Art in Motion

Art in Motion traces neoclassical ballet’s revolutionary shift from narrative spectacle to pure form by using a singular, iconic artifact as its blueprint: the costumes of Balanchine’s Serenade. This foundational ballet—with its simple, flowing skirts that reveal the architecture of the moving body—embodies the genre’s core principles: clarity, abstraction, and the celebration of line.The exhibition’s design is directly inspired by these costumes, translating their ethereal geometry and kinetic grace into an immersive architectural environment. Within this framework, the exhibition stages a vibrant dialogue between ballet and the visual artists who shared its modernist pursuit: from the draped purity of Canova’s marble and the rhythmic color of Bakst and Matisse, to the deconstructed planes of Picasso and the spatial poetics of Noguchi and Cocteau. Art in Motion reveals a collective awakening—across dance, painting, and sculpture—where form was liberated, essence distilled, and movement itself became the subject.