Drop Curtain for the Camargo Ballet c. 1931

Curator: Here we have William Roberts' "Drop Curtain for the Camargo Ballet." Editor: It feels like a glimpse backstage, oddly still and frantic all at once. Curator: Note how Roberts uses precise geometric forms. The interplay of angles and lines creates a structured rhythm, almost like a Cubist dance itself. Editor: Yes, but there's also a human energy, a nervous anticipation sketched into the very bones of the dancers. I almost hear the tuning of instruments. Curator: The work beautifully merges geometric abstraction with figuration, achieving a balance between the mechanical and the organic. Editor: I leave this ballet rehearsal, wondering if the performance will ever actually begin or if this frozen moment is all we get to experience.