Rodin and Dance

The MUDEC Museum in Milan will open an exhibition on October 25 in collaboration with the Musée Rodin in Paris, which will tell the story of the influence of dance on the artist’s work.

Fibula cambogiana a due corde, Khmer culture, 1953

Courtesy Museo delle Culture. © Comune di Milano

Fibula cambogiana a due corde, Khmer culture, 1953

Courtesy Museo delle Culture. © Comune di Milano

Danzatrice, ombra

Lottatori, ombra

Re Rama, ombra

Principessa Sita, ombra

Auguste Rodin, Nudo femminile di profilo rivolto a destra, 1903-1905

Auguste Rodin, Donna nuda in equilibrio sulla gamba sinistra, 1910-1913

Auguste Rodin, Architettura, 1910-1913

Auguste Rodin, Danzatrice cambogiana di profilo rivolta a sinistra, 1906

Auguste Rodin, Danzatrice cambogiana detta “piccola Gloria su una colonna”, 1906

Loïe Fuller while dances, 1900

Stephanie Ludwig, Ruth Saint-Denis dans la pose du Yogi, 1908

Anonimo, Le mani di Loïe Fuller, 1914

Emile Sanremo, Rodin rectifie le mouvement de la main d’une danseuse, 1903

Julien Vallon

Florin Ion Firimita, Senza titolo #2 (Megan Klamert), 2019

Apsara, century XX

Auguste Rodin. Maschera di Hanako, tipo E, 1907-1908

Auguste Rodin, L’età del bronzo, 1877

Auguste Rodin, Movimento di danza I con testa della Donna slava, 1911

Auguste Rodin, Donna accovacciata, modello piccolo, 1881-1882

Auguste Rodin, Il pensatore, modello medio, 1880

Auguste Rodin, L’idolo eterno, 1889

Auguste Rodin, Movimento di danza A con testa della Donna slava, 1911

Auguste Rodin, Movimento di danza D con testa della Donna slava, 1911

Auguste Rodin, Movimento di danza I (variante) con testa della Donna slava, 1911

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Valentina Petrucci
08 October 2023

One encounter that would prove to a true revelation for Auguste Rodin was his discovery of dance Loïe Fuller and Isadora Duncan, dancers and actresses form the United States, so enchanted the French artist as to lead him to examine the form and movement of bodies in a different manner. The two women unleashed the creativity of the artist, who was already far removed from classic principles of sculpture, leading his to dedicate his work to the expressive potential of the body, particularly of the body in dance.
25 October 2023 will see the inauguration at the MUDEC in Milan of the exhibition Rodin and Dance, open until 10 March 2024. In collaboration with the Musée Rodin of Paris and curated by Aude Chevalier, assistant curator at the department of sculpture at the Musée Rodin, Elena Cervellati, an expert of history, theory and practices of dance, and Cristiana Natali, an expert in the anthropology and ethnography of dance and entertainment, the exhibition draws on the series of small terracotta figures produced by Rodin in the 1920s..

Auguste Rodin, Nudo femminile di profilo rivolto a destra, 1903-1905. © Musée Rodin. Foto Jean de Calan

The core of the exhibition is on loan from the Musée Rodin; around 60 works, including original photographs, drawings and sculptures and the precious terracotta ballerinas. The exhibition will be rendered even more complete with video material, extracts of film and documentaries examining both the dancers that Rodin met and studied, and the culture of Cambodia and its dances. There will also be a section dedicated to contemporary choreography, including a number of artists who have drawn inspiration from Rodin and his works. “Rodin had a wonderful way of representing human vitality; his method of study goes some way to explaining the secret of his strength. He sought to surround himself with this vision of free and animated nudity, refining the view of the unsurpassed Greeks: in his studio, models do not pose in pre-ordered positions. He has many, both men and women, walk around him with freedom and vitality, and he feverishly outlines the delightfully casual stances in small statues.” Enrico Thovez

Fibula cambogiana a due corde, Khmer culture, 1953 Courtesy Museo delle Culture. © Comune di Milano

Danzatrice, ombra © Museo internazionale delle marionette Antonio Pasqualino, Palermo

Lottatori, ombra © Museo internazionale delle marionette Antonio Pasqualino, Palermo

Re Rama, ombra © Museo internazionale delle marionette Antonio Pasqualino, Palermo

Principessa Sita, ombra © Museo internazionale delle marionette Antonio Pasqualino, Palermo

Auguste Rodin, Nudo femminile di profilo rivolto a destra, 1903-1905 © Musée Rodin. Photo Jean de Calan

Auguste Rodin, Donna nuda in equilibrio sulla gamba sinistra, 1910-1913 © Musée Rodin. Photo Jean de Calan

Auguste Rodin, Architettura, 1910-1913 © Musée Rodin. Photo Jean de Calan

Auguste Rodin, Movimento di danza I con testa della Donna slava, 1911 © Agence photographique du musée Rodin. Photo Jerome Manoukian

Auguste Rodin, Movimento di danza A con testa della Donna slava, 1911 © Agence photographique du musée Rodin. Photo Jérôme Manoukian

Auguste Rodin, Movimento di danza I (variante) con testa della Donna slava, 1911 © Musée Rodin. Photo Christian Baraja

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