HOME | DD
kevissimo β The Dancer
Published: 2004-02-24 04:18:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 14387; Favourites: 355; Downloads: 544
Redirect to original
Description
Dancer/choreographer Naiomi Goldberg. We wanted something that was not just a standard dancer's portrait. Then I saw her stretching and I saw those feet, just covered in bruises and cracks.When your little girl wants to be a ballet dancer...show her this...
Related content
Comments: 148
O.O HOLY SHIT! I'm doing ballet now.. Should I stop? because I doubt I'll be doing it when I grow up...
π: 0 β©: 1
The question is...Do you WANT to dance or do you NEED to dance - and what are you willing to sacrifice for it? Because, like for any artform, it will be demanded of you.
π: 0 β©: 1
I want to. I'm sacraficing my Saturday afternoons and my Monday evenings lol xD
TBH it's only a hobbie. Doubt it will go into a profession in my life
π: 0 β©: 0
Wow... it's kind of ironic how Ballet is so elegant and pretty and clean.. but then you see this and it sort of puts me off towards the whole thing. Underneath all that is this ugliness (no offense to the model, I'm speaking figuratively as well). It looks painful.
π: 0 β©: 0
ur amazing image has been featured here
π: 0 β©: 1
Hey... those feet kind of remind me of someones....
[/hides feet] I wounder who it could be...
Heheh!!
I love they sybolicnessness to it though! :3 Very creative.
β₯ β₯ β₯
added to my favorites
π: 0 β©: 0
I klove it. Shows the real feet of a dancer.
π: 0 β©: 0
very meaningful to take shot of the feet of a dancer ..I used to have all those bruises on my knees.. really hard to be gracefull when it's hurting that much.. good work
π: 0 β©: 0
I hate when people say ballet is for sissies.
I dare you, big tough boys, to dance on pointe.
When I was being made fun of for doing ballet, I brought a pair of bloody pointe shoes to school and showed them my foot. Not so girly now, is it?
π: 0 β©: 1
Indeed. The irony of how brutal it is, is lost on most. Glad you found this image...
π: 0 β©: 0
very beautiful, i am in ballet and it's not always like that though..
π: 0 β©: 0
I love it. Dancers really do abuse there feet I'm not surprized her feet are like that
π: 0 β©: 0
i love this picture. i'm a dancer & this just shows the work & dedication a dancer puts into their art. its beautiful.
π: 0 β©: 0
Beautiful. It shows how much work dancing really can be, yet in a soft, gentle way.
I like it a lot.
π: 0 β©: 0
That's why I don't wear flip-flops....My cracks aren't that bad though. Very beautiful photo, shows more emotion than traditional dancer photos do. More down-to-earth or 'real' I guess. Very nice.
π: 0 β©: 0
this is amazing. shows the true pain in ballet.
π: 0 β©: 0
Hello, I featured you in my journal and in a news article
π: 0 β©: 1
Thanks so much! I see that I'm in good company....
π: 0 β©: 0
Sorry to bother you with two comments, but I wanted to let you know that youβre now also featured in my 100 Deviations news article here: [link]
π: 0 β©: 0
I have featured this deviation under the category of Sacrifice for the 100 Featured Deviations Challenge in my journal here: [link]
π: 0 β©: 1
Is it wrong that I saw the picture, stared at my feet, already calloused to death, and thought it was beautiful and would not mind my feet evolving into that? It just shows the dedication of a dancer.
π: 0 β©: 0
Well, the hard skin is certainly problematic, but apart from that her feet don't look too ugly or nakered. There's nothing prominent about them, like bunions, hammer toes or corns which are a real problem.
π: 0 β©: 0
Wow, I have to say this is amazing. I'm looking into starting point for ballet and I'm not too surprised what it can do to your feet. I don't think this will stop me though.
But amazing shot!
π: 0 β©: 0
This is absolutely one of the most beautiful images I have ever seen, and probably the best involving the subject of dancing. I love the concept of how no matter how bruised and battered this woman becomes, she still prepares herself every day for her passion. Sure, her feet are an absolute mess, but what would YOU be willing to sacrifice to follow your dream? This is amazing. =]
π: 0 β©: 1
Thank you so much for that....
Yeah, she was an amazing woman and perfectly comfortable with showing the cost of her art. In fact she was more into doing a shot like this than the hundreds of "pretty ballerina" shots she's had to do over the years. Thanks again....
π: 0 β©: 0
I love it. The dedication showing through is absolutely moving.
π: 0 β©: 0
Hello - I featured this deviation in my journal at [link] If you do not wish for it to be there - just tell me and I will simply take it down. 
π: 0 β©: 0
I wish I would've known this before hand 
π: 0 β©: 0
It shows ballet in a different way. To me it shows how much work and pain there is behind the lovely prima ballerina's
π: 0 β©: 0
i love this picture.
my cousin dances pointe, and i never thought about how much pain she must go through...
π: 0 β©: 0
You've shown us what we never see. I'm amazed at how damaged her feet are.
π: 0 β©: 0
Fantastic shot, I can see it on the front of a book, its perfect.
π: 0 β©: 0
I love it. I agree, it speaks so much more than just a pretty dancer picture.
π: 0 β©: 0
know that pain, and this is really great expression.
liked it ..
π: 0 β©: 0
nice aspect of a dancer....its so true too lol I would know I'm also a dancer and my feet have done that occasionally too
~*A Bleeding Rose*~
π: 0 β©: 0
That's the product of passion and hard work...
and not all ballerinas end up with their feets like that, hell i should know, i'm one of them.
now i feel so much this picture... maybe some day me feets will look like those
i'm just in my 2 year on pointe, i just love the light gives the pic the sence of
"lossing the day"
hahahaha my words don't make sence... is just a feeling
π: 0 β©: 0
That's the product of passion and hard work...
and not all ballerinas end up with their feets like that, hell i should know, i'm one of them.
now i feel so much this picture... maybe some day me feets will look like those
i'm just in my 2 year on pointe, i just love the light gives the pic the sence of
"lossing the day"
hahahaha my words don't make sence... is just a feeling
π: 0 β©: 0
this is a great illustration of the pain that a dancer endures for a beautiful performance...very splendid
π: 0 β©: 0
| Next =>