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CAMERA LENS CAPTURES PERFORMANCE ART
2021 SPRING-SUMMER
Multimedia Experience: Listen to Chopin Nocturne in B flat Opus 9, no.1 (Copyright Free)
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CAMERA LENS
CAPTURES PERFORMANCE ART
BY MARTIN BAUTISTA
PHOTOS BY MARTIN BAUTISTA These photos represent my collaboration with the ballet dancer, Rebecca Joy. We met in a dance class. Two artists work together to share their vision with anyone who can appreciate it.
Dance inspires me as an art form. I try to explore its similarities to other forms of art. I wanted to incorporate lines and shapes that the dancer made with her body into the composition of the photo, so that the location and the dancer interact in a sense.
I used this opportunity to study light and shadow and how it falls on the dancer throughout her movement. More importantly, these images were a way for me to not only explore, but to acknowledge, appreciate and share the beauty and significance of dance. Like other artists, dancers are not paid very well, and they can really wear down their bodies for the sake of their art. If even one person can appreciate dance more through these photos, then I am satisfied. ∫
2021 SPRING-SUMMER
Low Tonal/Low Incident
- Pique passé turned in en pointe. The arch of the dancer’s foot mimics the curve of the pipe on the floor, the square balances on her head and her arm imitates the position of the plant.
2021 SPRING-SUMMER
[Left] W/B High Tonal/Low Incident
- Fourth position en pointe with arms in allongé. The one point perspective creates two diagonal lines from the floor and the frame of the windows that would eventually converge outside of the composition, the dancer’s arm follows the line as well. [Right] W/B High Tonal/High Incident
- Piqué developpé forward en pointe. The dancer is creating line with her entire body, a strong vertical line and diagonal lines that run parallel with each other.
2021 SPRING-SUMMER
2021 SPRING-SUMMER
Low Tonal/Low Incident
- Legs crossed en pointe. The use of repetitive lines puts the dancer into a place of infinite space.
