Celebrating the extraordinary art of ballet.Tumblr (3.0; @masterpiecesofhumanity)http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c4ce8d494a8076ea1bdc94daa94c33a6/tumblr_mn47z6WzGV1qjdzu0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><div class="_n8 _3qx fbPhotoSnowlift fbxPhoto uiLayer _3qw pagingReady" id="photos_snowlift"> <div class="_n9"> <div class="_n3"> <div class="fbPhotoSnowliftContainer uiContextualLayerParent" data-ft='{"type":44}' data-ownerid="stream_story_519a9035e62c20950252948"> <div class="clearfix fbPhotoSnowliftPopup"> <div class="rhc photoUfiContainer"> <div class="uiScrollableArea rhcScroller fade uiScrollableAreaWithShadow"> <div class="uiScrollableAreaWrap scrollable"> <div class="uiScrollableAreaBody"> <div class="uiScrollableAreaContent"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" data-ft='{"type":45}'><span class="hasCaption">Isabelle Ciaravola</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></p>http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50933142535http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50933142535Mon, 20 May 2013 17:06:42 -0400Isabelle CiaravolaParis Opera Balletfeet<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/194c3cfa55ff27b68f17bd29530c45e2/tumblr_mgicaviV6v1r31k1jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://obsessivedancingdisorder.tumblr.com/post/40327546877/abts-willis-sharing-a-mirror-by-renata-pavam" target="_blank">obsessivedancingdisorder</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>ABT’s Willis sharing a mirror, by Renata Pavam</p> </blockquote>http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50926338081http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50926338081Mon, 20 May 2013 15:38:13 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6c5c0f37b41b5ce0b7d80d5b39604916/tumblr_mmu8rvSfTa1s5ud79o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50926301884http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50926301884Mon, 20 May 2013 15:37:42 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/72e470d0bc9c08225756be9c815fd890/tumblr_mmyz9isC421s8xggxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dancing2surviving.tumblr.com/post/50691973819/http-whrt-it-19hb3vj" target="_blank">dancing2surviving</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Free-spirited | via Tumblr on @weheartit.com - <a href="http://whrt.it/19HB3vj" target="_blank"><a href="http://whrt.it/19HB3vj" target="_blank">http://whrt.it/19HB3vj</a></a></p> </blockquote>http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50926287131http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50926287131Mon, 20 May 2013 15:37:30 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m548r9ZqTn1r3x5moo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50622693537http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50622693537Thu, 16 May 2013 22:13:16 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/386edddecf7412a2c991a46a8b2706b8/tumblr_mmu85x7Y001s5ud79o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50614628327http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50614628327Thu, 16 May 2013 20:28:27 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0b5465abc3fb88a144146a1b6394c295/tumblr_mmqze4KaPM1rrs01ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jrusevich.tumblr.com/post/50351869407/iana-salenko-photo-m-h-buckley" target="_blank">jrusevich</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Iana Salenko<br/>Photo: M.-H. Buckley</p> </blockquote>http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50614611532http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50614611532Thu, 16 May 2013 20:28:12 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f8d516df168a5f8889d615dca41de2fa/tumblr_mhppacFLcP1s3gpmko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://vaganovaboy.tumblr.com/post/47307283836/filmtodigital-baryshnikov-at-the-white-house" target="_blank">vaganovaboy</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://filmtodigital.tumblr.com/post/42292329230/baryshnikov-at-the-white-house-1979" target="_blank">filmtodigital</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Baryshnikov at the White House. 1979.</p> <p>Photographed on assignment for LOOK Magazine by Daniel Sorine.