kalop.eu – Dance photography
International Ballet Masterclasses in Prague 2016 – Pas-de-deux. It was so inspirational and so much fun thanks to Daria Klimentova and her partners Tamas Solymosi and Vadim Muntagirov. Pas-de-deux is about relationship, quite often almost like a marriage where two hearts beat as one. I like solos very much and I see pas-de-deux as an exalted form of a…
International ballet masterclasses in Prague 2016 – pas seul. Generally I like to shoot solos very much. Mainly because I can concentrate on a single dancer and it allows me to immerse myself into the dance even deeper. Quite often I feel connected with the dancer in such a way that my heart speeds up with the tempo, I breath…
International ballet masterclasses in Prague – a morning class is quite an important part of a day for me as a photographer. It may sound strange but it is kind of a warm up – after a morning class I’m usually prepared to shoot almost anything 😉 It is also a good place to refine my technique in general.…
Hands – holding hands – dancing – together – for the audience – yet in our inner universe. My first close-up shot of hands was sort of a guided accident. Dancers came very close, I tried to merge with the mirror (unsuccessfully) and pressed the button more or less accidentally or maybe partly in an effectless attempt to startle them away while…
It is incredible that it is possible to restage and squeeze the whole Swan Lake into just 45 minutes and perform it decently not only on a really small open stage but also with other challenging factors in the way. Well done Jiří Pokorný and DJKT ballet. Many thanks to Mr. M. Fara.
International Ballet Masterclasses in Prague – part 4 . I know, I know, I skipped part 2 and part 3 and I did it on purpose. Part 2 and part 3 will be pics from the morning classes and the solos respectively. These two and the PDD are the core of my photographic work at this year’s Masterclasses and therefore we…
International Ballet Masterclasses in Prague always feel like a dream, like spinning and floating somewhere high above the ground, somewhere in the clouds. It was a joy and privilege to take photographs there with the immensely talented artists around. It was like dancing. Many thanks to Daria Klimentova for inviting me and to all of…
This restaged Romeo and Juliet fitted not only into 45 minutes but also into one of my evenings in Prague. Well done Jiří Pokorný and DJKT ballet. Many thanks to Mr. M. Fara with whom I share admiration and aesthetic passion for ballet. These photographs wouldn’t exists without him.
So I finally decided to build a new web site. Now we have to migrate some of the old photos and articles here. We’ll be moving only some of if as there are more than 500 pages and more than 10 000 photographs in the original www pages. I am quite excited with this WP technology but I am a…
This time, Akcent dancers and I went to Trojhali in Ostrava. It was rather a cold and a dark day, one of those days you would rather stay in bed a little bit longer. I’m glad I didn’t.
It was an instant idea to shoot Michaela by the lake alone like this during a duet photoshoot with Michaela and her friend Camilla from Norway. Although trying to achieve sort of an evening look during midday seemed daring if not unwise, I am glad we did it.