“I would dance until my body gave out, then I would collapse into the earth, and dream of dancing again.”
-Nikola M. La Vallée

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“I would dance until my body gave out, then I would collapse into the earth, and dream of dancing again.”
-Nikola M. La Vallée
A Midsummer Night's Dream // New York City Ballet, 1966
Ballet core🪽
– On Ballet, and Passion, and Pain
"The Ballerinas" by Rachel Kapelke-Dale // Kazuha for ELLE August 2022 // "The death of an artist" by The Michigan Daily // "Tiny Pretty Things" by Sona Charaipotra // “Suspiria” (2018) // "Tiny Pretty Things" by Sona Charaipotra // “Black Swan” (2010) // quote by Edgar Degas // "Ballet Rehearsal", 1873, by Edgar Degas // "Ballet and pain: Reflections on a risk-dance culture", 2011, by Krista McEwan and Kevin Young // "The Toll of Perfectionism" by Claire Angyal // “Pink" on Flickr // "Black Swan" by BTS (2020) // “To A Dancer” by Arthur Symons // “Swan song” definition via Wikipedia
Dance is such a beautiful art form — one that has been a huge part of my life ever since I was little. The combination of hard work and graceful artistry really make it something special to me.
I wanted to capture the ethereal quality of ballet and create something that dancers could use to show off their love of their craft. With this design specifically, I wanted to spotlight the talented ballerinas of the Black community who so often are overlooked, underappreciated, and underrepresented.
This design is available as stickers, magnets, shirts, art prints, and much more over on my Threadless store, and they make the perfect gift for any ballerina!
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