[coventgardengnome]

Farewell

Friends and followers, I’ve had a great 7 years on tumblr but it is time for me to sign off.

To all you dancers out there, merde ❤️

[swanlake1998]

candy tong photographed by melika dez (source: 1 2 3 4 5)

[strechanadi]

Olga Smirnova

photo: Darian Volkova

[ballerinaproject]

Isabella Boylston - 890 Broadway, New York City

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We are now offering large format limited edition prints in the 20x30 & 30x40 inch print sizes. Go to http://www.etsy.com/shop/ballerinaproject to purchase one of these beautiful and special limited edition prints from the Ballerina Project.

[strechanadi]

Alina Cojocaru, Alexander Trusch

Sleeping Beauty

photo: Kiran West

[strechanadi]

Royal Ballet

Infra

photo: Alastair Muir

[strechanadi]

Agnes Letestu

Études

(not mine)

[galina-ulanova]

Leta Biasucci and Lucien Postlewaite in Balanchine’s The Nutcracker (Pacific Northwest Ballet, 2018)

[inerdedout]

Can we PLEASE take a moment to appreciate the goddamn AMAZING amount of craftsmanship that goes into making pro ballet costumes?

I MEAN …

COME ON PEOPLE!

GENUINELY FUCKING SPECTACULAR!

THE DETAIL!

THE BEAUTY!!

THE GORGEOUSNESS OF IT ALL!!!

Costume designers are some of the most awesomely skilled people on the planet and I feel like they very rarely get as much admiration as they deserve. Especially in ballet, because a lot of the time at least half the audience doesn’t get the chance to see how intricate and beautiful these pieces truly are. I want to thank the artists who put so much effort into making characters look amazing.

[backstageleft-deactivated202009]

If we’re talking about specifically craftsmanship we need to talk about the people actually building these, not the designers. Yes these are lovely designs, but what you’re talking about is the work of the First Hands, the Stitchers, The Cutters, The Drapers, The Costume Crafts Artisans, etc. The whole costume production department. 

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“Don Quixote” 

photographed by Marina Dmitrieva

[p-ointeshoes]

Alvin Ailey Dancer

[kameliendame]

Sylvia [source]

Aurélie Dupont

[galina-ulanova]

Viktoria Tereshkina and Alexander Sergeyev in Le Parc (Mariinsky Ballet)

[galina-ulanova]

Dorothée Gilbert and István Simon performing a pas de deux from Manon (Paris Opera Ballet/Ballett Dortmund, 2018)

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Olivia Cowley - Abney Park Cemetery, London

The Ballerina Project book is now available for pre-order on Amazon: http://hyperurl.co/npmghz

We are now offering large format limited edition prints in the 20x30 & 30x40 inch print sizes. Go to http://www.etsy.com/shop/ballerinaproject to purchase one of these beautiful and special limited edition prints from the Ballerina Project.

[coventgardengnome]

Honestly Carabosse in the Australian Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty has Big Dick Energy

[coventgardengnome]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.

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