{"id":1335,"date":"2013-03-23T15:27:43","date_gmt":"2013-03-23T05:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=1335"},"modified":"2013-04-09T15:38:28","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T05:38:28","slug":"the-beauty-of-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=1335","title":{"rendered":"The Beauty of Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a name=\"fb_share\" type=\"icon_link\" share_url=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=1335\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php\">Share<\/a><\/div><div><script src=\"http:\/\/static.ak.fbcdn.net\/connect.php\/js\/FB.Share\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div><p>\u201cBallet is a unique combination of poetry and art that appeals to the mind, the emotions and the senses.\u201d . Extract from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Soldiers-Beauty-David-Ira-Rottenberg\/dp\/0910291020?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1189869502&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">Soldiers of Beauty by David Ira Rottenberg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_arts\" target=\"_blank\">The Arts<\/a>\u201d comprise of many things but few are visually more beautiful and appealing than a work of art or the display of dance. Throughout history artists have been drawn to the visual dynamism of dancers, especially Ballerina\u2019s. You only need to think of 19th century artists such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.musee-orsay.fr\/en\/collections\/works-in-focus\/graphic-arts\/commentaire_id\/dancers-16191.html?tx_commentaire_pi1%5BpidLi%5D=848&amp;tx_commentaire_pi1%5Bfrom%5D=845&amp;cHash=81f1d37791\" target=\"_blank\">Degas<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.musee-orsay.fr\/en\/collections\/dossier-manet\/manet-dossier-selected-texts.html\" target=\"_blank\">Manet<\/a> to be reminded that dance has captured the eye of artists and audiences from across history. Fortunately the present still delivers this encapsulation with dance! We need only to drive around <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitbrisbane.com.au\/Travel\/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Brisbane<\/a> to see the advertisements on bus shelters for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qpac.com.au\/event\/Bolshoi_Le_Corsaire_13.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Bolshoi Ballet<\/a> to be reminded of this.<\/p>\n<p>Artists are also still perpetuating the love of dance in their depictions. Here are a snapshot of some of the Dance themed pieces in the gallery. Please <strong>click<\/strong> on the thumbnails below to view the full image.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?attachment_id=1368\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1368\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1368\" title=\"&quot;Ballet Star&quot;  by Starr \" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Starr-37462-Ballet-Star-50x60cm-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Starr-37462-Ballet-Star-50x60cm-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Starr-37462-Ballet-Star-50x60cm.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?attachment_id=1369\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1369\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1369\" title=\"&quot;Black Swan&quot; by Starr\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Starr-35154-Black-Swan-100x100cm-300x290.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Starr-35154-Black-Swan-100x100cm-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Starr-35154-Black-Swan-100x100cm.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?attachment_id=1374\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1374\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1374\" title=\"&quot;Six Girls Running&quot; by John Maitland\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Maitland-John-37100-Six-Girls-Running-150x90cm-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Maitland-John-37100-Six-Girls-Running-150x90cm-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Maitland-John-37100-Six-Girls-Running-150x90cm-1024x613.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?attachment_id=1373\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1373\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1373 alignleft\" title=\"&quot;Shenna Beauty&quot; By Kristian Mumford \" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Mumford-Kristian-37389-Shenna-Beauty-83x83cm-300x295.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Mumford-Kristian-37389-Shenna-Beauty-83x83cm-300x295.png 300w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Mumford-Kristian-37389-Shenna-Beauty-83x83cm.png 488w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?attachment_id=1368\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1368\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe dancer&#8217;s body is simply the luminous manifestation of the soul. The true dance is an expression of serenity; it is controlled by the profound rhythm of inner emotion. Emotion does not reach the moment of frenzy out of a spurt of action; it broods first, it sleeps like the life in the seed, and it unfolds with a gentle slowness. The Greeks understood the continuing beauty of a movement that mounted, that spread, that ended with a promise of rebirth. \u201c-<a href=\"http:\/\/www.isadoraduncan.net\/gallery.html\">Isadora Duncan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?attachment_id=1372\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1372\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1372\" title=\"&quot;Outstretched&quot; by Katherine Wood \" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Wood-Katherine-Outstretched-102x80cm-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Wood-Katherine-Outstretched-102x80cm-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Wood-Katherine-Outstretched-102x80cm-688x1024.jpg 688w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Wood-Katherine-Outstretched-102x80cm.jpg 1974w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?attachment_id=1370\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1370\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1370\" title=\"&quot;Coiled In Shadows&quot; By Emma Middleton \" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Middleton-Emma-37247-Coiled-In-Shadows-54x112cm-163x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"163\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Middleton-Emma-37247-Coiled-In-Shadows-54x112cm-163x300.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Middleton-Emma-37247-Coiled-In-Shadows-54x112cm-556x1024.jpg 556w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Middleton-Emma-37247-Coiled-In-Shadows-54x112cm.jpg 1872w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 163px) 100vw, 163px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?attachment_id=1377\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1377\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1377\" title=\"&quot;Group Dance&quot; by Nick Young \" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Group-Dance-71x92cm-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Group-Dance-71x92cm-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Group-Dance-71x92cm.jpg 518w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?attachment_id=1376\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1376\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1376\" title=\"Jane Creenaune\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DSCN4345-130x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DSCN4345-130x300.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DSCN4345-444x1024.jpg 444w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DSCN4345.jpg 834w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?attachment_id=1375\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1375\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1375\" title=\"&quot;Pagan Dancer&quot; by Greg Harbutt \" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Pagan-Dancer-149x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Pagan-Dancer-149x300.jpg 149w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Pagan-Dancer-510x1024.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Pagan-Dancer.jpg 754w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 149px) 100vw, 149px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paintings by <a href=\"http:\/\/redhillgallery.com.au\/Starr.html\" target=\"_blank\">Starr<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/redhillgallery.com.au\/KristianMumford.html\" target=\"_blank\"> Kristian Mumford<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/redhillgallery.com.au\/JohnMaitland.html\" target=\"_blank\">John Maitland,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/redhillgallery.com.au\/KatherineWoods.html\" target=\"_blank\">Katherine Wood<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/redhillgallery.com.au\/EmmaMiddleton.html\" target=\"_blank\">Emma Middleton<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/redhillgallery.com.au\/NickYoung.html\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Young.<\/a>\u00a0Sculptures by <a href=\"http:\/\/redhillgallery.com.au\/JaneCreenaune.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jane Creenaune<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/redhillgallery.com.au\/GregHarbutt.html\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Harbutt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although these paintings are beautiful in their own right nothing quite compares to seeing the real thing. Luckily for you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queenslandballet.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Queensland Ballet Company<\/a> will be performing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qpac.com.au\/event\/QB_Cinderella_13.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Cinderella<\/a> in April, under the guidance of the new artistic director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.licunxin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Li Cunxin!<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=499790883388518\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=1335\" send=\"true\" layout=\"button_count\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"false\" width=\"150\" action=\"recommend\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" ref=\"AL2FB\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Share\u201cBallet is a unique combination of poetry and art that appeals to the mind, the emotions and the senses.\u201d . 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