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The dance experience; The friendships; The stress; The passion. We dance because we feel a pulse within us to move.

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Ballerina Mary Helen Bowers 

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Student of Vaganova Ballet Academy - Sofia Kartashova

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Evgeny Umnov. Ballerinas at the snack bar in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses. 1963

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Agnes Letestu

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Vicente Romero Redondo 

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Ballet illustration. Tales from the Ballet, selected by Louis Untermeyer (Golden Press, 1968). Illustration by Alice Provensen (American, born 1917 or 1918) and Martin Provensen (American, 1916–1987).

After the war the Provensens moved to New York where a friend helped them get their first job, illustrating The Fireside Book of Folk Songs. They illustrated several Little Golden Books including The Color Kittens by Margaret Wise Brown (1949). In 1952, Tony the Tiger, designed by Martin, debuted as a Kellogg’s mascot.

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Sarah is a dancer. She is also deaf. Read her story: http://balletshoesandbobbypins.com/deafness-doesnt-keep-me-my-passion-young-dancer-breaks-through-barriers

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Anna Seidl, rehearsal Swann Lake, Het Nationale Ballet  Photo by Deen van Meer

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Виктория Брилёва

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Photographer Max Modén

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Étoiles of the Paris Opera Ballet. \ Left to right - Christiane Vaussard, Micheline Bardin, Liane Daydé, Madeleine Lafon and Nina Vyroubova.

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I'm still learning to love the parts of myself that no one claps for.

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If you’ve done well, it’s your obligation to spend a good portion of your time sending the elevator back down.

Kevin Spacey