Instagramのインスタグラム(instagram) - 3月13日 01時34分

"Ballet is a lightness and heaviness. Hard work in the classroom and weightless beauty on stage." These are the words of Russian Instagrammer Darian Volkova (@darian_volkova), a dancer based in St. Petersburg who regularly takes photos and videos of her ballet friends on Instagram. Darian started her #soulinfeet series six months ago, giving a rare insight into the life of a ballerina through video clips of rehearsals, classroom warm ups and backstage. Instagrammers such as the artist JR (@jr) have also explored the world of ballet and how to shoot dancers on Instagram through his collaboration with the New York City Ballet (#NYCBArtSeries). Want to learn more about how to shoot dancers on Instagram? Here are Darian's tips: "During rehearsal, when a dancer moves I may ask them to stay in a certain position. Ballet poses can look completely different depending on your point of view. If you ask a ballerina to stand in an arabesque and walk around her, providing she doesn't move, you will get different shots and angles. I shoot in ballet halls. Often there are large rooms with large windows and nothing to interrupt your view—lots of natural light for the dancer's body to catch. In ballet, there is often an important special moment in the middle of a move. If you are interested in ballet, pay close attention and speak to the dancers so you know when to push the shutter. The human body is like clay: you can mould it. And the body of a ballerina is super soft, like plastic clay, which can be very beautiful." For more photos and videos of Darian Volkova's dancers, browse the #soulinfeet hashtag and follow @darian_volkova on Instagram. For more great photos and videos of ballet dancers, follow @ballerina project, @balletzaida and @balletbeautiful on Instagram.

Photo by @darian_volkova

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