A collection of photos featuring a girl dancing with a black poodle caught people’s attention lately. /Photo credit: news.qq.com & Andrey Seliverstov

Released on Thursday, these photos captured beautiful moments that Maria Palkina, a 9-year-old ballet dancer, performed with her dog leaping through the air in front of the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in Saint Petersburg, Russia. /Photo credit: news.qq.com & Andrey Seliverstov

This photo series was taken by Russian photographer Andrey Seliverstov, who had been photographing dogs for more than 20 years. Inspired by other photographers' similar artworks, he decided to create his own “kids and dogs theme” collections, according to media outlet MetroNews. /Photo credit: news.qq.com & Andrey Seliverstov