Sae Eun Park - Seine, Paris
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“I come from a favela in Brazil. I am black. I have a poor family. Yet, despite all those odds, I became a ballerina. I had to get by on my own [upon arriving in New York at the age of 19 on a full scholarship to the Dance Theatre of Harlem]. That’s when I grew up and learned to appreciate what my parents taught me. I’m not here [at Dance Theatre of Harlem] because I’m poor. I’m here because of my dancing.” —Ingrid Silva
A few more photos from the Vaganova Ballet Academy masterclasses at Pro Viva La Dance Ballet Academy in Finland.
reblog if you think it’s okay for a boy to do ballet
my best friend just needs some love and support right now
HECK YEAH
leothegiant - someone needs to hear your voice! ^-^
I for one say ….HECKS TO THE YES AND STILL BE AS MASCULINE!! If you want to dance, DANCE!!
My dad’s danced in a production and he’s the manliest man I’ve ever met
Yes!! I wanted to do ballet sooooooo bad as a child!!! My father being the stereotypical;’ I won’t raise a gay son in this house’ type of man took that dream away from me.
Beginner dance class got me like..
this is me teaching 7 year olds a new step
Bloody creative movement
Anonymous asked:
A while ago there was this thing on tumblr where people would tell other people that they made them think about a certain dancer. I thought about you and i was i realized that you don't look alike anyone in the ballet world right now. You're yourself and you have that 'unique' thing that makes you stand out. I'm sure you have a bright future in the dance world because you have that something new and very personal to offer. I wish you the best! (i hope i expressed myself well, my english is bad)
ryloism answered:
Thank you, this was a very nice thing to hear and something that isn’t expressed to me often. I think, though, that a big reason I dance like I do is because I don’t dance for anyone but myself. I’m not dancing in a company for a director or anything right now. Right now, nobody is forcing me to be there, right now I have nobody to impress. I have nobody that I’m trying to be but myself. And I have never felt like a more honest dancer in my life. I don’t know if I plan on returning to a company, I may, but I’m not sure yet. I feel that right now I am honoring my art in the way that I should. Before, in a long run of performances with the company, all I could think of was how much I wanted each performance to be over so I could go home and think about something else. What way is that to honor an art form? Waiting for it to be over? But now when I dance, I don’t wait for it to be over, I truly get to appreciate it and use it to express parts of myself that I can’t show in any other way. Like I said, I can be truly honest. Before, I had the mentality that “I will do this until I’m 30 something and my body falls apart and I can’t anymore, and then I will teach until I die”. But a world of possibility has opened up to me and I can live without that grim idea hanging over my head, that maybe this will be the injury that ends my career. I can, and am fully able and capable, of doing many different things. And thus I am able to dance in the moment, and not worry if I take one wrong step. I am dancing for real now, I am dancing with honesty now. People can look at my situation as a failure, but I am here by choice and I couldn’t be happier. Many opportunities have since come my way, and I have since turned away from all of them because it isn’t what I truly want. And it took a lot of bravery to do that. But I made the right choice.
someone quoted this on instagram and I think if it made an impact on one person, I might as well share it with you guys, too!
she was a shark
he was a jet
can I make it any more obvious
two rival gangs
they did street ballet
what more can I say
bang