A dancer in a black tutu and orange top performing a ballet pose against a plain background.
A person standing with their back to the camera, wearing a black tutu, high-heeled shoes, and black underwear, with a plain white background.
A ballerina in shibari lying on a patterned carpet with her arms stretched above her head, wearing a black and red outfit with knee-high boots.
A woman in shibari wearing pink lingerie, sitting on the floor with one leg bent and her arms wrapped around her knee.
A woman wearing a silk robe tied with shibari rope around their waist, with one hand hanging loosely and a tattoo on her forearm.
A ballerina hanging upside down from a Shibari rope with their body positioned horizontally, wearing a light-colored silk robe and no pants, with one leg bent and a foot against the wall.
A woman performs a ballet pose with one leg raised high, balancing on the tip of her other foot, while holding onto a ballet barre. She is dressed in black and pink dance attire and is wearing fishnet tights.
A woman in a beige dress performing an aerial dance, hanging upside down from black fabric straps attached to a horizontal wooden bar, against a plain beige wall.
Close-up of ballet dancer's legs and feet wearing pointe shoes, with red ribbons, standing on wooden floor in front of a wall.
A woman in a red and beige leotard with a web pattern poses on the floor of a dance studio, leaning on one hand with the other arm raised, near a wall with large windows and a mirror.
A woman in a ballerina pose with arms outstretched and head tilted back in a bright, white room with wooden floors and large windows.
A ballerina in a black tutu and ballet shoes sitting on a hardwood floor in a room with large windows and white curtains.
Ballerina tied shibari rope to her hair, performing a yoga pose on a mat in front of closed red curtains, with light casting shadows on the floor.
A woman in a black dress with spaghetti straps stretching her arms above her head, smiling, standing on a plain surface against a white background.

Bondage Ballerinas

The association between sadomasochism and

ballerinas in bondage revolves around the

principle of extreme discipline. Sadomasochism

sees pain as dynamic, always changing, and

giving rise to eventual pleasure, much like the life

of a prima ballerina, who spends countless hours

in preparation of the performance’s ephemeral

release. The haloed quality of Polaroid film

speaks to the transience of performance in the

ballerina’s life.