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Does anybody else remember the Animorphs?

safestofhavens:

Seriously. Anybody? I used to love those books. The TV show wasn’t that bad either.  I think I might take up reading these novels again soon.

One of my favourite book series!

6:30 pm  •  25 May 2013  •  50 notes
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kuklarusskaya: parisienneballerina: Do Balanchine dancers never put their heels down or? ^Pretty much actually He believed that dancers would move quicker and with greater economy of movement if they didn’t plie fully and “waste time” putting their heels down, so to speak. Balanchine was all about a female’s ability to make pointe work look natural, to move quickly and look light.  He also preferred ballerinas with short Achilles for this reason—they never “sank” into their plie, and tended to move quicker as a result. ‘Course, being trained Vaganova and having a short Achilles tendon, my life was hell. But I guess Balanchine would have been into it. 
mtsaywhat: balanceandperfection: I wouldn’t exactly call this a releve, but it’s still super pretty! This is actually a pretty textbook relevé (which means raised). Relevé starts from a plié and goes onto three-quarters or full pointe. Some schools teach that a relevé should be a continuous rising through the feet while other schools teach that there should be a slight spring which brings the foot right under you in one footed steps such as fouetté turns. The spring action method is very common during fouetté turns en pointe. And if you have a really high quality video focusing on the feet of a ballerina in slow mo, you can actually see the foot leave the floor a little bit such as in this gif here.
Friend or foe

I’m 100% about you doing whatever you need to get your issues together. Even if that means you don’t sit next to me in lectures anymore, can’t talk or hang out with me anymore. There will be no tantrum begging or valiant struggle for you to do something you clearly can’t or won’t do, something that disrupts your peace of mind. Why? Because surprise: I’m actually capable of not letting my feelings interfere with someone else’s well being. So no, ultimatums do not and will never work on me.

Go about your life.

4:30 am  •  25 May 2013  •  1 note
Marion Cotillard at the premiere of ‘The Immigrant’ during The 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 24, 2013
That working foot 👌
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