Ballet Beautiful

 
 
“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
Maria Khoreva in The Nutcracker.
 

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
Maria Khoreva in The Nutcracker.
 

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
 
Maria Khoreva in The Nutcracker.
 

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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