Exhibition closes on December 31
The Fire & Soul exhibit at WMODA is guaranteed to keep you on your toes! Anna Pavlova’s dying white swan of classical ballet was reborn as an exuberant firebird aflame with passion thanks to Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes. His Russian dance company transformed art, culture, and fashion during the early 1900s. Feathered costumes encrusted with jewels flourished at the Folies Bergère in Paris and exotic harem-style fashions became all the rage. Dynamic expressionist dancers dominated the cabarets of Weimar Berlin and stepped onto the dance floors of the roaring twenties. European porcelain artists were inspired to create some of the most dynamic and decorative figurines of the Art Deco era.
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