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Dancing Lesson, the "Mazurka".
Karl Bullabefore 1917
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A Polish folk dance originating in the 1500s, the mazurka came to represent Polish national pride and dignity. Especially after Frédéric Chopin made this music known in the early 1800s, the dance's popularity spread to the ballrooms of Russia, Germany, France, and England.
Arranged in formal rows echoing the architectural pillars, these young women participate in a dance lesson, most likely in preparation for a society ball.
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- Title: Dancing Lesson, the "Mazurka".
- Creator: Karl Karlovitz Bulla
- Date Created: before 1917
- Physical Dimensions: 18.4 × 27.9 cm (7 1/4 × 11 in.)
- Type: Print
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Gelatin silver print
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 84.XP.224.54
- Culture: Russian
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Karl Karlovitz Bulla (Russian, 1854 - 1929)
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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