Two Dancers Entering the Stage 1878

Edgar Degas's "Two Dancers Entering the Stage" (1878) captures a fleeting moment backstage at a ballet performance. The painting depicts two dancers, one holding a bouquet of flowers, dressed in traditional ballet costumes, their bodies rendered in a graceful, yet slightly blurred, manner that is characteristic of Degas's style. Degas’s interest in capturing the movement and fleeting gestures of the dancers made him a master of the Impressionist movement, and his artwork exemplifies the loose brushstrokes and emphasis on light and color common to this style.