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Backstage Dance Secrets
The secret is out. After hiding for days undetected in a flight case backstage at English National Ballet in order to obtain this world exclusive photograph I can now reveal how English National Ballet store their dancers at night! I … Continue reading
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Sara Baras: Flamenco dancer
This is the first time I have photographed flamenco. So I started at the top! Sara Baras is one of the finest flamenco dancers in the world and appeared at The Royal Albert Hall. The energy that she and her … Continue reading
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Its dark in here!
A photograph from Arthur Pita’s production “God’s Garden” at the Linbury Studio. Taken at 1/13th sec f2.8 @ 2500 ISO without a tripod this shot would have been impossible to take handheld as little as eight years ago. The advancement … Continue reading
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Ballroom blitz
I am delighted to say I carried out my first commission for the Royal Albert Hall recently. I have photographed a lot there in the past but I was always working for a different client. I got to photograph something … Continue reading
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Where was I?
These images are of Guiseppe Picone and Rebecca Sewell of English National Ballet performing in Giselle. Taken during a performance at the Manchester Palace Theatre. There is a bridge running across the width of the stage just behind the proscenium arch. I … Continue reading
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Off stage….on stage
Begona Cào, dancer with English National Ballet waits in the wings, on the left, before making her entrance, on the right. These photographs were taken during her second performance of English National Ballet’s production of Manon at the London Coliseum theatre. … Continue reading
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English National Ballet. Manon.
This image is from English National Ballet’s new production of Manon which can be seen at the London Coliseum Theatre from the 2nd of January 2009. This is the best looking show visually that ENB have ever produced as far as I’m … Continue reading
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The beginning of a career
Every year I photograph the final year students at Central School of Ballet to produce their audition images. The shoot takes two days and at the end the students choose eight images that they will send to professional companies in … Continue reading
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Picture of the week
“What happens next…?” English National Ballet dancer Belinda Hernandez looks around during a performance of Alice in Wonderland to make sure she is doing the right thing. Belinda is Australian and has the broadest accent to match except … Continue reading