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"I don't want people who want to dance, I want people who have to dance." —George Balanchine
My girl was a born "jiggler" and ever since she could stand she has danced. She frequently exclaimed "I have to dance" whenever she heard music. Every evening after dinner she would go to her room, shut the door and dance.
This was taken back stage at her dance concert. This year she was most reluctant to have me take photos backstage, so I had to sneak them in when I could. It seems like just yesterday she was one of those tiny ballerinas, looking up to the older girls ... now she is one of the older girls and they are looking up to her.
It all about that. What you do, how much of it you do and what is the tolerance level of such an act. I for starters am clueless about balance, regardless of how many stupid mistakes i make its the same old mistake of driving right into the concrete wall. Someday i hope i will learn..
Canon EOS 400D with the Sigma EF 24-70MM F/2.8. Shutter Priority, 1/320th of a Second at F/2.8, ISO400, Tripod.
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I bullshit you not. I didn't photoshop this. I just timed it right because i was smart enough to carry a tripod. I attended a Bharathnatyam Dance Concert today. It was mind blowing. I went early and i got a seat in the first row and i set up the tripod and camera's to shoot. It was exhilarating an experience. After 2 hours i had with me 1100 RAW files to process and im still not even done copying them to my hard drive. :-(
The dance posture here is to resemble "mareesan" Ravana's brother. Mareesan disguises himself as a deer to attract sita's attention so that she can be lured out of her home so that Ravana can kidnap her.
The dancer here leaps like a deer to tell the story of Ramayana. I will accept without shame that im an illiterate when it comes to classical art forms. It does not take a rocket scientist to show how much of effort has gone into such dance. I'm humbled and im impressed. I'm inspired to look at artists work so hard and display such talent. Its just mind blowing.
Thanks to Daksha and Amirtha for inviting me and coordinating my seating in the front row. I had a wonderful time today. Words cannot express how happy im today enjoying such quality time witnessing art in one of its best performance's.
Canon EOS 400D with the Sigma EF 24-70MM F/2.8. Manual, F/4 at 1/200th of a Second, ISO400, Tripod.
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One of the things i was very drawn to in this Bharathnatyam Show that i went to was the sound of the Salangai, the traditional bell lined anklet type of a collar that is worn during a dance performance in most south Indian classical dance forms.
The "Jal" sound it makes when you walk wearing it is very attractive.
From an artistic point of view it adds rhythm to the whole feet movement and goes fantastically well with the music for the dance.
I decided to get a shot of the Salangai and made one decent picture with great difficulty. The fast leg movements and the inability to use the flash makes this a difficult subject for flashless photography. Nevertheless i did manage to get one right :)
Canon EOS 400D with the Sigma EF 24 - 70 MM F/2.8. Aperture Priority, F/4 at 1/50th of a Second, ISO400.
Shot at the Sivagami Pettachchi Auditorium during one of Deepa Mahadevans dance concert performances. Colored light is always challenging yet rewarding. When you nail the right blend of reds, yellows, blue and greens, the joy of that accomplishment is quite sensational. In this instance though, there were merely green from the left and yellow from the right and a bit of orange from above which is almost invisible.
I’m always curious of how color of the light is representative of human emotion, many a times. It sort of changes how you look at things or rather how you feel about things.
Canon EOS 60D with Signma 24 - 70 F/2.8. Manual, F/4.0 at 1/100 sec, ISO 800.
Couldn't really get much shots of her with both of her feet, flat on the ground. This woman was all about challenging gravity with an attitude.
The speed at which she managed to pull off that foot work, i don't think i would ever manage to get good shots at ISO400. I'd be more happier with ISO1600 or ISO3200 if only my camera could do it :P
Canon EOS 400D with the Sigma EF 24-70MM F/2.8. Manual, F/4 at 1/100th of a Second, ISO400, Tripod.
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Kavya plays Ravana in the Story. Ravan Kidnaps Sita. This scene i believe is one of those sequences that show Ravana relinquishing in his evil joy while kidnapping sita.
P.S. Black background here is not photoshopped. It's straight out of the camera. Thanks to Captain Suresh's lesson, i can reproduce this trick in available light with great luck and fluke :P
Canon EOS 400D with the Sigma EF 24-70MM F/2.8. Manual, F/4.0 at 1/200th of a Second, ISO400, Tripod.
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Nayaka is a thematic production of Madurai R. Muralidaran. The scene depicted here is that of a Child, Lord Krishna who is trying to persuade Yasodha, his mother to get him married to Radha. The problem with this is, Radha hails from a rich family. In fact, she lives in a palace. Yasodha is bothered about Krishna's childish tantrums but at the same time, is impressed by his persistent requests.
Krishna tells his mother, Yasodha that Radha will be an obedient wife. She will cook, clean and take care of the household. In this scene, Krishna convinces Yasodha that Radha will give her a foot massage after a tiring day, at the house, running errands.
Yasodha looks on admiringly at her sons case, for marrying him to Radha.
Canon EOS 60D with the Sigma 24-70 F/2.8. Shutter Priority at 1/200th of a Second, ISO1000. Evaluative metering.
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Ballet Dancers - Contemporary Dance - UC CCM
Ballet Photography & Dance Portraits
University of Cincinnati Corbett Theater
College - Conservatory of Music
2008 Fall Dance Concert
WIll Brenner Photography
Columbus, Ohio
The context for this stance is like this. The Song for this dance piece was around singing lullaby for a child about Lord Krishna. It's about his antics with the girls in vrindavan and how he was a trouble maker of the lot and was always playing around with the women and how he gave them a hard time.
The dancer in the poise is is basically looking out for her loving son. The following sequences describe the lullaby she sings to make her son, to sleep.
Canon EOS 400D with the Sigma EF 24 - 70 MM F/2.8. Manual, F/4 at 1/50th of a Second. ISO400.
I don't remember the complete context of this dance recital but it was something along the lines of Krishna. Snakes are depicted when discussing Devi/Amman/Kali in Indian mythology, usually. The piece here is called "Kalinga Narthanam", thanks to Amirtha for the Update and Correction here.
I cannot help but remember all of this weird snake dance stuff that foreigners get real crazy excited about when it comes to India and Indian classical dance. So much that i've even heard bogus snake dance classes taught in the Bay Area.
For the love of my non indian friends i will quote here. There is no such thing called "Snake Dance" in india. Every classical art form when it talks about Shiva or any form of Devi will probably refer to the snake. The snake is obviously very respected, feared and worshiped a creature in Hinduism and almost every classical dance will have postures and moves that represent elements of this wonderful reptile.
For more info on Snakes and debunking stupid myths on snakes i suggest you touch base with Capt. Suresh Sharma. If there is someone who knows real stuff about snakes and handles them daily like a kid would handle chocolate, its gotta be him.
Nevertheless, if you are really interested in knowing the "Indian Snake Dance" the i suggest you get to know classical dance forms of India, especially Bharathnatyam.
Canon EOS 400D with the Canon EF 50MM F/1.4. Shutter Priority, 1/400th of a Second at F/1.4, ISO400, Tripod.
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