There’s always a funny getting-to-know-you period whenever I work with a new dancer whom I’ve never had the privilege of working with, a time when translating the dancer’s prowess to a place where movement is still can be a little difficult at first. I have to explain that the more awkward it feels in the [...] January 23, 2012byChris
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, [...] November 9, 2011byChris
Something slightly new, a very stark black and white conversion. Normally I have a darker background which allows the highlights to really pop off the background, here the shadows work opposite giving the subject more of a silhouette. Fun process with a fun subject, enjoy after the jump! October 23, 2011byChris
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 [...] August 5, 2011byChris
She’s one of my favorite dancers to have have watched on stage and to have worked with in the studio. I don’t normally show my work in such large chunks but I felt compelled to after working on these photos today. After the jump no more words, just Arolyn. June 10, 2011byChris
I love this photo for a multitude of reasons. One of them is not for the technical virtues of the photo of which there are none: it isn’t sharp, it’s not well focused, the exposure is off, the histogram is pushed way right… I could really care less. “There is nothing worse than a sharp [...] March 27, 2011byChris
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. [...] March 26, 2011byChris
Once upon a time, I choreographed a quartet during the fall that I hoped to continue on with during spring semester. Unfortunately, one of my dancers wasn’t going to be able to join us and I found out during intermission as it happened. I had noticed this beautiful dancer with jet black hair and impeccable [...] February 26, 2011byChris
It’s always a tricky thing picking out what you think are your best exposures of the year. As much as I try to distance myself from my art it’s nearly impossible. There is emotion and love attached to my photos, a sense of care. And sometimes that can and does get in the way of [...] January 1, 2011byChris
Welcome to a new series on the New Dance Project (a working title). In this space I will recount every dancer I’ve worked with and what they bring to this new essay of mine. We begin with Chelsea. I first met Chelsea teaching at a local ballet studio in Salt Lake City. Upon seeing her in [...] November 19, 2010byChris
