Ballet Fan Gifts

"I found this dying swan."

I know! How about I take out the trash? Clean the basement? Re-tile the bathroom? Take you to the ballet? Ok. Ok. I'll have "the talk" with Teddy.

"...at this juncture, I'd like to try something a little different."

Cygnets from Swan Lake

Cossack dancers

Orchestra conductor

Swan Lake's Odette and Siegfried

Comedy Ballet of Marionettes I (Oil Version in Tate Known as 'A Caprice'

Ballet dancer.

Cleaner cleaning under the feet of the dancers as they perform

'And the Dance Scholarship goes to...'

She did only twenty-eight of the thirty-two fouetts in the Black Swan pas de deux . . . or are my eyes deceiving me?

Bow

'She was a great ballerina in her day.'

Finesse fishing

"Commuters"

"Don't worry, your sudden urge to dance is perfectly natural, a combination of instinct and hormones kicking in. . ."

The Firebird

Dancers in Nutcracker Ballet

Dancing in a circle

Sugar Plum Fairy

Sleeping Beauty's Wedding

Comedy Ballet of Marionettes II

"Can you just once get to the damn point without the usual embellishments?"

Suzanne Lenglen

Willson, Carswell & Griggs - The Balanchine Version

Lady about man in tutu: 'Herb is determined to age gracefully.'

Ballerina Boxer,"She's going for a win on pointes."

'PLEASE quit grinding your teeth.'

Mouse King

Gloria's life had been uneventful - until her 40th birthday, when her arms changed into swans.

"I've just been to the ballet... all those girls on their toes... Why don't they employ TALLER ones...?

Cinderella

'Sorry, sweetie, but your weight is still the same.'

Male Ballet Dancer