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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M. Fokine
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Alvin Ailey
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Doris Humphrey
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Merce C
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Isadora Duncan
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Isadora Duncan
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Dana Tai Soon Burgess
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Fred Astaire
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Clipping of a ballet dancer
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Reproduction of a photo of ballet dancer "De Rosa"
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Costume Design: Diana for a Ballet
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13c Ballet single
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Clipping of a ballet dancer balancing on a man's foot
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Les Ballets de Paris
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Reproduction of a photo of ballet dancer Louise Lamoureux
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Heinz Spoerli, Brahms ein Ballet
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Reproduction of Gurney & Son photo of ballet dancer Kate Pennoyer
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Costume Design: Ariadne, for Harkness Ballet
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A Ballet Dancer, Mademoiselle Leclerc
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Stage Design: Backdrop, for "Checkmate"
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Juju in Ballet Costume
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Proscenium and Stage Design: Scene 1, Ballet celebrating the marriage of Leopoldo Cesare, Duke of Mantua, and Claudia Felice, Archduchess of Austria, 1674
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Martha Graham
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Stage Design: Ballet Drop, for Flower Drum Song