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About the Ballet Burlesque Project on Patreon
High art and sensuality have been inextricably intertwined since long before Ruebens ever lifted a paintbrush; and nowhere does one see this more than in the form of ballet. It is the idiom that wrings the juice of the juiciest fruit from the Goblin Market; it exists deep in the land of nymphs; it displays the flesh and bones of Homo sapiens such that one cannot but relate to the vision of it through one’s own body. The mere sight of the ballet dancer evokes physical sensation.
I fell in love with ballet at the age of 7. This love has led me on a winding path, through a forest of beautiful choreographers and crushing disappointments, and, above all, a unique and rarified communion with my animal body. It’s the sort of thing that people notice in the street, on the subway; in line at the coffee shop, they ask me if I’m a dancer. I say yes. It is who I am.
It makes sense that we are conspicuous. We are a different species.
Hence, we don’t always fit into this world.
However, via Patreon, I am able to share with you my avid love of my art. I have recruited a dedicated team to capture me on film and get it to you on these metal boxes we all have. My dearest wish is that these small films will pull you—if only briefly—out of your place and time, into my rarified air up here where my toes are clouds and the floor is home and the only limitation is my proficiency in explication of deepest soul.
Join me. Engage with this voyage, departing shortly, via hot air balloon, and allow your entire self and your entire animal body to react, freed from the weight of the terrestrial, where we all must dwell at least some of the time.
For your pledge, you with receive monthly doses of my arms, legs, feet, heart. Clothing will only be used when necessary, to frame the line of the art.
In gratitude,
Ernestine