Why does edgar degas draw dancers?

he was obbsessed with dance it explains it in the paragraph below No artist has ever been more closely associated with images of dancers than the French Impressionist Edgar Degas; more than half of his vast output of paintings, drawings, and sculptures is devoted to the activities of the ballet dancers and dance students of late 19th-century Paris. These works, recently organized in an acclaimed exhibition by the American Federation of Arts, The Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, are featured in this unique documentary exploring Degas' intimate connection to the Paris Opéra, where for years he attended performances and watched ballet classes. With unprecedented access to the rehearsal rooms and backstage areas of the magnificent Palais Garnier opera house, hardly changed since Degas' day, and featuring dramatic re-creations of the artist at work in his Montmartre studio, DEGAS AND THE DANCE examines one of Impressionism's foremost artists and the ...  more