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Ballet Beautiful

Korean National Ballet shot by yoon6photo Olga Smirnova & Vladislav Lantratov rehearsing at the Bolshoi Theatre. via:vaganovaboy Lou Beyne and Leander Rebholz, Ballett Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany © Dean Barucija – PickledThoughts Korean National Ballet shot by yoon6photo Olga Smirnova & Vladislav Lantratov rehearsing at the Bolshoi Theatre. via:vaganovaboy Ludmila Pagliero with William Forsythe Blake works I […]

Ballet Beautiful

“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. “   – Alan Watts     The National Ballet of Canada, Giselle Svetlana Lunkina © AleKsander Anonijevic Oksana Skorik as Kitri Inna Bilash with Nikita Tchetverikov in Rococo Variations. © Jack Devant. Baynes’ Swan […]

Ballet Beautiful

Akane Takada as Giselle in Peter Wright’s Royal Ballet’s production of Giselle Photographer Andrej Uspensky via:mariatallchief Paris Opera ballet Giselle photo: Svetlana Loboff Ballet West’s Firebird tutu (x). Paris Opera ballet Giselle photo: Svetlana Loboff Claire Calvert as Hermione and Thiago Soares as Leontese in Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale  Royal Opera Season 15/16 Photograph by […]

Ballet Beautiful

Hee Seo at the Mariinsky via:balletomaneassoluta Henry Leutwyler, New York City Ballet Hee Seo at the Mariinsky via:balletomaneassoluta by  Alexander Gulyaev Hee Seo at the Mariinsky via:balletomaneassoluta Vaganova student Daria Ionova. from her ig. Hee Seo at the Mariinsky via:balletomaneassoluta Ballet West’s Haley Henderson Smith & Easton Smith rehearsing DIAMONDS by George Balanchine ©The George Balanchine […]

practice practice practice.

Darcey Bussell,  THE ROYAL BALLET         “Discipline is the cornerstone of freedom.”     — Marie-Agnès Gillot        Dancers of Paris Opera Ballet in rehearsal for La Bayadère (x)       Darcey Bussell,  THE ROYAL BALLET       Ballet West dancers rehearsing Paquita by Marius Petipa Photo by […]

creativity

        Creativity takes courage. – Henri Matisse       Fabio Viale Kouros 2015 Marmo bianco e pigmenti, 88x50x55 cm Courtesy: Galleria Poggiali e Forconi / Firenze See more at: artslife.com         via:wasbella102         “We lose ourselves in things we love.  We find ourselves there, too.”   […]

Rehearsal

     Lovely, lovely – This the English National Ballet rehearsing Swan Lake in-the-round.                                                        

Vaganova Beauty

This is just a small glimpse at the classwork and practice required to become a ballet dancer.  Ballet dancers train everyday, hours a day, for over ten years and then throughout their entire careers. The amount of commitment, dedication, discipline and drive to attain effortless movement and beauty  is almost hard to really describe.  Here: […]