the rehearsal edgar degasIn The Rehearsal, Edgar Degas takes us backstage at a ballet, capturing the moment when a dancer perfects her art. The canvas depicts luminous ballerinas practising to music. The play of light and shadow accentuates the intimacy of the stage, while the delicate shades of the tutus are juxtaposed with the warmth of the wooden floors. Degas, the great master of Impressionism, demonstrates here his ability to create a genre scene, revealing not only the