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The Eternal Ballet

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18”x36” acrylic

I was captivated by stories i had read about young professional ballet dancers and how their careers often, if on usually, end tragically with many girls suffering horrific injuries to their ankles and their feet greatly distorted by being en point as well as rampant depression disorders. The suicide rate amongst dancers is silently high and I wanted to address this darker side of such beauty. So, I imagined after her final nights performance, a young ballet dancer walks to the end of a pier. First she tosses in her ballet slippers, and then, jumps in after as her one final act. However, little does she know, she is not the first as within the ocean the music always plays. The ocean itself I represented with a statuesque male figurehead with octopus tentacles following along the rhythms like an orchestral conductor with the celestial delight of the waves. And as the dancer falls gently down into the depths, she will begin to slowly transform, and rise again as part of a jellyfish bloom, dancing forever so eloquently with all the durability and eternity that the species is known for. 
Image size
1977x4002px 9.31 MB
Make
OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model
SP810UZ,SP815UZ
Shutter Speed
1/8 second
Aperture
F/2.9
Focal Length
4 mm
ISO Speed
800
Date Taken
Dec 31, 2010, 11:00:00 PM
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TriciaS's avatar
A lovely read ....with a beautiful illustration!!!
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