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Linked above is The Dance Class. You should also check out The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage, as well as this article by The  Crossroads Gazette: Edgar Degas: The Good, the Bad, and the Ballet. It revealed a lot of disturbing stuff about the paintings and Degas himself, but I thought it was interesting to read nonetheless.
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