50 years ago this week, in the Sep. 1, 1967 issue of LIFE - the animals section featured a story about two polar bears named Amos and Mosa — UNDERWATER BEARS’ BALLET. According to LIFE, “Above water, polar bears are awkward creatures with the grace of moving vans. Underwater, Amos and Mosa, who perform ballet, manage to improve the shambling image of their breed. They came to London from the Moscow zoo two years ago and share a pool with a porthole near the bottom. Through this a viewer can see them doing an endless divertissement. Amos and Mosa rise in spectacular adagios, take off on breath-taking glissades, and do grand jetes en avant—as they have not been performed in all the years of London’s Royal Ballet.” (Terence Spencer—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #thisweekinLIFE #Ballet #PolarBears
