Dance teacher and students

NameFigure group

Artist Flávio Alves Gomes

Date2003

(not assigned)Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil, South America

MediumWood, paint

DimensionsTeacher: 19 7/8 × 7 1/16 × 6 1/2 in. (50.5 × 18 × 16.5 cm)
Blue student dancer: 8 7/16 × 3 11/16 × 3 1/8 in. (21.5 × 9.3 × 8 cm)
Yellow student dancer: 8 11/16 × 3 9/16 × 2 3/4 in. (22 × 9 × 7 cm)
Purple student dancer: 9 1/4 × 4 5/16 × 4 5/8 in. (23.5 × 11 × 11.8 cm)
White student dancer: 8 7/16 × 4 3/4 × 3 9/16 in. (21.5 × 12 × 9 cm)
Turquoise student dancer: 10 1/4 × 4 5/16 × 2 15/16 in. (26 × 11 × 7.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Antonio C. La Pastina and Dale A. Rice

Object numberA.2013.31.9a-f

DescriptionGroup of standing ballerinas, one instructor (a) and five students (b-f). Painted wood dancers are in various poses and are dressed in flared-skirt costumes of different colors which all stand on different colored bases: Teacher (a) wears fluorescent pink and white outfit and headband, and stands on black base. Students are slightly less than half the size of the teacher. Blue dancer on red base (b); yellow dancer on black base (c); purple dancer on purple base (d); white dancer on black base (e); turquoise dancer on brown base (f). FLAVIO carved into bottom of each base.