Alexey Brodovitch’s Ballet is a legend – one of the most influential and coveted works in the history of the photobook. Brodovitch’s aim was to capture dance in the spontaneous, living present. Free of all artistic preconceptions and working with a sense of existential imperative, he immersed himself over a span of five years in the final performances of the Ballets Russes on tour in America. In Ballet, Brodovitch engaged the image and the book form in ways that continue to fascinate and his methods of printing played an equally decisive role in his experiment.
Born in 1955 in a poor district of São Paulo, Ismael Ivo became one of the world’s most famous and successful dancers. This book presents his movements in black and white imagery, paired with poetic musings.
Dance Magazine was a monthly dance publication covering modern dance and ballet, as well as other forms of dance, including jazz, that ran from 1927 to 2001.
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Dance Magazine was a monthly dance publication covering modern dance and ballet, as well as other forms of dance, including jazz, that ran from 1927 to 2001.
Dance Perspectives was published quarterly from 1959-1976, and was a collection of writings on dance, art, costume and theatre.
Dance Perspectives was published quarterly from 1959-1976, and was a collection of writings on dance, art, costume and theatre. This issue focuses on Dance in Ghana.
Kazuo Ohno was a Japanese performance artist and leading exponent of Butoh, a Japanese dance-theatre movement in which formal technique is eschewed and primal sexuality and the grotesque are explored. Throughout his life, Kazuo Ohno has been captured on film by many photographers and what is produced is an image of his body but photographs cannot show what is hidden within the body.
Edited by Yvonne Rainer, this selection of texts and images by Rainer and various authors offers a retrospective portrait of her work, focusing on some of her most notable performances and projects
Adrien Mesko spent three months with the dancers of La.Horde directed National Ballet de Marseille. Each day, he would visi the studio to observe, document their training, perfomances, dedication to the physical demands of their craft and the quiet moments of intimacy in between.
Photographs of renowned photographers across the world taken by Peggy Jarrell Kaplan including Merce Cunningham, Eiko, David Gordon, Trisha Brown, Michael Clark, Pina Bausch
Shapeshifting is a contemplation and reflection of the experience of dance. Molly through fragmented poetry and prose, Evan through photography. Dancing with his camera, he surrendered his body to the moment – becoming it, rather than observing it. In this way, the camera became an extension of his subconscious. The resulting long exposure photographs become visual abstractions of dance as a feeling.
Theatre Arts Magazine, sometimes titled Theatre Arts or Theatre Arts Monthly, was a magazine published from November 1916 to January 1964.
Theatre Arts Magazine, sometimes titled Theatre Arts or Theatre Arts Monthly, was a magazine published from November 1916 to January 1964.
In a series of stunning black and white images, Tocororo: A Cuban Tale follows the creation of Carlos Acosta's first piece of dance theatre as choreographer and star, from its rehearsals and world premiere in Cuba to its sell-out debut at London's Sadlers Wells theatre.
This book explores the connection between dance and visual arts in the work of choreographer and dancer Trisha Brown.
Work 1961–73 chronicles the years when Rainer found herself and her work at the heart of a revolution in dance, performance and art. Written in Rainer’s wonderful frank, funny and perceptive prose, and illustrated with photographs, handwritten scores, sketches, press articles and ephemera, Work 1961–73 is a period document and an instruction manual, an archive and a manifesto.