Ballet Shoes
This spring I am simply drooling over the sugary pinks, snowy whites and gauzy chiffon that drifted down this season's runways. Short, fairy - like dresses of dreamy, ethereal shades and delicate, fabrics of chiffon, lace and feather trims whispers of the girlish fragility of ballet dancers and the graceful daintiness of the intricate art of ballet. At the mention of ballet I think of the exquisite costumes of glistening gossamer - like fabrics and the clouds of pastel tulle, the porcelain elegance and the ageless beauty of the ballerinas as well as the highly skilled practice that is ballet. Of course, along with these rather obvious associations, the work of Degas always comes to mind too.
Much of Degas' work celebrates movement and must famously the movement of ballet. His snapshots of chalky pastel ballet scenes capture the vitality of ballet dance as well as the angelic youthfulness of the ballerinas. The blurred texture, the soft, blooming tutus so sumptuous in artistic detail one could almost touch the layers and layers of fabric and the colours - rosy blushes, creamy whites, bursts of blue and green, ripe peaches, corals and dappled yellows winking in the theatre lights.
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