Edgar Degas
Degas's work was controversial, but was generally admired for its draftsmanship. His "La Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans", or "Little Dancer of Fourteen Years", which he displayed at the sixth Impressionist exhibition in 1881, was probably his most controversial piece; some critics decried what they thought its "appalling ugliness" while others saw in it a "blossoming". In part Degas' originality consisted in disregarding the smooth, full surfaces and contours of classical sculpture ... [and] in garnishing his little statue with real hair and clothing made to scale like the accoutrements for a doll. These relatively "real" additions heightened the illusion, but they also posed searching questions, such as what can be referred to as "real" when art is concerned. The suite of pastels depicting nudes that Degas exhibited in the eighth Impressionist Exhibition in 1886 produced "the most concentrated body of critical writing on the artist during his lifetime ... The overall reaction was positive and laudatory".
Philippe Demard
He created for the choreographer Philippe Jamet the video concept and the design of the installation : ""Portraits Dansés, tour de France"" (Theater of the Odéon, then tour in 15 cities in 2000)
This concept was adapted many times since : ""Portraits Dansés, le tour du Monde"" (creation in 2002 at the Theater of the Odéon ; then toured in 14 countries)""Portraits Dansés, le tour du monde"" was created during the first "Nuit Blanche" in Paris and in Rome, then shown at the Venice Biennale in 2003. At last "« Portraits dansés, Enfants du Monde »" (2006) and « Portraits dansés l’Europe à Paris » (2008)