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Ballet Beautiful

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 […]

Royal Robes

Coronation Robes of Queen Elizabeth II, 1953 Designed by Norman Hartnell. Embroidery features the English Rose, Scottish Thistle, Northern Irish Shamrock, and Welsh Daffodil. Diamond Diadem designed by Rundell Bridge & Rundell. Created in 1820 for George IV. In honor of Queen Elizabeth II becoming the longest reigning monarch in British history today, her coronation […]

Paris Opera Ballet

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, […]

Ballet Beautiful

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 […]

Elegant Home and Art

“I deeply believe that a beautiful decor can have a beneficial influence on our lives.”   – Albert Hadley Giovanni da Udine c. 1515-1520 Study of a Parrot Jonathan Charles Fine Furniture gorgeous color “Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions; there is no single […]

A Fabulous, Wearable, ART-DRESS-SCULPTURE

Now this is quite sensational.   Sent in by a wonderful viewer, this gown is actually all made of WOOD. It was designed and created for a wearable art show in Gloucester, Massachusetts. rickcrangle.tumblr.com * * Rick Crangle: “The concept arose as a full floor length dress, as elegant and simple as I could make out of wood. I used […]

Ballet Beautiful

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 […]