Dancer Looking at the Sole of her Right Foot adopts a pose Degas returned to on multiple occasions over several decades. In some ways, his sculpting method was similar to that of Rodin. Both artists worked from the live model on an almost daily basis. Each had an affinity for unusual poses and both were captivated by the figure in motion. Degas once wrote, “It is the movement of things and people which amuses and even consoles me.” However, unlike Rodin, Degas arrested the movement of his figures to emphasize their natural equilibrium and he systematically avoided the kind of theatrical poses that Rodin favored.