Ballet dancers in super slow motionMar 26 2012

Bless me Father Sloan, for I have committed a radical act on the Internet. I have watched this slow motion video of ballet dancers four times and loved, yes, loved the display of precise power and grace contained therein.

And playing a remix of Radiohead's Everything in Its Right Place over the video? I think they made this just for me. (via devour)

Holy Jesus, look at what this ballerina can do!Jan 11 2012

I have rarely in my life seen something as physically impressive as this performance of Swan Lake:

It's not just what she does, it's how rock-still she is while doing it. Just, wow. (via ★interesting)

The shoe makes the dancerNov 08 2011

A short but fascinating look at how changes in ballet shoe technology altered the way ballerinas moved and even how their bodies looked.

In the 1840s, when Marie Taglioni went on pointe for a few seconds in La Sylphide, her momentary weightlessness became an icon of the transcendent power of ballet. A pair of her shoes sold for 200 rubles and was cooked and eaten by her admirers.

(via @alexismadrigal)

Black Swan trailerAug 17 2010

The first trailer for Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan is out. Natalie Portman plays an out-of-control ballerina.