These photographs are the result of my spontaneous response to fireworks, carnival rides and the Chicago nighttime skyline. A long shutter speed and improvisational camera movement allow me to add a sense of dynamism to the imagery.
I shot my first motion study when I inadvertently changed the shutter speed on my camera, creating an image that allowed for multiple interpretations. I decided to employ a slow shutter speed or a moving camera to express the sense of mystery, spirituality and kinetic energy that dancers feel and that watching dance can inspire in others. This method also allows me to dance with my camera.
Emily Pacilio of Trainor Dance in Caitlin Trainor's (IN)VISIBLE, 2015
Lucas Segovia performing with Morphoses in Alexei Ratmansky’s Bolero, 2009
Buglisi Dance Theater in Jacqulyn Buglisi's Blue Cathedral, 2003
performing Hofesh Shechter’s “Uprising” in 2014
Blakeley White-McGuire of the Martha Graham Dance Company in Graham’s Deaths and Entrances, 2012
Chen Chen of China Gansu Theater in Silk Road, 2013
performing Caitlin Trainor’s “Checkmate” in 2018
Ballet Arizona in Ib Andersen’s Play, 2012
performing with Trainor Dance, 2014
Monica Bill Barnes & Company in Barnes’ Mostly Fanfare, 2011
Blakeley White-McGuire of the Martha Graham Dance Company in Graham’s Deaths and Entrances, 2012
Emily Craver and members of Trainor Dance in Caitlin Trainor's (IN)VISIBLE, 2015
Bonnie Pickard and John Summers of BalletNY in William Forsythe’s Artifact II, 1999
Emily Pacilio and members of Trainor Dance in Caitlin Trainor's (IN)VISIBLE, 2015
Bonnie Pickard and John Summers of BalletNY in William Forsythe’s Artifact II, 1999
Jane Sato of Rioult Dance NY in Pascal Rioult’s The Great Mass, 2009
Molly Daly performing with the American Repertory Ballet in Septime Webre's And So It Goes, 1994
performing with Trainor Dance, 2014
Caleb Teicher at Irvington Town Hall Theater, 2019. Produced by RiverArts®
Although I use longer exposures to create more expressive images of dance, that approach isn’t always appropriate. I use a fast shutter speed to capture an ideal position, intimate moment or intriguing juxtaposition of forms.
School of American Ballet, 2003
performing “Achoo Adieu” by Dionne Figgins (and the class of 2023) in 2023
of A.I.M in Kyle Abraham's Absent Matter, 2015
of EVIDENCE, a Dance Company performing Ronald K Brown’s “Upside Down” in 2023
of EVIDENCE, a Dance Company, performing Ronald K Brown’s “Grace” in 2023
performing Anna Halprin’s “The Paper Dance” from “Parades and Changes” in 2017
of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Alvin Ailey’s Cry, 2010
Trisha Brown Dance Company In Plain Site at Untermyer Gardens Conservancy in 2017.
performing “Club Havana” by Pedro Ruiz in 2022.
performing “Interface” by Rashaun Mitchell in 2013. Produced by RiveArts®
Boys Class at the School of American Ballet, 2005
of EVIDENCE, a Dance Company performing Ronald K Brown’s “March” in 2023
in class at the School of American Ballet, 2007
in “Braiding,” an original RiveArts® production, 2018
in Pascal Rioult's No Exit in 2010 Produced by RiverArts®
Molly Daly, 1997
performing Diana and Acteon Pas de Deux in 2001
Justin Peck and Tabitha Rinko-Gay at the School of American Ballet, 2006
performing her solo “Blood” in 2020
performing Eliot Feld’s “Yankee Doodle” in 2023
performing “Con Brazos Abiertos” by Michelle Manzaneles in 2022. Produced by RiveArts®
of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performing Christopher Wheeldon’s “After the Rain,” 2014
in “Turangalia” by Andrew McNicol, Fall 2017 Session, NY Choreographic Institute
in class during the School of American Ballet's Summer Course, 2005
performing “Línea Recta” by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa in 2022. Produced by RiveArts®
in “Turangalia” by Andrew McNicol, Fall 2017 Session, NY Choreographic Institute
performing with Ballet Tech in “Raymonda” in 2022
performing “WestSide Story Suite” by Jerome Robbins in 2022
in Tenebris / Lux by Silas Farley. New York Choreographic Institute Fall 2017 Session
Student Choreography Workshop, School of American Ballet, 2006
School of American Ballet, 2006
performing “The Unsung” by Jose Límon in 2020
rehearsing with New York City Ballet Dancers Wendy Whelan and Philip Neal, 2005
performing “Dwelling” by Maxine Steinman in 2020
performing Echoing Women with JenniferChinDance, 2001
performing Steinman’s “ . . . still we sit” in 2020
in “Braiding,” an original RiveArts® production, 2018
in “Braiding,” an original RiveArts® production, 2018
School of American Ballet, 2002
School of American Ballet, 2003
School of American Ballet, 2003
performing Billy Wilson’s “Ginastera” with Dance Theater of Harlem in 1999
News Animations UC Santa Barbara, 2017
Sara Baird, Kathleen Dyer, and Johannah-Joy Magyawe of KDNY in Kathleen Dyer's Charges from Domremy, 1998
performing Michael Smuin’s “Medea” with Dance Theater of Harlem in 2000
in class at the School of American Ballet, 2005
Iggy
Martha Clarke, 2000
New York Choreographic Institute, 2017
rehearsing “The Paper Dance”, UC Santa Barbara, 2017
New York Choreographic Institute, 2017
