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Unless you’ve been living in some strange internet-less hole, you probably already know that yesterday was a HUGE day for the ballet world. American Ballet Theatre announced seven (count ’em!) promotions—and one of them was the extraordinary Misty Copeland, who’s now the company’s first African-American female principal. From Copeland’s epic Under Armour campaign—she willed what […]

I love photographs that capture not only beautiful dance positions, but also the feeling of dance—that crazy kinetic kick you get watching somebody move. Photographer and former contemporary ballet dancer Jesús Chapa-Malacara has figured out a cool lighting technique that allows his images to do that perfectly. They’re artfully blurred, conveying a sense of movement—but […]