To celebrate Anna's year in dance, I gave her a book called Dancers Among Us after her dance recital.
It captures the joy of dance and I knew Anna would love it.
Here is the description of the book on Amazon:
"The mystery of the body in motion. The surprise of seeing what seems impossible. And the pure, joyful optimism of it all. Dancers Among Us presents one thrilling photograph after another of dancers leaping, spinning, lifting, kicking—but in the midst of daily life: on the beach, at a construction site, in a library, a restaurant, a park. With each image the reader feels buoyed up, eager to see the next bit of magic.
Photographer Jordan Matter started his Dancers Among Us Project by asking a member of the Paul Taylor Dance Company to dance for him in a place where dance is unexpected. So, dressed in a commuter’s suit and tie, the dancer flew across a Times Square subway platform. And in that image Matter found what he’d been searching for: a way to express the feeling of being fully alive in the moment, unself-conscious, present.
Organized around themes of work, play, love, exploration, dreaming, and more, Dancers Among Us celebrates life in a way that’s fresh, surprising, original, universal. There’s no photoshopping here, no trampolines, no gimmicks, no tricks. Just a photographer, his vision, and the serendipity of what happens when the shutter clicks."
Photographer Jordan Matter started his Dancers Among Us Project by asking a member of the Paul Taylor Dance Company to dance for him in a place where dance is unexpected. So, dressed in a commuter’s suit and tie, the dancer flew across a Times Square subway platform. And in that image Matter found what he’d been searching for: a way to express the feeling of being fully alive in the moment, unself-conscious, present.
Organized around themes of work, play, love, exploration, dreaming, and more, Dancers Among Us celebrates life in a way that’s fresh, surprising, original, universal. There’s no photoshopping here, no trampolines, no gimmicks, no tricks. Just a photographer, his vision, and the serendipity of what happens when the shutter clicks."
Today, Anna was rollerblading after school and she came to tell me to grab my camera and come outside. She wanted me to take a picture like in the book Dancers Among Us. Here is Anna's dancer pose in rollerblades in a tree swing! Notice the ballerina hands. I know that her toes were pointed in those rollerblades too!
Below are some of our favorites from the book. ENJOY!!!
When Anna and I saw this one, we decided that we have to remember to go to UW campus when she is in pointe shoes to replicate this picture!
such a classic Seattle rainy day shot (with coffee in hand too!)
JOY!!
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