Degas at the opéra

Preface / Laurence des Cars and Kaywin Feldman --

Foreword / Henri Loyrette --

The early scenes / Henri Loyrette --

The genetics of dance gestures in Degas's work / Leïla Jarbouai --

The portrait of Eugénie Fiocre / Henri Loyrette --

The music circle / Henri Loyrette --

From Gluck to Reyer / Henri Loyrette --

On the art of swiftly notating dance / Marine Kisiel --

The ballet from "Robert Le Diable" / Henri Loyrette --

Staging the show, staging the canvas / Marine Kisiel --

A world of distance and makeup / Henri Loyrette --

The opéra as laboratory / Kimberly A. Jones --

Degas's "enlongated paintings" / Marine Kisiel --

From Le Peletier to Garnier / Henri Loyrette --

The theater box / Kimberly A. Jones --

Backstage / Henri Loyrette --

The allure of the fan / Kimberly A. Jones --

The little dancers / Henri Loyrette --

Les petites cardinal / Leïla Jarbouai --

The large synthetic drawings / Leïla Jarbouai --

Orgies of color / Henri Loyrette --

Appendices --

List of works on show --

Selected bibliography --

Index of names.