Zenaida Yanowsky Grand Jeté. The Royal Ballet’s extraordinary Principal Dancer soars across stage as Odette in Swan Lake.

Gillian Murphy Penché. Wow.

Irina Kolesnikova in “Swan Lake.” Prima Ballerina of Konstantin Tatchkin’s St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre in Swan Lake.

Inspiration—Balanchine Leotards. Maria Riccetto, Kristi Boone, Veronika Part, Erica Cornejo in leotards inspired by his masterpieces.

Alina Cojocaru Tying Her Ribbons. Alina Cojocaru is a native of Romania, and instead of accepting a fee for doing our ads she had us send free shoes to the dancers at the national ballet company there.

Before Class. Kristi Boone, Erica Cornejo, Veronika Part, Maria Riccetto all of American Ballet Theatre.

Above posters: 12'' x 18''.

The image on this poster is the result of a grueling day of photography in which Gillian Murphy had to achieve that spectacular bourrée into arabesque, on exactly the same mark, at an instant not of her choosing, over and over and over again. And that was after we’d done the jumping shots.