Dance is roughly separated into three different planes of activity which form the greater whole: time, space and energy. Photography compresses down the space and energy of dance into a fraction of a second and from it we can truly begin to see the examine the architecture of the body and the energy it exhibits. A major component of dance and thus dance photography is designing that very architecture and it’s something I’ve found I do on a rather subconscious level when working with dancers.
For example, repetition of a theme:
Triangles within triangles:
Bent lines with an additional square:
Helix:
S-curve:
Hope you don’t mind my double comments. Your work is astounding, and it is awesome to get some insight into your thinking and process. Hope you do more posts like this.
What a complete revelation these pics are.