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Marianela Nunez as Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty (Royal Ballet 2016)

Emiel Vandenberghe

Vadim Muntagirov performing Siegfried’s variation (Teatro dell’Opera di Roma 2022)

Iván Sánchez Fernandez -  Moravské divadlo Olomouc and Víctor Ullate Ballet - photo by Peter Remeník

It’s too damn hot for the end of May here in DC (low 90s! already!), so have some cooling Nutcracker thoughts. Pacific Northwest Ballet soloist Lindsi Dec as Peacock in PNB’s Stowell/Sendak Nutcracker. . . . 🏷️ #ballet #ballerina #nutcracker #nutcrackerballet #pacificnorthwestballet #pnb #lindsidec #peacock #arabian #coffee #pointe #pointeshoes #balletlife #dancelife #instaballet #instadance #worldwideballet #balletworld #loveballet #balletlovers #balletinspiration #balletaddiction #ballerinaseveryday #beautiful #balletphotography #dancephotography #balletdancer #balletpost #балет #балерины https://www.instagram.com/p/CePaG1Ds6JF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I felt it. Perfect. It was perfect.

photo by Victoria Carlson

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ph. Svetlana Loboff

ph. Svetlana Loboff

Photos © Ira Yakovleva

Sir John Lavery, Anna Pavlova as The dying Swan, 1912.