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Photos Of Dancers In Their Own Homes Will Leave You Speechless

In the 19th century, impressionist painter Edgar Degas depicted ballet dancers in their off moments, warming up, stretching, putting on their tights and lacing up their pointe shoes. The disarming and enchanted images captured an often unseen dimension of the graceful dancers – awkward, clumsy, off-guard – and yet, their poise and agility remained palpable. Fast forward a couple hundred years to photographer

David Perkins

, who also wanted to portray ballerinas in an unconventional light.

“I tried to think of a type of project I could do

,” the artist explained on Bored Panda.

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Amanda Seyfried and Justin Long out in New York City (May 22, 2014)

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