Wanna see some ballet? Let's go!

Okay, I did not go to Helsinki bit more than week ago to see Le Corsaire (by Bolshoi) in a movie theatre. Would have wanted to, though... But luckily there are some wonderful people in this world, for example this certain blogger. I sincerely urge you to visit his page. To see the Corsaire, for example.

You'll find it all here. Go! :)

In 1,5 weeks I'm going to see some ballet LIVE. On stage. In Helsinki. It'll be the farewell performance of our National Ballet's biggest star (at the moment), Minna Tervamäki. Got a very nice place, too, from the 1st balcony, 1st row, in the middle. And of course I'm trying to figure out what to wear. I want it to be something at least a little bit festive, special even. And as I've lately found polyvore.com, I put together a fun outfit - got the inspiration from birds (scarlet macaw, to be exact). Here it is. (p.s. The ballet is going to be La Bayadere.)

Inspiration - Ara Macao by iepukka featuring a red clutch

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I'm soooooo waiting for Friday, have to get back to class. Have to. Really. And Saturday.

Today's collage - Skirts!

This one looks the same as previous collage (layout I mean), but let's not care about that :) Skirts skirts skirts! I STILL haven't started the ones I was going to make myself, except the looking & going through the fabrics and satin ribbons I already have... There's dark green, for example. I just need a room for sewing - my cat is too eager to help with that stuff.

But here are some nice ones I found one evening :) And ready made, might I add. Oh, I'm so longing for to be friends again with my sewing machine...

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I've got a new set in weheartit.com -> Dance Gear -> Feel free to flip through :D (p.s. I do not have those things, except for 1 or 2, but those are fun and useful stuff I'd Like to get.)

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Come on, vogue, let your (ballet) body move to the music!

Today I thought about my next post. Didn't have a clear idea what to write and didn't want to push it. I always enjoy flipping through photos, paper or digital ones, so just a moment ago google gave me an idea :) Typed in "vogue ballet" and saw some familiar pics, but also fabulous new acquaintances! I'm not a fashion geek, but it is a subject that regularly interests me, so here's the idea: a compilation of today's most fascinating finds. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so look through my eyes... :) (Sorry for So Many photos, but choosing was _difficult_.)

English National Ballet dancer Kerry Birkett modelling Beatrix Ong's Glare for English National Ballet shoe.   Photographed by Ian Bartlett

From: Vogue Girl Korea, 2006 (?). (found the photo here: http://www.jessicahsu.com/2009_11_01_archive.html)

Caroline Trentini in Flights of Fancy, Vogue September 2008.

Vogue Girl Korea, The Nutcracker theme editorial. (Don't like the way they tied her ribbons. Found this here: http://www.styleamor.com/2010/12/the-nutcracker-girl-and-lanvin-x-hm/)

Drama & Ballet, Vogue Russia, February 2011, photographer: Jason Schmidt
Model: Denisa Dvorakova

“In time with the music” by Mark Seliger – Vogue Italia March 2008

Julianne Moore as a Degas ballerina by Peter Lindbergh – Harper’s Bazaar May 2008

Li Cunxin and the Australian ballet in “Sin-derella” by Simon Lekias – Harper’s Bazaar Australia April 2010

Nataša Vojnović by Carter Smith - Elle February 2010

Vintage photo :) Couture Ballet, Vogue (US?) 1955.

Once more: Vogue Girl Korea, February 2006.

Okay okay, the final shot :D Vogue Girl Korea, February 2006.

Maya Plisetskaya by Irving Penn, 1959.

Vogue UK, June 2011, Arizona Muse, footwear: Bloch, photographer: Patrick Demarchelier.

"Ballet Society" - artist Corrado Cagli, composer Vittorio Rieti, dancer Tanaquil LeClerq, and choreographer George Balanchine. Photographer: Irving Penn, 1948.

Darcey Bussel posing for Vogue (1989), photographer: Arthur Elgort. (Found it here: http://www.dance.net/topic/6910400/1/Ballet-Photos-Misc/Request-Ballet-poses-or-pointe-shoes..)

Darcey Bussell and Cynthia Harvey entertain Arthur Elgort’s daughter, Vogue (?), photographed by Arthur Elgort in 1989.

Photographer: Annie Leibovitz, 2003.

This one's worth 2 photos! He is the Italian dancer Roberto Bolle, photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott for the November, 2010, issue of Vogue Paris. 

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p.s. Almost slipped because of snow and ice today -> left ankle feels irritating. Dislike!

Pinterest & Weheartit

Some or many of you are using these photo-sites, where we get to make our own collections, boards, sets, galleries... I'm talking about Pinterest and We<3it. Personally I love both, they give me ideas, I get to dream, see what other people like.

Here are my profiles for both sites :) Feel free to follow.

-> iepukka in Pinterest

-> iepukka in We<3it


I've got 29 sets in weheartit, but there would be oh-so-many other subjects, too, that I'd like to collect... The amount of sets might increase, sloooowly :) Pinterest is the newer "hobby" of these, but 11 boards there to see already. It felt a bit more difficult to use, at first, but now it's almost equally fascinating. And also it seems maybe a tiny bit more adult-like site. Maybe.

My collections include ballet stuff in both places, but today I'll give a sample of something different :)

A Super Gorgeous dress I found in Pinterest!!! :)

A Very Cute drawing via weheartit. Well, I like both, books and cats :)

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The up-coming week I'm having only 3 days of work + one concert. Plus (hopefully) 4-5 classes of dance. The week after that? Well... FREEEEEEEE! :) One week of vacation. If I'm lucky, there'll be a contemporary dance course of 5 days, but it might get cancelled if there aren't enough participants. Let's keep our fingers crossed, right? :)