Illuminated by gas footlights in the midst of a performance, a dancer "makes points", or draws forms with her pointed foot.
Edgar Degas’s daring, asymmetrical composition and the angled perspective he produced by the diagonal lines of the floorboards emphasize the sensation of plunging space.
Title: "Dancer Making Points"
Author: Edgar Degas
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Date: 1879-1880
Location: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, USA