Dansmuseet
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Dansmuseet is a museum for the performing and visual arts located in Stockholm
, Sweden
. Opened in 1953 in the basement of the Royal Swedish Opera
, it originally displayed a huge collection of dance-related art that belonged to Rolf de Maré
, a leader of the Swedish Ballet in Paris from 1920–25. The museum is currently located at Gustav Adolfs torg 22–24, an old bank building, where it moved to in May 1999.
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. Opened in 1953 in the basement of the Royal Swedish Opera
Royal Swedish Opera
Kungliga Operan is Sweden's national stage for opera and ballet.-Location and Environment:...
, it originally displayed a huge collection of dance-related art that belonged to Rolf de Maré
Rolf de Maré
Rolf de Maré , sometimes called Rolf de Mare, was a Swedish art collector and leader of the Ballets Suédois in Paris in 1920–1925. In 1933 he founded the world's first museum for dance in Paris.-Biography :...
, a leader of the Swedish Ballet in Paris from 1920–25. The museum is currently located at Gustav Adolfs torg 22–24, an old bank building, where it moved to in May 1999.