The beauty of ballet captured as a moment in time. Costumes worn by ballerinas Violette Verdy, Marianna Tcherkassky, and Misty Copeland were showcased at the National Museum of American History. Read more about their stories in "Passionate Threads: American Ballet Costumes Embody Perseverance, Dreams and New Horizons."
The Art of Ballet
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Ballerine
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The White Ballet
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La Bayadère
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Judith Jamison in "Cry"
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En Crinoline
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Gelsey Kirkland
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Valerie Bettis--Desperate Heart
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Gelsey Kirkland and Ivan Nagy in "Romeo and Juliet"
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Jaqueline with Fichu
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Full Dress Rehearsal of the Grand Presidential Corps de Ballet
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Dancer: Arabesque on Right Leg, Left Arm in Line
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Maria Tallchief
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Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Peter Martins and Suzanne Farrell in "Chaconne"
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Ballerinas
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Dancers Resting
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32c American Ballet single
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Peter Martins and Suzanne Farrell in "Chaconne"
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Untitled (Celestial Fantasy with Tamara Toumanova)
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Untitled (Allegra Kent)
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Fanny Elssler
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Untitled (Marine Fantasy with Tamara Toumanova)
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Carmelita Maracci
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Rudolph Nureyev