</p> </blockquote> <p>Marry me Misha</p> </blockquote>http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50614561626http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50614561626Thu, 16 May 2013 20:27:31 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md4ykziHyx1qb11dro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50614527943http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50614527943Thu, 16 May 2013 20:27:02 -0400<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2130067/New-English-National-Ballet-chief-tells-dancers-weight-vows-stamp-anorexia.html">English National Ballet chief orders dancers to put on weight after audience complaints that stars are too thin</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://royalballet.tumblr.com/post/50586744000/english-national-ballet-chief-orders-dancers-to-put-on" target="_blank">royalballet</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://verymaryanna.tumblr.com/post/50465114426/english-national-ballet-chief-orders-dancers-to-put-on" target="_blank">verymaryanna</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote class="link_og_blockquote"> <div>When Hollywood actress Natalie Portman portrayed a thin ballerina in Black Swan, she provoked fury. Now the new artistic director of English National Ballet, Tamara Rojo, has said the drama is a reality for many dancers.</div> </blockquote> <p>A must-read. Way to go, Tamara.</p> </blockquote> <p>because this really is a must-read</p> </blockquote>http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50588568738http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50588568738Thu, 16 May 2013 14:05:02 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5971fc0eebb8969bc44231b387ebf907/tumblr_mge3giXZeG1rdarfyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://moretothepointe.tumblr.com/post/42627910587/ballet-blog-3" target="_blank">moretothepointe</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>ballet blog <3</p> </blockquote>http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50581826610http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50581826610Thu, 16 May 2013 11:56:51 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/74ebfd4b39b5fd5a93284529ccfebddf/tumblr_mmweycDzHn1qjdzu0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50581816274http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50581816274Thu, 16 May 2013 11:56:36 -0400patricia barkerPacific Northwest BalletBalanchineBalanchine Trustdiamondsarabesque<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ffdde0f350cc2c12aaf3e9cb002c2939/tumblr_mmv6ynjBP71s7uriko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50581787298http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50581787298Thu, 16 May 2013 11:56:01 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/347820e8f8c1fdcd90aa9cf3bb8beeb6/tumblr_mmw9or6REG1qjdzu0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Daria Sukhorukova and Lukáš Slavický - SYLVIA PAS DE DEUX</p> <p>Photography by Charles Tandy</p>http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50576633189http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50576633189Thu, 16 May 2013 10:02:51 -0400Daria SukhorukovaLukáš SlavickýsylviaBayerisches Staatsballettbavarian state ballet<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a9f34e504f6fa663f53f9921b9788033/tumblr_mmw9n94Sz21qjdzu0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50576595805http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50576595805Thu, 16 May 2013 10:01:57 -0400Lucia LacarraBayerisches Staatsballettbavarian state balletLady of the Camellias<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f241f31a7d87f7450cedc4ebe4692475/tumblr_mmw9kcLnND1qjdzu0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50576512451http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50576512451Thu, 16 May 2013 10:00:12 -0400Staatsballett Berlin<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3f579fa6243660871f0460122f42c3a9/tumblr_mmw9jvdDqd1qjdzu0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50576499625http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50576499625Thu, 16 May 2013 09:59:55 -0400Staatsballett Berlin<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/91aa4df55fceef0720a10c81007668df/tumblr_mmw99iT4Ft1qjdzu0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50576241959http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50576241959Thu, 16 May 2013 09:53:42 -0400hamburg ballett<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a9dbc6a93f0b51ec8d6eb4942187b87a/tumblr_mmw985Z9pi1qjdzu0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Alicia Amatriain, Marijn Rademaker in Two Pieces for HET</p>http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50576204058http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50576204058Thu, 16 May 2013 09:52:53 -0400Alicia AmatriainMarijn Rademakerstuttgart balletstuttgarter ballett<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8fd1d7abaf9d693720ea336f0b168f0e/tumblr_mlsus1Q4Bu1rcacueo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7f4d17d9d20591db429c1bcd5d4e616f/tumblr_mlsus1Q4Bu1rcacueo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ryanishka.tumblr.com/post/50547255057/diana-vishneva-in-giselle-photo-c-asya" target="_blank">ryanishka</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p>Diana Vishneva in <em>Giselle</em>. Photo © Asya Verzhbinsky</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50576024781http://masterpiecesofhumanity.tumblr.com/post/50576024781Thu, 16 May 2013 09:48:39 -0400