In soft blue light, the ballerina glides across the stage and takes to the air, her toes touching Earth imperceptibly. The ballerina assumes one pose after another, each fragile and symmetrical. In the physics of solids, crystal structures can be found
that appear identical after rotations by one-half, one-third,
one-quarter and one-sixth of a circle. Crystals with one-fifth and
one-seventh symmetries do not exist because space cannot be filled with
touching pentagons or septagons. The ballerina reflects a series of
natural forms. She is first ethereal, then lyrical. She has struggled
for years to develop a personal style, embellished with fragments from
the great dancers. As she dances, Nature, in the mirror, pursues it's
own style effortlessly. It is the ultimate in classic technique,
unaltered since the universe began.
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