"The ballet is a purely female thing. It is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener."

- George Balanchine.

Actor Patrick Swayze at home, Lakeview, California, USA, 1995

Photographed by Mary Ellen Mark

"Anna Pavlova’s feet were famously arched and tapered, yet her shoes have much less pronounced blocks for the toes than any modern ballerina would employ. She was the most world-renowned ballerina with the most world-renowned feet — but her shoes make us marvel at the strength those slender feet must have had. (This pair is thought to have been made in the 1920s, a decade when she traveled the globe.) They also have a remarkable amount of side stitching. We can only speculate what support this gave her."

—alastair macaulay on anna pavlova's pointe shoes for the new york times

“Ballerina Lyubov Gershunova gives 3-year-old Sasha, daughter of Michael Edgley, a lesson and carries her through a few steps. Anna Fedorova helps Sasha point her toe.”

Photographed by Martin James Brannan.

16 August 1976.

spidergwen embroidery :))

i took that weird slant picture so you can sort of see the texture of this new stitch i was trying for the black, it’s called the web stitch so you can probably guess why i used it :3

Bloch Pointe Shoe Keychain 🩰

~ blue pointe shoes 🩵

Diana Vishneva and Vladimir Shklyarov in the Mariinsky's production of Romeo and Juliet (2016)

Cest Nous Spring 2022

~ Neutrals ~

Source: @nylon-streets

"You can't put your feet on the ground until you've touched the sky."

~Paul Auster

Missing ballet today!

sonia rodriguez’ rhinestone-adorned pointe shoes, which she wore during a production of james kudelka’s cinderella in may 2oo8 . on display at the bata shoe museum.

Ballerina Darcey Bussell meets Princess Diana. December 1st, 1991.

¿QUIÉN TE MANDA? video out now <3

This is my first video in a long time (since the 'even if it hurts' video in 2019!) and it's my first as a newly fully independent artist. It was a true passion project - in the best and most pure sense of that term - between myself and an amazing team. I worked with my close friend and long time collaborator Jonatán López, and collaborated with choreographer Teresa 'Toogie' Barcelo. The way this video came together was crazy, because we prepped it for months and shot it, but there was a huge mishap on behalf of someone which resulted in none of the footage being usable. I was on tour for two months after that and the entire project died. I, along with the rest of the team, was completely heartbroken. Eventually though, we managed to re-shoot the whole video, two months after the original shoot !! The whole crew donated their time and we brought the video to a whole new level. I want to thank everyone who helped bring this together and revive the video that almost never was <3 hope you love it.