From the Archives of 2006—3
December 20, 2020
Sarasota (Florida) is big on ballet. Besides a supporting a professional troupe, the Sarasota Ballet offers lessons for the aspiring. On January 15, 2006, the dancers performed on blocked-off downtown streets. Driving from Sarasota back to Ohio on April 18 I took the Blue Ridge Parkway for the first time. The glories of the parkway did not spoil me; I still loved seeing the sycamores back home.
1 I’m sure the performance was good, but backstage offered more of my cup of tea.
2 I’m trying to think of this photograph having soft focus rather than being out of focus.
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Romancing Reality 
Lovely. I like the juxtaposition of the dancers and trees…both both in a state of rest, yet elegant and refined.
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December 20, 2020 at 8:20 AM
Thank you, Clare. Thank you for letting me see these photographs in a way that I hadn’t.
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December 20, 2020 at 8:32 AM
I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a post devoted to ballet dancers and to nature.
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December 20, 2020 at 11:09 AM
There may not be that many around, Steve.
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December 20, 2020 at 7:24 PM
Neat to see people photos, Linda!
John
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December 20, 2020 at 2:09 PM
Thanks, uh, John.
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December 20, 2020 at 7:26 PM
Quite agree about 2, and 3 is getting over towards Degas. 🙂
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December 21, 2020 at 6:36 AM
I think children are more graceful than adults, and dancers more graceful than other people, so it wasn’t hard to see what appealed to Degas when I saw these dancers. Thanks for commenting, Adrian.
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December 21, 2020 at 11:52 AM
Such a varied collection…the ballerinas are fun and the rushing stream coming after them is refreshing. I like the myriad of trees framing one another, with their lime green leaves. The early spring photos are reminders of better things to come.
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December 26, 2020 at 1:39 PM
Happy you found things to like in this collection, Lynn. Or I should say ollections, plural. I guess we can use all the reminders we can of better things to come. Here’s hoping.
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December 27, 2020 at 9:42 AM