Vivi is proud to present to you DANCERS LOVE DOGS
This sweet story is about how a series of photographs became the poster images to represent DANCERS LOVE DOGS, an amazing non-profit that helps homeless dogs in shelters.
Vivi's Ballerina Dreams - A Photo Series Dedicated to Gelsey Kirkland and Dancers Love Dogs
Founded in May 2012, by Brigitte Reeve-Taylor, the organization DANCERS LOVE DOGS is a true labor of love - a very noble collaboration of dancers, dog lovers, and theaters in South Africa donate their time & energy to annual dance performances in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban. Each ticket pays for a sheltered dog's sterilization. Today, more than 9,000 sheltered dogs have been sterilized since the organization's foundation.
The DANCERS LOVE DOGS poster features Gelsey Kirkland's pointe shoe
The photo series, Vivi's Ballerina Dreams, was inspired by one pair of magical pointe shoes worn by American prima ballerina, Gelsey Kirkland, in her 1978 performance of La Sylphide with American Ballet Theatre at the Met in Lincoln Center, NY.
Backstage, in her dressing room following her performance, Ms. Kirkland generously gifted her pair of worn pointe shoes to Vanessa.
Gelsey Kirkland's pointe shoes are a gift that keeps on giving.
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