Photographer Aaron Pegg is already Insta-famous as @underground_nyc, where he snaps artsy photos of people throughout the NYC subway system. Over the weekend, he revealed that ballerinas are his favorite photography subjects. The New York Post interviewed Pegg and rounded up some of his best ballet pics—and we are drooling over the gorgeous poses and […]
Just as I was talking about all the awesome choreographers and filmmakers out there, teaming up to create dance films, the internet went and proved me right. Dancer, photographer and filmmaker Quinn Wharton’s latest project—an experimental short called RUN—is another cool addition to the genre. Frances Chung and Dores André in RUN Not only is […]
You guys know we love it when fashion and dance collide—it usually produces a photo shoot from our wildest dreams. (I still can’t get over the Natalia Vodianova and Benjamin Millepied shoot for Vogue magazine.) Wendy Whelan (photo by David Michalek for Vanity Fair magazine) Vanity Fair , which has a long history of celebrating […]
A screen shot of Christopher Wahl’s The Heather Project Best thing the Easter Bunny brought us this year? A video project starring gorgeous National Ballet of Canada principal Heather Ogden. It’s a super-cool portrait created by photographer Christopher Wahl, who describes it this way: “An extension of my still portrait work, The Heather Project is […]
You’ve just finished a performance that you’re extremely proud of—a Nationals-winning solo, your senior recital, your first time dancing Sugar Plum Fairy, etc. You can’t wait to get your hands on the performance photos, to see just how stellar you looked. But then, when you finally get them, they end up looking something like this: […]
Do you dream of posting gorgeous DIY dance photos online? These tips from one of the best professional dance photographers in the biz, Erin Baiano, will help you snap the perfect shot. (courtesy Ashi Ross) 1, 2, 3, JUMP! Capture movement by counting off. “The shooter and the subject have to coordinate timing,” Baiano says. […]
You know we love gorgeous dancer photos. In fact, we feature stunning pics from dancers and readers around the world every day on the Dance Spirit Twitter and Facebook pages (and in the pages of our magazine, of course)! But we don’t just look for flawless technique—we love photos that show how versatile dancers can […]