Ballet Everyday

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we now return to your regularly scheduled vaganova

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So much control..

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Marianela Nunez and Thiago Soares rehearsing Diamonds.

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Valentine Colasante, Paris Opera Ballet

Photo: Marie Bhrn

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If she manages to pull off this variation and perform it clean at age what? 12? 13??? we have proof that she isn’t human.

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Central Park Tango Rehearsal (Featuring Sophia Lucia, Quinn Starner, Kay…

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Perfection.

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Crystal Costa and Isaac Hernández in In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated (English National Ballet, 2017)

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Ballet Mime

I stumbled upon this ballet mime guide the other day. It’s really neat. When I first started watching ballet, I really struggled to understand anything the dancers were “saying”. This would’ve been helpful back then.

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Reblogging an old personal favourite because it is one of my most popular posts ever.

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This perfectly defines contemporary dance in one gif.

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Kristina Shapran as Nikya in “La Bayadère”

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Ulyana Lopatkina (Mariinsky Ballet)

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What makes her dancing so unforgettable is that it shows the soul’s wounds so clearly.

Ismene Brown on Ulyana Lopatkina (Mariinsky Ballet, 2005)

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Leonore Baulac for Merlet

Photo: Julien Benhamou

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Anastasia Lukina of Vaganova Ballet Academy

Photos by Darian Volkova

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Picture by Dean from pickledthoughts