Photographer's Note
I've always thought I'd love to photograph a ballerina. And from the beginning I had blur in my mind trying to portray this dancer. The art of flowing, of floating, of precise but delicate gestures, the lightness... I thought blur goes very well with these.
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Ballet emerged in the late fifteenth-century Renaissance court culture of Italy as a dance interpretation of fencing, and further developed in the French court from the time of Louis XIV in the 17th century. This is reflected in the largely French vocabulary of ballet. Despite the great reforms of Noverre in the eighteenth century, ballet went into decline in France after 1830, though it was continued in Denmark, Italy, and Russia. It was reintroduced to western Europe on the eve of the First World War by a Russian company: the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev, who came to be influential around the world. Diaghilev's company came to be a destination for many of the Russian trained dancers fleeing the famine and unrest that followed the Bolshevik revolution. These dancers brought many of the choreographic and stylistic innovations that had been flourishing under the czars back to their place of origin.
In the 20th century ballet has continued to develop and has had a strong influence on broader concert dance. For example, in the United States, choreographer George Balanchine developed what is now known as neoclassical ballet. Subsequent developments now include contemporary ballet and post-structural ballet, seen in the work of William Forsythe in Germany. (Wikipedia)
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Coolka
(0) 2010-08-19 4:21
I`ve got the Abba song in my mind at the moment:
Nina, pretty ballerina,
now she is the queen of the dancing floor
This is the moment she's waited for
Just like Cinderella, just like Cinderella
The blur is perfect and goes with the moment.
It suits the situation.
Very gentle image.
rgds
Joanna
delnaja
(2056) 2010-08-19 4:28
beautiful and delicate. I like the motion blur and out-of-focus. A good choice for the b&w.
CLODO
(45094) 2010-08-19 4:33
Hello Nicoleta
It was a great idea, and you caught it at the right moment. I like particularly the movement of her skirt.
A masterpiece, for sure. I put it in my selection (pictures I would like to be the author!)
B&W is really suitable
Warmest regards
CLODO
sabermonajati
(11533) 2010-08-19 4:57
hi
this shot is very interesting and captured very well.
regard
saber
dkmurphys
(78000) 2010-11-08 3:28
Buna Nicoleta,
Nu sunt foarte pasionat de balet insa captura asta ta e de-a dreptul uimitoare. Foarte reusita.
Bravo!
Photo Information
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Copyright: Nicoleta Gm (nicol_g)
(859)
- Genre: Ludzie
- Medium: Czarno-białe
- Date Taken: 2009-06-11
- Categories: Sztuka
- Naświetlenie: f/3.5, 1/15 sekund
- More Photo Info: view
- Wersja zdjęcia: Oryginalna wersja
- Temat(y): CLODO's SELECTION VIII [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2010-08-19 3:53
Discussions
- To Coolka: Nina Ballerina :) (1)
by nicol_g, last updated 2010-08-20 10:21 - To CLODO: selection (1)
by nicol_g, last updated 2010-08-20 10:26 - To sabermonajati: en pointe (1)
by nicol_g, last updated 2010-08-20 10:58