Oil and Sequins on canvas, 61 x 46 cm. DeAgostini Picture Livrary/Scala Florence The painter Gino Severini (1883-1966), passionately fond of dance halls, was himself an enthusiastic dancer who became interested in showing dancers in motion as opposed to what he saw as the static dance poses of Degas. His Blue Dancer of 1912 that more effectively shows his intense interest in the movement of fabric and body together: the canvas is studded with real sequins stuck to the blue paint which is applied in translucent, faceted planes as thin as a layer of silk chiffon.