Dance

May 2, 2016

Ballerina Expresses Raw Emotions through Portraits of Delicate Dance Movements

Dancers use their bodies as finely-tuned instruments, communicating thoughts and feelings through movement. As Olga Kuraeva explains to Instagram Blog, to her, dance is “neither a philosophy nor a job” but a means of expressing emotion. Kuraeva's Instagram account overflows with the young woman's power and grace, the stunning photographs of her body in movement telling spellbinding stories. Kuraeva dances with the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, one of the oldest schools for classical ballet training.

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September 24, 2014

Aerial Dancers Perform Elegant Vertical Waltz on the Side of Oakland’s City Hall

Two daring dancers perform a dizzying vertical dance on the side of an 18-story City Hall building in this incredible video filmed by GoPro. Amelia Rudolph and Roel Seeber, who are part of the Bandaloop vertical choreography dance company, recently staged this “waltz on the walls” for the annual Art + Soul Festival held in Oakland, California.

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November 10, 2011

Dancers on the Streets of Russia

When you're walking along a busy street, it's not so easy to figure out a person's profession. Although, photographer Vitaly Sokolovsky's photo series entitled Dance-Petersburg certainly makes it easier to pick the dancers out of a crowd. Similar to Jordan Matter's Dancer's Among Us project in New York City, Sokolovsky captures the acrobatic movements of dancers in plain clothing, performing everyday tasks.

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