After dreaming about dancing throughout his life, John Lowe only took up ballet at the age of 79 – making his first performance on stage at 89. He was forbidden by his family to make 360-degree mid-air turns when he turned 90. “They are afraid that if I fall, they won’t be able to put me back,” Lowe told Yakovlev when he photographed him in October 2012. So instead, he just leaps. “But he cannot keep himself from leaping,” says Yakovlev. “For the more intensive moves, John even hung a trapeze from his ceiling. He hangs on it every day, to build muscle strength.” Now 94, he still performs and trains daily. Lowe offered Yakovlev his advice for enjoying old age: “Find something that will completely change your life. It’s hard, I may have gotten lucky. But, I think everyone can come up with something. Ballet enables me to keep my spine straight and to trick time.”