an unknown dance

I was called upon to shoot an assignment with dance I’d never seen and dancers I didn’t really know. Most dance I shoot is within the community of dancers here in Salt lake whereas this group hailed from Oklahoma though had several connections with the dance community here. As with any client wanting dance photography from a live performance, I’m always at the mercy of light designer and choreographer having to constantly shift composition, lenses and exposure to suit the piece at hand; all this makes for a somewhat frazzled photographer.

Yes, I capture the peak action with pointed feet and high legs but somehow am always left wanting more. The above photograph is an unknown dance with an unknown dancer and is the last frame from my full card and was the one image that leaped out at me and caught my eye. The focus is crap, motion blur all over the place, underexposed and yet somehow it captures dance to me.

That muse of mine works in mysterious ways.