Ballet: A study in making pain look effortless

"You see yourself in the mirror every day, and you see how imperfect you are and it makes you afraid. I always raised the bar too high. I had to learn to change my attitude from ‘Oh, no, I can’t do this’ to ‘Yes, I can.’ I had to learn how to condition my body and mind to go onstage no matter what." — Veronika Part 

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Show this weekend!!!!

Really proud of what this is gonna be

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sylvie guillem you will always be famous

In the Middle Somewhat Elevated; choreo. Forsythe, 1987

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Mathieu Ganio, Audric Bezard

Le chant du compagnon errant

photo Yonathan Kellermann

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Ludmila Pagliero and Mathieu Ganio - Caravaggio

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Sarah Gabrielle-Ryan as the Firebird for Pacific Northwest Ballet

Photo by Angela Sterling

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Amelia Earhart and Little Dancer Aged Fourteen

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

(2009)

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Lauren Cuthbertson -  backstage during a dress rehearsal of A Winter's Tale at the Royal Opera House 

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I’m so sore from today 🫠

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Still got it ✨

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Ulyana Lopatkina and Vladimir Shklyarov in The Little Humpbacked Horse.

Photo by Mark Olich

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— ♡ New York City Ballet - Vintage Ballet Pin Buttons by Edward Gorey

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Kenneth MacMillan, Mayerling

Hohyun Kang and Paul Marque

ph. Maria Helena Buckley

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I did not foresee wrapping up one of the hardest years of my life with producing my own Nutcracker but..I did it!!! Putting together Nutsferatu: A Nutcracker Suite in a month and 5 days was a huge gamble and pulling it all off felt like a true Christmas miracle. I feel so lucky and blessed to have such an amazing community backing me up in this new chapter of my life.

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Act 1

The Audition

Photo by Stepan Liubimov

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Nosferatu devouring Dew Drop

Photo by Rob Calix

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Act 2

Nosferatu in the land of sweets

Turkish delights

Photo by Rob Calix

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Nutcracker/Nosferatu crossover was exactly what this holiday season needed

Photo by Rob Calix