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The solo became her best-loved divertissement item. The choreography was a version of the popular 19th century ‘jockey dance’ and may have derived from the Jockey’s Galop which her aunt had performed in the ballet <i>Flik und Flok</i>. Genée herself said it portrayed ‘the chase after the fox, beginning with the meet, the caracoling of the horse, the start, jumping the hedges, and finally the capture of the brush. I have to dance as the horse and rider at the same time and depict the exhilaration of the rider as well as the nimbleness of the animal’. Genée’s costume was designed by Wilhelm with great accuracy and she had to request that the woollen breeches were replaced by silk. \n\nClaire Avery (1879-1927) was an American artist-illustrator, painter and teacher who befriended Adeline Genée when she visited the USA. She made a number of drawings of  the ballerina in performance and off stage, and the <i>New York Times</i> noted that Avery’s images of Genée revealed the artist's 'remarkable gift for the interpretation of swift motion. The dainty elegance and grace of the dancer are caught with almost incredible truth and expressiveness.’\r\n","physicalDescription":"Four images of Adeline Genée in the Hunting Dance, wearing an Edwardian riding habit of black jacket, black ankle-length skirt and black top hat and holding a riding whip. 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The variation from <i>Die Rose von Schiras</i>, which Genée first danced in 1896, was incorporated into many ballets for her, including her first London appearance, in <i>Monte Cristo</i> at the Empire Theatre in 1897. The Hunting Dance, set to the tune ‘John Peel’, was a typical horse-riding ‘jockey dance’, very popular in the 19th century. It first featured in the 1904 ballet, <i>High Jinks</i>. \r\n\r\nMuseum nos. S.354, 356, 358-2019 \r\n","date":{"text":"26/10/2020","earliest":"2020-10-26","latest":"2020-10-26"}}],"partNumbers":["S.356-2019"],"accessionNumberNum":"356","accessionNumberPrefix":"S","accessionYear":2019,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-02-02","recordCreationDate":"2019-09-25","availableToBook":false}}