Deborah Ory and Ken Browar photographed dancers including Alvin Ailey's Jacqueline Green and NYCB's Lauren Lovette, wearing designers like Valentino, Oscar de la Renta and J. Mendel.
"We'd start out with talking to the dancer about what they felt comfortable wearing, what their style was," she continued."We knew these dancers so well and we had a really good idea of what they'd love." So accurate was their styling, in fact, that many of their subjects took their outfits home: Daniil Simkin bought a Valentino jacket he wore in one shoot, while Lauren Lovette borrowed her Oscar de la Renta dress for a gala.
Once dressed, the dancers experimented with movement and balance, with Ory and Browar alternating the roles of photographer and director. Their aim -- while challenging for still photography -- was to convey that movement in the final images."We understood the breadth of the dancer," Browar said."We don't want to freeze the dancer -- we just want to capture that movement.
"People really love our photos so we say,"you should come to a dance performance with us," and they say, 'Oh I don't want to sit through a performance,'" Ory said.""People love looking at the beauty, the grace, the athleticism, the excitement and the freedom in the pictures.""It's very special for them to have this kind of document at the height of their career," Browar said, citing the brevity of a typical career on the stage.
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