All That Jazz
3D Project Jazz Company 2012 “Spring Gala”
Space & Tech Rehearsal 8 April 2012 Cary Arts Center
A Senior Portrait
Senior Portraits are the one time of year I can choose how to light and pose dancers. It is not a chore.
Snow Queen
Cary Ballet Company Rehearsal, “Visions of Sugarplums”, Cary Arts Center, 14 December, 2011. Gallery here : CBC Tech Rehearsal
A year ago, I photographed this young lady in studio rehearsal. Later, when showing a photo of her I liked, she looked, winced and said “weak toe”. Other than learning a few ballet terms, I still don’t know how what is technically sound ballet. The artist in me, the one that knows about color and composition and moment, forges on. I finished posting performance galleries today and had time to go back to this, from last Wednesday . Technically, its just in-bounds for an acceptable photograph. Artistically, I think it borders on magic.
Tiny Dancers #1
Three pre-ballet students in animated conversation before dress rehearsal. Excitement was in the air.
Before The Call – First Dress
Last week, Monday through Sunday, I photographed the dress rehearsals and performances of “Anastasia”, a production of the Ballet and Jazz Companies of the Cary Ballet Conservatory. 21+ hours of rehearsals and 5 performances with 300 plus dancers in each. This was made before the first rehearsal.
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