Dance of Panic - Defeat a God

The Dance of Anitra is a 1909 bronze statuette by the English sculptor Edith Maryon. The work depicts the Canadian dancer Maud Allan performing Anitra's Dance from Peer Gynt, an 1867 play by Henrik Ibsen for which Edvard Grieg composed incidental music. Maryon created the work at the height of Allan's fame, known as her "Conquest of London": eighteen months of shows at the Palace Theatre, during which Allan emerged as a fashion icon, sex symbol, and controversial figure.