Qi: Quite Interesting Facts About Shoes, Compiled by Molly Oldfield and John Mitchinson for The Telegraph, 11/08/2011 (via gothamcityballet)


Backstage Marianela
Oleg Markov, dancer Ballet Theatre of Boris Eifman – photography by Vadim Stein
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Maria Alexandrova in the Gamzatti variation from La Bayadere.


Steven Mcrae (r) and Sergei Polunin (l) rehearsing Les Lutins in Cuba 2009. Also Alina and her stripy legs in the background.
Anastasia Kolegova’s my favorite Giselle! But then again, I haven’t seen her in the mad scene yet.