On a warm summer Friday afternoon, Elle Fanning takes refuge inside Pasadena’s Norton Simon Museum, touring its permanent Edgar Degas exhibition — one of her beloved out-of-the-way spots in Southern California. The actress could be mistaken for one of Degas’s iconic ballerinas: She has a dancer’s body, long and lean, and out of habit she sometimes pirouettes while she talks. Elle, 17, last came here to research a project for her art history class.
“I wrote about Dancers in the Wings,” she says, stopping in front of the painting, which depicts two young women preparing to go onstage. Or maybe they’re just coming offstage. Who can tell? When asked why this is her favorite, she cites the vivid colors and the level of detail, saying, “You can really see their faces,” which, she notes, is somewhat rare for Degas. But there’s more to it, she adds, pointing to one of the girls, smiling as she says, “She’s fixing her shoe.”
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