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At the Academy of Russian Ballet (Vaganova)...
Eleonora Sevenard of Vaganova Ballet Academy, photographed by Katerina Kravstsova.
GUYS DID YOU KNOW she’s Mathilda Kschessinskaya’s great great granddaughter??????
Uliana Lopatkina in Diamonds.
Maya Plistetskaya in Paris, 1977.
L’ultime Marie Agnes Gillot photographiée par Sy Delorme, stylisme de Sonia Bedere
Svetlana Zakharova and Vladislav Lantratov in La Dame aux Camelias.
My favorite thing about this gif is how Vlad is looking at Sveta with that little movement bringing his hands to his heart. He just looks so in love, almost a bit besotted with her. I adore it.
The Piano Lesson, 1895
Francis Day (1863–1942)
Diana Vishneva and Marcelo Gomes in Mariinsky’s Giselle
Photos by Marc Olich
Dorothée Gilbert
ph. Little Shao
Olga Smirnova and Artem Ovcharenko rehearsing a pas de deux from Jean-Christophe Maillot’s ‘Romeo et Juliette’ in Monaco, this past summer.
Svetlana Zakharova in rehearsal for Le Corsaire.
Photography: Michael James O'Brien
Alessandra Ferri and Herman Cornejo in Martha Clarke’s Chéri.
© Joan Marcus
Fairy Doll mini-tour 1: Moscow
Vaganova Ballet Academy students have taken a variation from the “Fairy Doll” on a mini-tour. First stop was Moscow: they performed the variation at the Soul of Dance award.
“Fairy Doll” was revived by Nikolai Tsiskaridze last year, and will be part of this year’s VBA graduation performance.
Friedemann Vogel backstage getting ready before the performance
Washington Ballet studio company dancers Nardia Boodoo and ZhengHong Cao (via)
Olga Smirnova as the Queen of the Dryads