Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Complicated Dances
Three slender dancers hold hands below a group of seated spectators. Warm red walls and a suspended green platform turn the space into an elaborate interior stage. The facing caption describes the dances as very complicated, matching the performers’ crossed limbs and varied steps.
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Jean de Bosschere. "The Complicated Dances" [editorial title]. In The City Curious, Jean de Bosschère; illustrated by the author; rendered into English by F. Tennyson Jesse. Supplied illustrated edition from Dodd, Mead & Company; William Heinemann, 1920, Dodd, Mead & Company; William Heinemann. Source scan leaf 135. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0259-0128
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Jean de Bosschere. The Complicated Dances. The City Curious. Scan leaf 135. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0259-0128