The shapes. The flowing fabrics and the strong lines of the dancers' bodies are a beautiful contrast, and all together they contort themselves into these organic shapes that are both graceful and powerful. Just begging for a sculpture.
Diana Vishneva, Prima ballerina at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, graduated from Vaganova Academy in Saint Petersburg, and Marcelo Gomes, photo by Patrick Demarchelier
Diana Vishneva (born July is a prima ballerina with both the Mariinsky Ballet (formerly the Kirov Ballet) in Russia, and American Ballet Theatre in the United States. my favorite ballerina ever