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[pherank]

Helene, on 11 October 2012 - 04:00 PM, said:

I love seeing photos by former dancers who've then made a career out of photography, like Rosalie O'Connor and Angela Sterling.

Helgi Tomasson's son, Erik, who didn't dance as far as I know, has done some lovely work for San Francisco Ballet.

I am reminded also of the (now former) SF Ballet dancer Quinn Wharton, who has been doing photography/film work (such as the Tiit Helimets and Co. Estonia Tour 2011). Wharton's dance friends (such as Sarah Van Patten) appear in many of his still photos.

http://www.kickstart...tonia-tour-2011

http://quinnwharton.com/

[Hamorah]

This is a link to the G.B.L Wilson archive gallery at the Royal Academy of Dance http://www.arenapal....hic_Archive.htm

"It was Wilson's interest in photography and his friendships with dancers that have led to the existence of this rich photographic ballet archive. A keen photographer since childhood, Wilson began photographing ballet in 1941. His enthusiasm and his ability to build lasting friendships gave him access to dancers not only in performance situations but also off-stage, in rehearsals and at social functions. Once the Second World War was over, Wilson's photographs began to appear in publications such as The Ballet Annual and Ballet Today and in 1957 he began his regular 'Off-Stage' column in the Dancing Times which continued until his death in 1984."

I remember GBL well from when I was a ballet student. He had so many contacts with European companies that he became careers adviser to students graduating from the Royal Ballet School, but unfortunately for me this was after I had left the school and had to audition without any advice. I also remember a visit he made to Israel as he had helped bring some English dancers to join the Israel Ballet company. I was teaching then for the company and school and invited him and the girls to supper at my home - we had a wonderful evening. It must have been in the late '70s.  His photographs are beautiful and insightful and offer an invaluable historical record of the mid 20th century ballet world in Britain.  He also published A Dictionary of Ballet (1974), which was pretty comprehensive for the time.

[sandik]

Hamorah, on 22 December 2012 - 12:34 PM, said:

This is a link to the G.B.L Wilson archive gallery at the Royal Academy of Dance http://www.arenapal....hic_Archive.htm

Thanks so much for the link -- I'm looking forward to browsing.

[innopac]

"Photographer Willy Rizzo's best shoot". Interview by Andrew Pulver.  The Guardian, 30 September 2009

http://www.guardian....izzo-best-shoot

Photographs include:

Balance a Trois (1956), with dancer and choreographer Jean Babilée leaping into the air

Saut De L'ange (1955), with Roland Petit leaping into the air on the right

[pherank]

Alfred Eisenstaedt was responsible for a number of famous dance images. Here's a cute one that also happens to be a great composition: