Polina Semionova is a Russian ballet dancer at the Berliner Staatsoper. A few years ago she recorded a video of her dancing which let me to discover ballet as the great form of art it is, and as something I very much want to learn more about in the future.

When watching the video, please of observe the following items. For me, they are very striking and admirable: the subtly defined musculature; the utter and seemingly effortless control over every movement of her body; the incredible grace and naturalness she is moving with despite that total conscious control; the powerful expression of her body language, of her gestures and facial expressions; the literal unfolding of all that beauty during the whole video, and her smile at 1:55.

This is celebrating the human body.