Auguste Rodin tried to capture the essence of the body in movement. Unlike Degas, who obviously comes to mind when looking at this series, classical ballet did not much intrerest Rodin who found it stilted and conventional. He was more interested in different forms of dance which he considered to be more authentic or more modern. 

Dance Movement A is the first out of a homogeneous serie and which Rodin therefore used Alda Moreno, a dancer at the Opera Comique.