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Prayer for the Fallen

February 24, 2024Art, Uncategorizedacrylic painting, ballet, ballet art, Canada stands with Ukraine, Glory to Ukraine, National Ballet of Ukraine, Prayer for the Fallen, Stand with Ukraine, standing with Ukraine, Wordpress bloggerAndrew Seal Leave a comment

On the second anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia on February 24, 2022, this painting was inspired by Prayer for the Fallen danced so movingly by members of the National Ballet of Ukraine, which we were privileged to see during their Vancouver visit earlier this month. Today, our thoughts, as they are everyday, are very much with the brave people of Ukraine together with the memory of so many of their children, women and men who are no longer with us. We can only hope that there will not be a third anniversary.

How fortunate we are that the National Ballet of Ukraine has made Prayer for the Fallen available on YouTube for us all to be moved and inspired by.

Slava Ukraini

for the love of ballet

October 19, 2021Uncategorizedballet, black and white photography, covent garden, Pentax, photography, Royal Opera House, World Ballet DayAndrew Seal View all 4 comments

For World Ballet Day today I thought I would share these photos that I took fifty years ago during rehearsal at the Royal Opera House, Covenant Garden. Happily the negatives are as pristine today as they were all those years ago when I took the film from my trusty Pentax Spotmatic SLR and headed for the dark room.

I posted the first photo in 2015 under the title Peeping Beauty.

spirit ballet

October 20, 2020Art, Uncategorizedabstract landscapes, abstraction, Art, Art studio, ballet, ballet art, Royal Opera HouseAndrew Seal View all 3 comments

Pacific Spirit Ballet in four movements inspired by our daily visits to the Pacific Spirit Park and by two of the sublime dancers of the Royal Opera House.

leap of faith

August 19, 2020Art, UncategorizedArt, ballet, glow art, hopeAndrew Seal Leave a comment

Leaping towards a brighter future and a new day.

“tomorrow the sun will shine again”

June 14, 2020Artballet, pen and ink drawing, Royal Opera House, watercolorAndrew Seal View all 2 comments

These words were spoken by Francesca Hayward before her unforgettable performance with her partner Cesar Corrales at The Royal Opera House described in yesterday’s post. Their presence filled the studio today as I was moved once again by their artistry, and the sun did shine.

be moved too

June 13, 2020ArtArt, Art studio, ballet, black lives matter, covent garden, watercolorAndrew Seal One comment

After the sublime performance at the Royal Opera House today of the world premier of a new work choreographed by Wayne McGregor to Strauss’ Morgan danced by Francesca Hayward and Cesar Corrales, the company all took a knee in support of Black Lives Matter; a powerful and moving moment. Watch it on YouTube for the next 14 days and be moved too.

language of the soul

April 29, 2020Art, Painting, Uncategorizedacrylic painting, Art, Art studio, ballet, charcoal drawing, dance, Maria Khoreva, national dance day, photography, postadayAndrew Seal View all 2 comments

For National Dance day
Inspired by the always sublime Maria Khoreva, first soloist of the Mariinsky Ballet.

Also an opportunity to revisit a post from three years ago

Dance Studio July 25 2017

for the love of dance continued in the studio this afternoon

“Dance is the hidden language of the soul” Martha Graham

somewhere under the rainbow

March 4, 2019Art, Painting, Photo Essay, Uncategorizedabstract landscape, acrylic painting, Art, Art studio, ballet, ballet dancers, fantasy, figure painting, painting, Pen and Ink, rainbow, unicornsAndrew Seal View all 3 comments

somewhere under the rainbow

The request:

“…unicorns and ballerinas and elephants and rainbows and fairy tales etc of course in pinks and purples and glittery colours…”

The journey:

acrylic on canvas 48″ x 36″ 2019

afternoon at the ballet

July 28, 2018Art, Pen and Ink, UncategorizedArt, Art studio, ballet, Ballet 422, Netflix, New York City Ballet, pen and ink drawing, Tyler PeckAndrew Seal View all 2 comments

Yesterday afternoon the ballet came to the studio. Inspired after watching the sublime Tiler Peck, principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, in Ballet 422 on Netflix. Watch this great ballet documentary and be inspired by her too.