Ballet

Ballet is one of the things that is fed to most western little girls along with Barbie, princesses, and, of course, Fairytales.  Ballet has this mystique and inherent beauty, with a symbolic communication that is on par with Bharata Natyam.  The graceful movements, behind the stage struggle and drama of ballet are right up fairy tale alley, never mind that many traditional performances are fairytales in their own right.

First is piece that is a taunt bowstring of drama.  The dancer is at the height of the move, when she lets go of actual control, lets gravity take over for a few moments, biding her time till it is her time again to viciously seize control of her movement, whisking into the next move.  All the while making sure that is looks as natural a graceful to the audience as possible.  By juuhachi-gou.

Ballet

Next one may not be a ballet dancer, but she could be.  The floating dress, dramatic cutians, wood floor and exposed feet are all major ballet themes.  The open window furthers the symbolism and ups the drama. By Julie-de-Waroquier.

The violence behind

 Last is a piece that was obviously going for the fairytale feel, complete with hyper saturation, an enchanted wood and protagonist on a road.  The bell like skirt is awfully tutu like, and although she is wearing heels rather than toe-shoes, visually it is very close and her standing position is reminiscent of the 5 basic positions. By Temperate-Sage.

Enchanting