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Christopher A. Dominic

Black and white: a line of dancers in white shirts and braces reaches upward on a dark stage.

Dance, from studio to stage

Case study

Classes, rehearsals and performances

Where: The Hague and around
Photographed: Classes, rehearsals, backstage, performances and promotional images
Dance: Classical, contemporary and street

Brief

To be written: what the company or school asked for, in two or three sentences.

Approach

To be written: how the day was photographed, and what mattered most.

In the studio

Black and white: a girl sits in a split on the studio floor, arms raised, other dancers resting along the wall. — Class, the split

Black and white: the same girl sits in a wide straddle in an empty, bright studio.

Black and white: a girl in a leotard sits on the studio floor and looks straight at the camera. — Kiki, at the studio

Rehearsal

Black and white: dancers stretch and rest on a rehearsal floor while others sit watching.

A young performer crouches on a bench in a rehearsal room, reading her script.

Black and white: a street dancer balances on one hand and kicks a leg high while people watch. — Street, one hand down

Backstage

The last minutes before a performance, when nobody is performing yet.

Black and white: a dancer does her make-up at a dressing-room mirror ringed with bulbs.

On stage

A large group of dancers in red and orange costumes performs under hanging red lanterns and pink stage light.

On a dark stage in violet light, a dancer whips her long hair through the air beside her partner. — Hair, mid-turn

In cold blue light, a dancer arches low over the stage floor, one hand spread on the boards.

Black and white: dancers on chairs throw their heads back under a single spotlight, hair flying. — Chair choreography, one spot

Black and white: a dancer lies flat on the studio floor and looks straight up into the lens.

A young dancer with her hair in a bun holds the barre by a bright studio window.

Planning a performance, a school show or promotional images? Tell me about your production.