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Session four took place the day after shooting the  “Water Ballet” session and took place at my favorite barn studio near Somers.  Keiko had suggested doing a barn theme and I had been thinking the same thing for several days before she mentioned it.  We met in the morning to catch the easterly sun sprinkling [...]

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My good friend Marisa Roth, who owns the Northwest Ballet Company, contacted me recently and asked if I’d be interested in shooting the dress rehearsal of The Nutcracker.  I told her NO…heh…well, of COURSE I’d shoot it.  This year, because the Bigfork Playhouse where they normally present this classic holiday event was undergoing renovations, it [...]

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“Dancing is the body made poetic.”  In 2006 I began visiting NW Ballet School and Company, owned by Marisa Roth and while it took a while to get my ‘timing’ accurate,   I find it very satisfying to capture the beauty and grace of dancers and find that it is as edifying as shooting a mountain landscape, [...]

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AzureVision is a modern dance collective I’ve had the privilege to work with for several months. I first shot them when they were preparing for their Spring concert which was presented on April 6 and 7. There are seven talented ladies, most of them dance instructors, who perform. And perform they do! The concert [...]

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