“The purpose of art is higher than art.
What we are really interested in are masterpieces of humanity.”
-Alonzo King-
Prima ballerina of the Mariinsky Theatre Oksana Skorik.
Swan, revived at the Hermitage
Swan backstage from shooting for “PRO Dance” magazine.
Photographer Mark Olich
Prima ballerina of the Mariinsky Theatre Oksana Skorik.
Swan, revived at the Hermitage
Swan backstage from shooting for “PRO Dance” magazine.
Photographer Mark Olich
Kristina Shapran and Xander Parish in Diamonds.
“I am always doing things I can’t do, that’s how I get to do them.”
-Pablo Picasso
Prima ballerina of the Mariinsky Theatre Oksana Skorik.
Swan, revived at the Hermitage
Swan backstage from shooting for “PRO Dance” magazine.
Photographer Mark Olich
Maria Shirinkina
Giselle, Mariinsky Ballet
“Technique–bodily control–must be mastered only because the body must not stand in the way of the soul’s expression.
The only reason for mastering technique is to make sure the body does not prevent the soul from expressing itself.”
-La Meri
Bolshoi Academy student Stanislava Postnova.
from her ig.
Kristina Shapran and Xander Parish in Diamonds.
“A toe shoe is as eccentric as the ballerina who wears it: their marriage is a commitment.”
-Toni Bentley
Maria Shirinkina
Giselle, Mariinsky Ballet
Prima ballerina of the Mariinsky Theatre Oksana Skorik.
Swan, revived at the Hermitage
Swan backstage from shooting for “PRO Dance” magazine.
Photographer Mark Olich
Alina Cojocaru
La dame aux camelias
photo: Kiyonori Hasegawa
Kristina Shapran and Xander Parish in Diamonds.
Prima ballerina of the Mariinsky Theatre Oksana Skorik.
Swan, revived at the Hermitage
Swan backstage from shooting for “PRO Dance” magazine.
Photographer Mark Olich
Maria Khoreva in The Nutcracker.
“Plie is the first thing you learn and the last thing you master.”
-Suzanne Farrell
Prima ballerina of the Mariinsky Theatre Oksana Skorik.
Swan, revived at the Hermitage
Swan backstage from shooting for “PRO Dance” magazine.
Photographer Mark Olich
In loving memory of Katya Kravtsova: Vaganova Ballet Academy graduate and Bolshoi dancer, Eleonora Sevenard, photographed by the late Katerina Kravtsova.
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