Film
Antonio Canova (born 1757, Possagno – died 1822, Venice), the most important sculptor of Italian Neoclassicism, had a lifelong passion for dance. This exhibition is dedicated to the sculptor's favourite theme – from sketch to painting to completed marble artwork – and brings together some of the master's major works for the first time. Katharina Geist, costume mistress at Bühnenservice Berlin, on the reproduction of the dress from the marble sculpture The Dancer from the Bode Museum.
Dancer: Alicia Ruben, Staatsballett Berlin
Production of the dress: Bühnenservice Berlin
Video: Pfenninger, Gerlach, Weyreuther 2016