A history of English sexual morals / by Ivan Bloch ; translated by William H. Forstern.

  • Iwan Bloch
Date:
1936
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Credit: A history of English sexual morals / by Ivan Bloch ; translated by William H. Forstern. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In addition to the Italian Opera, eighteenth century Lon- on also had another theatre where ballets were performed, us was the ' Royal Circus ', near London Bridge. Needless to say, the ' quality ' took a keen interest in diet dancing, but not always purely from the artistic point I view. Young and old gallants used to go backstage in rowds, and sometimes filled nearly every inch of space behind he scene, in order to obtain a closer view of the artists. Naturally, this proved most inconvenient to the artists and xtras It even happened that part of the crowd was forced n to the stage itself, and at such time the gallery expressed ts disapprobation in unmistakable terms. In the 'forties and 'fifties of the nineteenth century the L most celebrated ballet dancers were Fanny Elssler and feria Taglioni. An English critic defined the difference between the dancing of these two stars by saying that iraglioni represented ' poesy ' and Fanny Elssler ' wit'. I Fanny Elssler in 1844 performed a ballet which has since been copied many times. The story is briefly as follows: k young painter falls in love with his beautiful model, who suddenly disappears. The painter often stands gazing at the picture in deep melancholy. Finally, his mother finds the girl and brings her to the house. The girl slips mto the painter's studio, takes her own portrait out of the frame and steps into its place. The painter arrives and pulls the curtain screening the picture aside, and out steps the lady of his heart. Fanny Elssler's London appearances are also dealt with in an erotic books which describes the lady's alleged love affans in Vienna, Paris and London. The book is entitledi Love Affairs of a Ballet Dancer. Piquantissima. Cincinath, George A few decades ago London led the world in the production of magnificent ballet shows. The individual artist was denied a full opportunity to score a personal success, but the mass ss [621]