City Dance (1883). Pierre Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919). Oil on canvas. Musée d'Orsay.
Designed as a pair with Country Dance. The format is identical and the almost life-size figures represent two different even opposite aspects of dancing. The elegant restraint of the city dancers and the cool ballroom around them contrasts with the gaiety of the country dance in the open air. Suzanne Valadon’s dress in City Dance is cool in colour.
