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Just in case you need a break from doom scrolling today, here’s something beautiful 🫱 This painting by Edgar Degas is one of the first ballet paintings he ever made. 🩰 It’s a scene set in the rehearsal room of the Paris Opéra circa 1870. A violinist plays, and the dancers—graceful, focused, maybe a little tired—are preparing for a performance. Degas’s paintings of ballerinas challenged the status quo in the 19th century. They showed more than just the elegance of the dancers, they revealed the