Extending the Boundaries: Analyzing Picasso’s The Dance

Extending the Boundaries: Analyzing Picasso’s The Dance

“Suddenly, in June 1925, a picture appeared that flabbergasted critics and upset everything: The Dance” (77)


June, 1925. The revolving windmill is transmitted from Anacostia, Maryland to Washington, D.C. through the first public demonstration of a television system. Nations agreed to ban the use of chemical and bacterial weapons in war. The first international feminist convention opened in Geneva and amidst all these events, Picasso continued to shock the world in his own way through his new painting, The Dance.
Thanks to the rise in surrealism, his deteriorating relationship with Olga, and his continuing development of style, Pablo Picasso created a ground breaking masterpiece. He was on the verge of a completely new technique and wanted the whole world to recognize and follow his path into the unknown.
The Dance dared to venture into the wild with the combination of colors, cubes and angular...