Little Dancer of Fourteen Years
The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer (French: "La Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans") is a sculpture begun c. 1880 by Edgar Degas of a young student of the Paris Opera Ballet dance school, a Belgian named Marie van Goethem.
Tiler Peck
Tiler Peck has explored other activities besides ballet, such as musical theater and acting. As she had also studied in jazz, acting and singing. At the age of 11, she obtained a role in the production of "The Music Man" on Broadway and also starred in "On the Town". In 2014, Peck played the title role of the Kennedy Center production of the musical "Little Dancer" directed by Susan Stroman. The musical is inspired by the work of sculptor and painter Edgar Degas. She performed as Clara in the "Radio City Christmas Spectacular".