Symphony in C dress rehearsal ©Paul Kolnik
Tutus and Tendus With New York City Ballet:
Tag Archives: dance
Gravity’s Nemesis:
Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity
(Birds of) Paradise by the Dashboard Light:
Superb Bird-of-Paradise (Lophorina superba)
Stay. Please Stay.
Eileen Kramer, the First Hundred Years
LBSPY.com
100-year-old avante garde writer, painter, costume designer, choreographer, and dancer (Yes, dancer) Eileen Kramer* shows no signs of stopping or even slowing down.
*No relation, alas. Continue reading
A New Church:
David LaChapelle Studio
(Note: I got all kinds of scooped on this video, and I nearly scrapped the post when I realized I’d taken too long, but I decided that at least some of you might have missed it.)
Ballet dancer Sergei Polunin absolutely kills it in this video set to Hozier’s “Take Me to Church.” Continue reading
Life After Dance
Ingrid Endel
Most dancers’ careers are short-lived, but some never get to show their stuff at all. Continue reading
Do the Carlton!
Remember Carlton?
Since I accidentally hit “publish” at 12:01 this morning, I thought maybe a bonus post was in order. Continue reading
Naked Geometry
©Klaus Klampert
I am really pleased to bring to you the unbelievably stylish and somehow geometric nude dancers photographed by Klaus Kampert, famous beauty and fashion photographer. Continue reading
Sia and Shia
Sia’s newest video, “Elastic Heart,” was released this morning Continue reading
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Christmas Jumpers! (Not what you think):
Flowers in Concrete
“I like it when a flower grows through a crack in the concrete. It’s so heroic.” – George Carlin
Pulp Fik Shun
Baby-faced boy makes good. Continue reading
Save Me From Monday
Mondays blow. Continue reading
Hand Jive
Photo by Shenzhen Standard
“As long as you are kind and there is love in your heart, a thousand hands will naturally come to your aid. As long as you are kind and there is love in your heart, you will reach out with a thousand hands to help others.” -Guan Yin Prayer
Pas de Duke:
Get Away From Me, Tiny Dancer
To Be Young and Talented and Nimble Again . . .
©Yanis Marshall
Calvin and Hobbes and the Answer to Everything
©Bill Watterson
Calvin: They say the world is a stage. But obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad libbing his lines.
Hobbes: Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re in a tragedy or a farce?
Calvin: We need more special effects and dance numbers.
Don’t we all?
