi \ Ballet School, a 9 year old first-year student works \ to master her first lesson -- one of classic ballet's \ Five Positions. \ Credit: CORNELL CAPA © 1961 MAGNUM PHOTOS

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