Original artwork description:

From the series of my works on Male Ballet Dancers which is a modest tribute to one of the greatest dancers in history, Rudolf Nureyev, the most recognised name in the world of Ballet.

Allegories. Dancing with Birds.
Dancing with a Crane - Allegory of Happiness and Eternal Youth

We have always envied birds their wings. From angels to superheroes, avian-human hybrids have been fixtures of myth, legend and art.
The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on the infinite highway of the air.
If not for birds, where from would the idea of flight come to human minds? We owe it to birds, as well as we owe them the lessons of music and dances - birds are probably the only really singing and dancing creatures on the planet. Watching birds dancing, people adopted their "body language" - dancing for expression of their emotions.

Throughout Asia, the crane is a symbol of happiness and eternal youth, and symbolises good fortune and longevity because of its fabled life span of a thousand years. Embodying longevity and peace, it is the second most favoured bird symbol after the phoenix. Since ancient times, the Chinese have been exceptionally creative in using various living, non-living and imaginary objects to represent abstract ideas. Among the most popular and widely used symbols are the ones for longevity. They include bamboo and crane. There are four types of cranes in Chinese mythology. One of them, a crane that is shown with its wings stretched out and one leg raised, stands for longevity.

Materials used:

oil

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