Tag Archives: Northwest Dance Project

Samantha Campbell

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Samantha/Sammy/Sam and I go way back. We graduated from the same Department of Ballet at the University of Utah, danced in several of the same pieces, were partnered together in Les Sylphides, and I even choreographed the very contemporary piece she ever danced in. It was my first piece I had choreographed as well. Simply, we’re buddies.

My studio setup is quite mobile and I can throw up a background and put down a floor in just about any dance studio.  The second studio at BodyVox here in Portland, however, has a gigantic window bank/roll-up door. With Sammy headed into the studio for a second time in front of my camera I thought I’d do something completely different and work with the natural light which coincidentally was key-ing from the camera’s left where I prefer to key from.

So enjoy some improvised dance under natural light.  Wait, what?  Yes, you read correctly, improvised with guidance using naught but the natural light in the studio.  Enjoy!

Joni Tuttle

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I like for my photos to be seen and as such I release a constant stream of work via facebook.  It’s social and social-media is, like it or not, where most everybody gets their daily content from.  The only problem is the quality.  It stinks.  So I thought today I would make a posting of my most recent shoot with Joni Tuttle from Northwest Dance Project because the quality needs to be seen.  Enjoy!

 

Northwest Dance Project

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I really, really, really love this company and their dancers.  So few dance companies have the combination of talent and repertory to back it up and the Northwest Dance Project (NWDP) is one of those few companies.  Any chance to work with these talented dancers is a dream.  One of my favorite things is shooting in the studio during rehearsal, the opportunities to create journalistic images are much higher than shooting a dress rehearsal in costume under lights. The following photos are from a day in the office with NWDP showing their work with choreographer Loni Landon in her piece “Covered” which premiered last month, enjoy!