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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 ❤️

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

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Olga Smirnova

photo: Darian Volkova

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Isabella Boylston - 890 Broadway, New York City

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.

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Alina Cojocaru, Alexander Trusch

Sleeping Beauty

photo: Kiran West

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Royal Ballet

Infra

photo: Alastair Muir

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Agnes Letestu

Études

(not mine)

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

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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.

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“Don Quixote” 

photographed by Marina Dmitrieva

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Alvin Ailey Dancer

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Sylvia [source]

Aurélie Dupont

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

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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.

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

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

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