If you want to see some sexy dancers and choreography, head to MMAC this weekend (Thursday and Friday evening at 8PM) to see VATIC. It's an hour of non-stop, hard hitting choreography (by Dana Foglia with Joanna Numata) with some of the city's best dancers who blend contemporary and hip-hop to thrilling effect. Be sure to check out the photos below and grab your tickets now!
After all the promo shots in studios (and bars), Keigwin + Company took it to the stage for the world premiere of Exit today at the Joyce Theater. Here are a few shots from the dress rehearsal. Pick up your tickets now! (Featuring dancers Liz Riga, Kristina Hanna, Ryoji Sasomoto, Aaron Carr, Matthew Baker, Ashley Browne, and Gary Schaufeld. Lighting Design – Burke Wilmore, Costume Design – Karen Young and Jeff Poulin.)
This is a shot of the sublime Wendy Whelan for an upcoming dancer portrait project I'm working on. I thought this image had a "Black Swan"-vibe to it...just in time for the Oscars.
Avi Scher's seasons are never short on star power. Last year he welcomed ABT principals Veronika Part and Marcelo Gomes, as well as NYCB's Ashley Bouder. This year he's importing some familiar faces who used to call NYC home: Seth Orza and Carla Korbes of Pacific Northwest Ballet. I had the chance to photograph them in rehearsal and can't wait to see the finished product in April. Be sure to pick up your tickets to Avi Scher and Dancers today!
A few images of Paul Taylor Dance Company performing Brief Encounters. Pick up your tickets today!
(Laura Halzack in Paul Taylor's Brief Encounters)
(Michael Trusnovec in Paul Taylor's Brief Encounters)
(Eran Bugge and Michelle Fleet in Paul Taylor's Brief Encounters)
Paul Taylor on stage during rehearsal for the company's City Center season. Buy your tickets today and support this wonderful company!
One of the web's most prominient dance bloggers, Philip at Oberon's Grove, was kind enough to invite me to join him yesterday at Manhattan Movement and Arts Center. This was no ordinary day at the dance studio; Wendy Whelan, principal dancer at New York City Ballet, was teaching her second master class and I was on hand to capture some of the event.
The dancers of Keigwin + Co. know a thing or two about turning it on in front of a camera. I had the chance to work with them in a studio this past weekend, and if those hours were any indication, their upcoming season at the Joyce is going to be one sexy affair. Be sure to pick up your tickets now for Dark Habits!
Over the past few weeks I've been going through my photo library and organizing my files (an unenviable task if there ever was one). Here are a few photos I shot of Dance in 2010 that jumped out at me.
(Stephanie Rae Dixon and Yarden Raz in Nicole Wolcott's 100 Beginnings)
(Marcelo Gomes in Avi Scher's Touch)
(Kristina Hanna in Larry Keigwin's Runaway)
(David Hallberg in Swan Lake)
(A performer in Soledad Barrio's show at the Lucile Lortel)
(Tess Reichlen and Justin Peck in Peck's Enjoy Your Rabbit)
(Compania Rocio Molina)
