The Visual Science Lab: When I think "toe freezing" cold I think of ballet in St. Petersburg: Kirk Tuck Photographs "The Firebird"

The Kirov Ballet at the Mariensky Theater. February 1995.

It's breathtakingly cold in Austin, Texas today but nothing like mid winter up in St. Petersburg,  Russia.  They know how to do a real winter.  It's odd the places that photography will take you.  Back in 1995 I found myself spending ten days in Russia with a group of architects, philanthropists and Russian art lovers.  We were working on an ambitious project.  Here's the background:

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Wow. Seeing the Kirov dance on their own stage to the music of Stravinsky. One of their premier pieces, the Firebird, is incredibly beautiful. My friend Kirk Tuck got to go and photograph it. On someone else's dime.

Wanna great reason to be a photographer. Right there ya go.

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