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The Kirov Ballet - Jewels

2008.05.20
It was the shadow that I was drawn too...those lean, long arms; so graceful.








I was kindly invited by DanceXchange in Birmingham, to take some photographs of the world famous Kirov Ballet from the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, during their dress rehersal of 'Emeralds' (part of the ballet Jewels), which is also part of The International Dance Festival Birmingham.

Thanks to Katherine at DanceXchange for inviting me along and allowing me this opportunity.
34 Comments
sherryb nice pics
sherryb · 2008-05-20: 09:30
Mark Particularly like number 6. Bravo!
Mark · 2008-05-20: 09:30
Mark Sorry - Number 4 (you moved it!)
Mark · 2008-05-20: 09:31
ronin53 :):):)
ronin53 · 2008-05-20: 09:39
Madoc Great dance photos.
You captured the poetry of it all very beautifully, especially on the 1st shot.
Madoc · 2008-05-20: 10:45
alantan1982 great set you have there...
alantan1982 · 2008-05-20: 11:14
storytaylor wonderful serie of ballet photos it was a pleasure to watch (and I know that is very hard to catch without disturb the show).
storytaylor · 2008-05-20: 11:37
gderuiter #4 seems of another era. I love how her arms emerge from the darkness and the lower part of her body is absorbed by it.
gderuiter · 2008-05-20: 11:46
FreshPhoto LOve 4 too,, so wounderfull
FreshPhoto · 2008-05-20: 12:36
Primavera Just wonderful! #1 and #4 my favourites :))
Primavera · 2008-05-20: 12:47
vollenda Wow, Emma, what a great opportunity! And you took full advantage of it and caught some incredible movement and poses from them. I really like the coloring of these and the b&w ones are wonderful. The whole set has an ethereal magic to it.
vollenda · 2008-05-20: 14:31
bolder what a thrill that must have been!

well.done.
bolder · 2008-05-20: 15:49
haushinka So graceful... great work!
haushinka · 2008-05-20: 16:18
focussed what an awesome opportunity!!!! Did you feel a little nervous?
You've done a wonderful job with these. I imagine the light was tricky to work with. #8 is just perfectly composed and has gorgeous tone.
focussed · 2008-05-20: 16:22
DancingDolphin What fun you must have had! And you did really well, great shots, thanks for sharing!
DancingDolphin · 2008-05-20: 17:58
Peche Em, it goes without saying you did incredibly well within the constraints of lighting and your camera's capabilities - what that shows is that you have an incredibly deep understanding of movement, which is what I noticed keenly in your previous dance posts... there's a predication there from you that you understand and know what the next move will be, so you're able to capture the moment so well, without blur and with such strong focus and composition...
#5 is absolutely outstanding.
xx
Peche · 2008-05-20: 18:57
miclaud I love your set!
miclaud · 2008-05-20: 19:42
JuliaGotz oh those necks! those elegant profiles! those feet! these came out wonderfully well. I hope you are feeling very pleased. I tend to prefer the black and white shots, but 7 is stunning too. sure makes me miss the ballet.

and your new profile pic is ka-boom gorgeous.
JuliaGotz · 2008-05-20: 20:37
leocheung So graceful.
leocheung · 2008-05-21: 00:30
chrisfly Wonderful shots of a graceful art!! You know, my daughter wants to start on ballet-class next autumn, and would love that....
chrisfly · 2008-05-21: 01:40
jacekb Fantastic set
jacekb · 2008-05-21: 04:25
facan WONDERFUL !!!
facan · 2008-05-21: 07:48
Kanya Perfect shots!:)
Kanya · 2008-05-21: 09:28
Dr L (work) These are outstanding Emma.
Dr L (work) · 2008-05-21: 09:45
Rogermay Great set Emma! what other events are coming up?
Rogermay · 2008-05-21: 11:55
Lindyart seeeeeeeeeeeee!!!I knew you would do this beautifully but then that is you .. as said a million times.. I KNOW you will go somewhere with all this ... in the mean time simply gorgeous and flowing and magical!!
Lindyart · 2008-05-21: 19:50
????? very nice
????? · 2008-05-22: 02:54
jabichi very poetics compositions, well done
jabichi · 2008-05-22: 02:56
idorudoll oooh, dance - something for me ;d
the last is my favourite ,,,
:)
idorudoll · 2008-05-22: 05:03
fompslee nice shots!
fompslee · 2008-05-22: 05:46
MrSaSa nice set
MrSaSa · 2008-05-22: 09:00
kyla8 Great shots! I just love number 4.
kyla8 · 2008-05-23: 11:25
emmetan no 5 is awesome
emmetan · 2008-05-24: 01:08
shortyg Very beautiful :)
shortyg · 2008-06-07: 21:23
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