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more about #ballet onavolta: I saw them perform in Seattle a few years ago, and it was amazing! #thetrocks more » Ailatan: We know who's in charge of wardrobe in The Trocks tour more » Harlot Brontë: I got into a raging, biscotti-stabbing argument with my sister last week about the sex lives of ballet dancers. She insisted that the vast majority ... more » JerseyGrrrl: Light as a feather; stiff as a board.... Lovely costume, but my ballet mistresses would have taken their sticks to that bent wrist. more » LuvEwan: She looks like she's having a ball-et. more » BuffyPhD: F*@^k wearing purple. When I am an old woman, I shall wear red lipstick and a turban. She is gorgeous! more » freya_kahlo: I bet she has a very interesting life story. more » mikaelamac: I saw the photo and knew immediately who this was - I was a school of American ballet student back in the day, and used to read every book there ever ... more » NefariousNewt: I would certainly like to visit Dresden. more » Rocket Queen: Reminds me of a scene in Inglourious Basterds. more » sybann: Heather Mills is on "Dancing w/... Stars" again? more » MizJenkins: BEST. CAPTION. EVER. more » pond-side-over: Is that a double third-party facepalm? more » ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥: beautiful composition! the human body truly IS art. more » IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel: I'm happy to see dancers taking back the jazz hands. Cheerleaders have hogged them for way to long. After all, cheerleaders are just dancers who have ... more » Sandicomm: I had the chance to go backstage at the New York City ballet while working on a photo shoot for them. It's amazing how a good makeup artist and costum... more » bitchyolympian: OMG. I work part time for a small local ballet company as the costume mistress.... I'm sitting here *drooling* at the site of those costumes! WANTS WA... more » FashionShowAtLunch: Oh man, I just saw Nina Ananiashvili dance her swan song in, appropriately, Swan Lake. It was life-changing. Although it might have been even better... more » katie.scarlett.o'hara: "The NYCB costume department has one employee whose full-time job is sleuthing out genius embroideries and trims." Can haz employment? more » Sputnik_Sweetheart: So this is probably a silly question, but is there a rivalry between the New York City Ballet and the American Ballet Theater? I am picturing epic da... more » -
#enpointe
Behind The Scenes At The Ballet
It takes dozens of tutus, a stockpile of ballet shoes, and a team of costumers to outfit the New York City Ballet. In a new slide show New York magazine tours the ballet's wardrobe department. [NY Mag] -
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#dancedancerevolution
Raising The Barre
A study finds that in the past 50 years, responding to "modern taste for looking at more unnatural shapes," ballet dancers have been lifting their legs progressively higher, leading to increased risk of injury. [Guardian] -
#dancedancerevolution
Ballet Shoes Feeling Extra Painful
Already set upon by nature, time, gravity, ballet dancers are hit extra-hard by the economy. More » -
#dancedancerevolution
R.I.P. Ekaterina Maximova
Ekaterina Maximova, a legendary ballerina of Moscow's Bolshoi known as "Catherine the Great," has died at 70. She's survived by her husband and dance partner, Vladimir Vasiliev. [AP] -
#clips
Students Dance Again At Baghdad Ballet
Today Good Morning America had a follow up on a ballet school in Iraq that is rebuilding after losing its piano player and almost all of its students during the war. More » -
#darcikistler
End Of An Era
Darci Kistler, 44, the sole remaining ballerina at New York City Ballet to have danced under the company's legendary founder George Balanchine, has announced that she's retiring after 28 years. [New York Times] -
#dancerinthedark
Dangerous Beauty: Are Tutus Too Much?
Tutus may be the stuff of little girls' dreams, but to dancers, they're a huge pain in the ass — literally. More »
