德加的芭蕾 Degas at the Ballet

从教室、练功房、后台，到舞台。 / From the classroom and the practice room to the wings and the stage.

德加可以出入巴黎歌剧院的每个角落。比起舞台上的光彩，他更常画舞者在幕后的时刻。 / Degas had access to every part of the Paris Opéra. More than the glamour of the stage, he painted dancers in the moments behind it.

1. 1863 · 舞蹈课 · The Dance Class — 教室里，一位舞者正在接受考试，芭蕾大师于勒·佩罗扶着手杖看着她。 / In the classroom, a dancer takes her examination, watched by the ballet master Jules Perrot, leaning on his cane.
2. 1866 · 芭蕾舞者（白色纱裙） · Ballet Dancers — 练功房里，舞者们在练习的间隙系舞鞋、扶墙、伸展。 / In the practice room, dancers tie their ribbons, steady themselves against the wall and stretch between exercises.
3. 1875 · 芭蕾舞者（后台） · Ballet Dancers — 后台的侧幕里，四位舞者在演出间隙休息。 / In the wings, four dancers rest between performances.
4. 1884 · 芭蕾（明星） · Ballet (The Star) — 舞台中央，只有一个人。 / At centre stage, just one dancer.
5. 十四岁的小舞者 · Little Dancer Aged Fourteen — 最后，是德加一生中唯一公开展出的雕塑。 / Finally, the only sculpture Degas ever exhibited in public.

德加写道：“一个题材必须画十遍、一百遍。”芭蕾，就是他画了一遍又一遍的题材。 / Degas wrote: “It is necessary to do a subject ten times, a hundred times.” The ballet was the subject he returned to again and again.