Valery Melnikov

Photographer/Videographer/Visual Storyteller
    
ON INVISIBLE WINGS
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Location: Moscow, Russia
Nationality: Russian
Biography: Freelance photographer Valery Melnikov studied journalism in Stavropol, Russia. His photographic career began at North Caucasus.  He has dedicated himself to documenting the political and social life of societies in conflict. ... MORE
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ON INVISIBLE WINGS
Copyright Valery Melnikov 2024
Updated Jan 2022
Topics Art, Arts, Ballet, Choreography, Culture, Culture stories, Dancer, Essays, Fine Art, Moscow, Photography, Portraiture, Russian ballet, St. Petersburg
The fate of the ballerinas is both wonderful and sad, they all consist of contradictions. Naive and cynical, frivolous and prudent, these «etheric creatures» must constantly engage in heavy physical exercises, honing movements and postures in hours-long exercises and rehearsals. Their acting age is short: experience comes with age, but strength leaves. Some of the dancers quickly made a dizzying career, becoming the «first ballerina» of the choreographic theater. Poems were dedicated to them, jewelry was presented, choreographers specially staged ballet numbers for them. Debuts, premieres and performances, everyday chores, backstage intrigues and bosses and fans — all this constitutes the era of Russian ballet, when the dancers were the «idols of kings and the deity of the crowd».
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