perky Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Wendy Whelan is currently on the cover of Pointe magazine wearing a chocolate brown Monique Lhullier gown. I actually sucked in my breath when I saw this picture. She looks so stunning. womanly and sophisticated. I think ballet dancers are naturals for fashion photography. The fact that they know how to pose is part of it, but also the way they can convey movement without moving and the awareness they have of thier bodies in this space at that moment. Use them more fashion world! Did any of the ballerina's from the 40's and 50's do fashion photography? Maybe Toumanova or Danilova? Didn't Suzanne Farrell do some modeling in the 60's for a perfume company? Matching some current dancers with designers and perfumes I've come up with: Darci Kistler for Estee Lauder Beautiful Rachel Rutherford for Louis Vuitton Sofiane Slyve for Channel Nikolai Hubbe for Jockey shorts! Karla Korbes or Janie Taylor for any hair care products Miranda Weese for St. Johns Bay anymore? Link to comment
richard53dog Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Matching some current dancers with designers and perfumes I've come up with:Darci Kistler for Estee Lauder Beautiful Rachel Rutherford for Louis Vuitton Sofiane Slyve for Channel Nikolai Hubbe for Jockey shorts! Karla Korbes or Janie Taylor for any hair care products Miranda Weese for St. Johns Bay anymore? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Certainly in a related product area, Darci Kistler is shown in ads for Movado watch. I thought these might have finished their run, they are not exactly new, but 2 months ago I got another Playbill with this ad as the back cover. Richard Link to comment
Helene Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 In the 80's, Lourdes Lopez, Antonia Franceschi, and Carole Divet were photographed in vintage Fortuny dresses. The magazine was a re-launch -- maybe the North American edition of Elle? Link to comment
Cygnet Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Several years ago, (before it wasn't PC), Fonteyn and Nureyev did a spread in Vogue for Blackglama furs. That was a priceless photo spread. Link to comment
canbelto Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 I know Irina Dvorovenko does some modelling on the side. She certainly has the looks for it! Link to comment
Petra Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 In the current USA Vogue (w/Drew Barrymore on the cover), Irina Dvorovenko is feautured in an ad for Lenscrafters. Rather odd to see a dancer wearing ballet clothes and glasses. If I recall correctly, Irina is quoted as saying somehting like "In ballet, the whole point is to see"... I assume this ad is running in other magazines too. Link to comment
Mashinka Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 Fonteyn and Nureyev did a spread in Vogue for Blackglama furs. Fonteyn, Nureyev and Martha Graham. Link to comment
Daniil Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 I've seen Sylvie Guillem and and Mr. Bejard doing an ad for Rolex. (I'm not completely sure about it) Link to comment
ami1436 Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 And Darcy Bussell does Marks and Spencers.... Then there are all those fashion shoots (like the ones that were in various issues of Vogue last fall) with professional dancers in designer clothes... Link to comment
Lana Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 Viviana Durante also did some modeling for an automotive company, I believe. Robert LaFosse and Alexia Hess from New York City Ballet also did a very cool and sexy Gap ad in the early 90s. Link to comment
Giselle05 Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Alessandra Ferri did Dewar's Scotch in her first few years with ABT. I've also seen Julie Kent in some Coach ads. Link to comment
drb Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Currently the high-priced watch is represented by three dancers, Angel Corella Lopez (ABT), Sylvie Guillem (RB, sans Bejart), and Yuan-Yuan Tan (SFB). You can see and read about them (click on site map, then on name: center column under Artists) here: http://www.rolex.com/en/ It is interesting to learn about Angel's charity work, Sylvie's defiance, and Yuan-Yuan's career being based on a coin flip. Link to comment
Paul Parish Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Adam Cooper did a fantastic ad for some eyeglass-frame designer........... Link to comment
Dave Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Seattle designer Luly Yang has used PNB dancers and Professional Division students to model her bridal and evening gowns, both in print and on the runway. There are a few pictures of them here. Link to comment
Daniil Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Oh, now I remeber seeing coincidentally Roberto Bolle in a German magazin doing an ad for another watch than Rolex (was it Festina)? Hmm, ballet dancers seem to be good watch models Link to comment
Starr Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Saks did a multi page ad sometime this last year with dancers from ABT(corps members, I think) If you want to see pictures of Irina & Max, checkout W after the ABT galas. Suzy always mentions them in her column, with who Irina is wearing and a nice picture. Link to comment
Tiffany Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Irina also was featured in an ad for Movado in US Vogue; I'm not sure what year. I've also seen in US Vogue an ad for the tour of the Broadway show, Movin' Out, featuring Ashley Tuttle and a guy, not sure whom. And then there are the Capezio, Bloch, etc. ads but those are dance ads, are we only discussing mainstream ads? Link to comment
balletmor Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Starr, That Saks ad featured mostly Studio Company Members. The full page with sexy shirtless young man and the beautiful super model was my personal favorite... It was Gray Davis from Studio Co. There were also quite a few of Nicole Grangerio, Allison Miller and Isabella Boyleston, and a lot more of Gray. I also remember seeing Eric Tamm and Corey Stearnes and one of Sasha Radestsky and Stella Abrera. (PLEASE excuse my spelling!) Link to comment
Funny Face Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 And then there was Rasta Thomas in the tv Gap commercial a few years back. On the other hand, there's the issue of non-dancers modeling dancewear ... oh dear! I've got a few tear sheets of this kind of thing. It should be against the law. One thing I've always noticed is how good dancers in general can make even unexpensive clothing look sensational. I guess that's the tradeoff of working in a profession that generally doesn't pay much. All you need with such a great 'hanger' is one little black dress. (The real Funny Face demonstrated that!!!) Link to comment
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