Ruslan Skvortsov [of the Bolshoi Ballet] as Phoebus de Châteaupers in Bolshoi’s La Esmeralda
Irina Lepnyova photography
Oooo such bulging calves and dainty toes. …Doesn’t it look like he’s hailing a taxi? I can imagine some gnarled old Italian taxi driver taking one look at him and exclaiming, “Damn! Is that what the pansies are wearing these days!?” …and then getting in a fender-bender from being distracted by his amazing legs. Cause damn, Ruslan knows how to rock the blue tights.