The theme of the day is ‘extend beyond’! (Misa Kuranaga and Jeffrey Cirio in rehearsal for Balanchine’s “Theme and Variations” at Boston Ballet. Photo by Liza Voll.) Liza Voll Photography via:pirouetteforlife Semyon Chudin rehearsing ‘Don Quixote’ at the Stanislavsky Theatre. Anna Osadcenko Olga rehearsing Nikiya, La Bayadere, […]
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Ballerina Yevgenia Obraztsova in “Romeo and Juliet” – First solist at Mariinsky Ballet faith Ekaterina Krysanova and Vladislav Lantratov in rehearsal to The Taming of the Shrew Photo by Elena Fetisova “Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there […]
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“Something in my soul was rising, rising, ceaselessly, painfully, and refused to be still.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, from Notes from Underground (Everyman’s Library, 2004) Stuttgart Ballet Jason Reilly and Maria Eichwald. Vienna State Ballet “Windspiele” – “Wind Games” © Jack Devant heart Cincinnati Ballet Abigail Morwood and James […]
Sweet Feet
Carla Korbes, rehearsal, Swan Lake at Pacific Northwest Ballet. Photography by Lindsay Thomas. via:carlaswansong First Position Photo by Amber Hunt Photography Bolshoi girls 2012 graduation performance, dégagé a la seconde Isabelle Ciaravola’s foot. Maria Khoreva on instagram Carla Korbes, rehearsal, Swan Lake at Pacific Northwest Ballet. Photography by Lindsay Thomas. […]
Ballet Beautiful
Svetlana Zakharova, “Giselle” by Gene Schiavone Ballerina Ludmila Pagliero rehearsal of Notre Dame de Paris. – Photo by © Anne Denieau Mikhailovsky / Duato Diana Vishneva Svetlana Zakharova in The Dying Swan by: Jack Devant Ulyana by Mark Olich La Sylphide Daria Khokhlova by Jack Devant
Artistic Beauty
Edvard Munch “From the Riviera” 1892 “I thought I would be understood without words.” -Vincent Van Gogh, in a letter to Theo Van Gogh via:larmoyante Camille Pissarro (1830 – 1903) Le Quai du Pothuis à Pontoise (1872) oil on canvas 45.1 x 55.2 cm Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, USA […]
HET NATIONALE BALLET
Dutch National Ballet (Het Nationale Ballet) is the largest dance company in the Netherlands. Megan Zimny Kaftira and Remi Wörtmeyer in rehearsal for La Dame aux Camélias photography by Altin Kaftira The Dutch National Ballet was formed in 1961 when the Amsterdam Ballet and the Nederlands Ballet merged. The company has been directed bySonia Gaskell (1961–1969), Rudi […]
Raising the barre
Evgeniya Obraztsova The Royal Ballet’s production of Swan Lake Ashley Ellis, “Diamonds” from “Jewels” (George Balanchine), Boston Ballet © NYC Dance Project (Deborah Ory and Ken Browar) Misty Copeland rehearsing Swan Lake Washington Ballet “In an historic move, two African-American ballet dancers performed the lead roles in the Washington Ballet’s “Swan Lake” […]