The Dance Lesson

This painting is one of my favorites, it was made by Degas and it belongs to Impressionism. It is currently in Orsay museum, Paris.It is a classical dance scene, where we can see a girls,who are the ballet students around the teacher.

What is striking is the perspective which uses the author, because he uses a lateral angle and that was unusual.Moreover,it is an active painting because all the characters in movement,this was very interested to Degas.It is also a realistic painting with the faces of the characters indivualized. In terms of light and color, we can say that it is quite natural, light enters through the open windows and the colors used are the primary colors with  their complementary. The painter used short and quick strokes, typical of that era.

I love this painting because how I said, I love dancing ballet and it reminds me of my dance lessons.