I Could Have Danced All Night
August 17, 2013 6:34 AM   Subscribe

Ballet Dancers in Random Situations Just what it says on the tin.
posted by randomkeystrike (13 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: This is terrific but alas a double. -- LobsterMitten



 
Oh, obsessive Photoshop, is there nothing you can't do?

Otherwise, I liked this photo.
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:55 AM on August 17, 2013 [1 favorite]


Huh. I really want to take a shower with that guy. I don't know what to do with all these new feelings.
posted by bxyldy at 7:12 AM on August 17, 2013


I saw that shower guy and thought 'man I really hope he lands on something non-skid'.
posted by jquinby at 7:19 AM on August 17, 2013 [1 favorite]


Can this post be alternately titled "LEGS LEGS LEGS LEGS LEGS LEGS ARE IN THE WORLD"

I found so many of these delightfully beautiful and exquisitely sexy.
posted by entropone at 7:20 AM on August 17, 2013


Some of these are so dangerous you guys! Not cool subway snoozer!!!
posted by prefpara at 7:21 AM on August 17, 2013


And restaurant counter lounger! So gross.
posted by Admiral Haddock at 7:25 AM on August 17, 2013


Sorry to threadsit, but FYI I asked the mods to update the link to go direct to the source site, based on localrogers suggestion. A few of the photos involve people who are starkers, but posed in such a way that the naughty bits are not showing. Thanks Mods!
posted by randomkeystrike at 7:26 AM on August 17, 2013


I really *hope* this is either 'shopped or the angle is misleading... is it coincidence that the building in the background is LEGG Mason?

http://www.dancersamongus.com/photos/Baltimore-Rachel-Bell

posted by randomkeystrike at 7:31 AM on August 17, 2013 [1 favorite]


These are awesome. I want to buy prints and hang them everywhere. I love the feeling of joy and significance and heightened... something. I don't know. The kind of magical realism. I feel like I need this in my daily life.

I normally don't think of ballet as something I especially like, but recontextualizing it like this gives me a new appreciation for it. What amazing athletes they are!

So, um... Good post.
posted by OnceUponATime at 7:45 AM on August 17, 2013


Classic Favourite which is probably why it features as a book cover.
Some of the other series are fun as well.
posted by adamvasco at 7:49 AM on August 17, 2013


The book has an extensive appendix about how most of the shots were staged.hours of setup, some were many retakes, a few just happened. Some were No photoshop! (I expect there is the normal color correction). The shot of the dancer on the cannon was dangerous.
posted by sammyo at 7:52 AM on August 17, 2013


I think we did this one before.
posted by pracowity at 8:00 AM on August 17, 2013


Expected a ballet dancer in a tin.

Disappointed.
posted by ardgedee at 8:00 AM on August 17, 2013


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