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{{Short description|1927 sculpture by Stanisław Jackowski}}
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|location      = [[Skaryszew Park]], [[Praga-Południe|Praga-South]], [[Warsaw]], Poland
|designer      = [[Stanisław Jackowski]]
|type          = Statue
|material      = [[Bronze]]
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|height        = 165 cm
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|open          = 6 August 1927
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'''''The Dancing Girl''''' ({{langx|pl|Tancerka}}) is a 1927 [[bronze]] statue by [[Stanisław Jackowski]], located in [[Warsaw]], Poland. It is placed in the [[Skaryszew Park]], within the neighbourhood of [[Saska Kępa]] in the district of [[Praga-Południe|Praga-South]]. It was unveiled on 6 August 1927. The sculpture depicts a female dancer.
== History ==
The sculpture was designed by [[Stanisław Jackowski]]. It was cast from [[bronze]] in the [[Bracia Łopieńscy]] metal workshops in [[Warsaw]], Poland.<ref name=sas>Magdalena Piwowar, Grzegorz Piątek, Jarosław Trybuś: ''SAS. Ilustrowany atlas architektury Saskiej Kępy''. Warsaw: Centrum Architektury, 2012, p. 64. ISBN 978-83-934574-0-3. (in Polish)</ref><ref name=ew>Petrozolin-Skowrońska (editor): ''Encyklopedia Warszawy''. Warsaw: [[Polish Scientific Publishers PWN]], 1994. ISBN 83-01-08836-2. (in Polish).</ref> The artist based in on posing for him dancer [[Halina Schmolz]].<ref name=mw>{{cite web|url=https://muzeumwarszawy.pl/prawobrzezni-halina-szmolcowna-grzegorz-fitelberg/|website=muzeumwarszawy.pl|language=pl|title=Halina Szmolcówna i Grzegorz Fitelberg|date=11 May 2020}}</ref>
''The Dancing Girl'' unveiled on 6 August 1927 in the [[Skaryszew Park]] in Warsaw, by the city mayor [[Zygmunt Słomiński]]. It was the first sculpture in the park.<ref name=sas/><ref name=ew/>
It was temporary removed in 2006 for renovations, after its pedestal was deemed too demaged. It was again renovated in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.twoja-praga.pl/praga/sztuka/1899.html|website=twoja-praga.pl|title=Rzeźba 'Tancerka' – Park Skaryszewski|language=pl}}</ref>
== Characteristics ==
The sculpture is placed in the centre of a [[rose garden]] in [[Skaryszew Park]], within the neighbourhood of [[Saska Kępa]] in the district of [[Praga-Południe|Praga-South]]. It is a [[bronze]] statue depicting a female dancer in an extatic dance pose. She stands on her toes, have her arms raised above the torso, with relaxed hands, and her head is tilted to the back and upwards, and is facing to the left. She is wearing a light dress with her left breast exposed.<ref name=sas/><ref name=ew/> Her likeness was based on dancer [[Halina Szmolcówna]] who posed for the work.<ref name=mw/> The statue has the height of 165 cm, and weights 235 kg. It is placed on a tall stone pedestal.<ref name=sas/><ref name=ew/>
== References ==
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[[Category:Statues of women in Poland]]
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[[Category:Sculptures of dancers]]
[[Category:Nude sculptures]]