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The Donato waltz, by Louis Renard
- Title
- The Donato waltz, by Louis Renard [graphic] / T. Packer.
- Author
- Packer, T. (Thomas), active 1855-1891.
- Publication
- London : Ransford & Son, [1865?]
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Details
- Description
- 1 print : chromolithograph; 35 x 26 cm.
- Summary
- Music cover depicting Donato, a one-legged male dancer, dressed in Spanish costume and holding castanets, apparently balancing on the tips of his toes.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sheet music covers.
- Note
- Signed on stone: T. Packer.
- [Printed by] Stannard & Dixon, Imp.
- Indexed In (note)
- Illustrated in Guest, Ivor. "One-legged dancers," Dance and dancers
- Biography (note)
- The Spanish-born dancer Donato is said to have lost his leg in an accident in a bull-ring. Despite his disability he achieved artistic and financial success as a dancer in various European countries, culminating his career at London's Covent Garden theatre in the winter of 1864-1865. He won praise not only for his execution of virtuosic ballet steps, but for his expertise in manipulating a cape and playing castanets, skills he may have owed to his Spanish heritage. He died of consumption on June 10, 1865.
- Call Number
- *MGZFB Dona Don 1
- OCLC
- 759105621
- Author
- Packer, T. (Thomas), active 1855-1891.
- Title
- The Donato waltz, by Louis Renard [graphic] / T. Packer.
- Imprint
- London : Ransford & Son, [1865?]
- Indexed In:
- Illustrated in Guest, Ivor. "One-legged dancers," Dance and dancers, Jan. 1954, p. 13. Includes biographical information on Donato.
- Biography
- The Spanish-born dancer Donato is said to have lost his leg in an accident in a bull-ring. Despite his disability he achieved artistic and financial success as a dancer in various European countries, culminating his career at London's Covent Garden theatre in the winter of 1864-1865. He won praise not only for his execution of virtuosic ballet steps, but for his expertise in manipulating a cape and playing castanets, skills he may have owed to his Spanish heritage. He died of consumption on June 10, 1865.
- Local Note
- Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- *MGZFB Dona Don 1