Oxana Skorik as Giselle, Mariinsky Theatre jackdevant.com via:iwontdance * * “Someone once said that dancers work just as hard as policeman, always alert, always tense, but see, policeman don’t have to be beautiful at the same time.” —George Balanchine * * Olga Smirnova on pointe jackdevant.com via:iwontdance Kristina Kretova rehearsing Giselle Photo […]
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Dorothée Gilbert in Études via: Aurelie -Dupont * * * * * Absolutely exquisite. * * * * * Those arms…. those bourrees… beautiful. * * via:aurelie-dupont * *
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Yuhui Choe and Alexander Campbell in rehearsal for Ashton’s The Two Pigeons ph. Bill Cooper Oksana Skorik and Vladimir Shklyarov in Infra * * * “You’re not a creature in body. You exist as the stars exist, participating in their stillness, their immensity.” – Louise Glück, excerpt of Telescope * * * Dorothée Gilbert, […]
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Photos of Paris Opera Ballet dancers rehearsing La Sylphide © Anne Deniau Anna Tikhomirova in rehearsal to La Sylphide via:bellisvintage English National Ballet Photo: David Levene Maria Khoreva (@marachok on instagram) Photos of Paris Opera Ballet dancers rehearsing La Sylphide © Anne Deniau via:bellisvintage Maria Khoreva (@marachok on instagram) Photos of Paris Opera Ballet dancers rehearsing La […]
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Boston Ballet Principal Dancer Dusty Button in Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler: A Ballet by John Neumeier. via:lordbyron44 * * * * “Our profession is so insane it that it can rip you apart and put you back together in the same instant.” * — Sara Mearns talking about what it means to be a […]
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Raymonda Variations [watch] Students of the Vaganova Ballet Academy with Nika Tskhvitariya as Raymonda Oksana Skorik in rehearsal and performance of Anna Karenina. Photos by Svetlana Avvakum. Raymonda Variations [watch] Students of the Vaganova Ballet Academy with Nika Tskhvitariya as Raymonda Alison McWhinney in the Middle, Somewhat Elevated Laurent Liotardo Photography Raymonda Variations [watch] Students of the Vaganova […]
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Jimena, PNB Summer Course 2015 Photo by Dina Johnsen Photography Kaori Nakamura (former principal dancer with Pacific Northwest Ballet) Studio Life: Head and shoulders, knees and toes. The National Ballet of Canada Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake Dance Open International Ballet […]
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Olesya Novikova rehearsing Frederick Ashton’sMarguerite and Armand © Svetlana Avvakum. Backstage at the Mariinsky Theatre after Swan Lake Photo by Marc Olich Olesya Novikova and Konstantin Zverev rehearsing Frederick Ashton’sMarguerite and Armand © Svetlana Avvakum. via:prima-ballet Olesya Novikova and Konstantin Zverev rehearsing Frederick Ashton’sMarguerite […]