Vasili Bratanyuk

This beautiful painting is by Vasili Bratanyuk entitled Olga Pavlova. Did you know: The Academie de Danse, the first school of dance was founded in 1661. It was at this school that the first five positions of the feet were worked out. As a matter of fact, so many positions were created and named there that French remains the language of ballet all over the world. From the Ballet Book by Andrew Ptak