Last Saturday, Carla Körbes gave her final Swan Lake performance. The Pacific Northwest Ballet principal will retire at the end of the season, and we’re sure we speak for all ballet fans when we say NOOOOO! Fortunately, photographer Lindsay Thomas captured Körbes’ last rehearsal process for the ballet—from every angle—in a photo essay called Carla Körbes: Swan Song, published on tumblr. Here are a few of our favorites.

With Karel Cruz