Curious City Podcast - Discovering Degas (part two)

Episode 15 - Miss La La, Scottish Ballet, Life Drawing at the Burrell
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Image of a pastel drawing of two ballet dancers by Edgar Degas

In this episode of Curious City, as part of the Discovering Degas exhibition at the Burrell Collection we take a look at what Degas' subjects mean in a 21st Century context.

Featured, in this episode:

Photograph of curator Caroline Currie with Scott Craig, a director of Community Circus Paisley

Acrobats

Inspired by the life of Miss La La, an expert aerialist and muse for Degas, curator Caroline Currie heads to Paisley to meet Scott Craig, a director of Community Circus Paisley.

Community Circus Paisley - on Instagram
Photograph of Madeleine Squire, First Artist at the Scottish Ballet

Scottish Ballet

Curious City regular Caroline Currie goes to Scottish Ballet and meets First Artist Madeline Squire, who reveals what life is like behind the scenes in the world of ballet.

Scottish Ballet - official website
Photograph showing a life drawing class in progress at The Burrell Collection

Life Drawing at the Burrell

Pippa Stevenson-Sit asks the class what they get from life drawing, and the model tell us what it's like to hold a pose.

Drawing Life - official website