Overview

In this gorgeous book, the acclaimed photographer Rose Eichenbaum captures the spirit, beauty, and commitment of dancers along with the dancers’ own words of wisdom and guidance. More than 250 color and black and white photographs are paired with inspirational quotes from legendary and emerging dancers, including Bill T. Jones, Katherine Dunham, Ann Reinking, Mark Morris, Pina Bausch, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Gregory Hines, Mitzi Gaynor, Desmond Richardson, Rennie Harris, Paul Taylor, Ohad Naharin, Tiler Peck, and many more. Here, words and images explore creativity, art making, the communicative power of the human body, the challenges of balancing everyday life with the physical and practical demands of the dancer’s art, and more. In these intimate portraits, Eichenbaum reveals and celebrates the world of the dancer. Sensual and mesmerizing, these images will entrance dancer and non-dancer alike—as well as anyone who loves fine photography—with their powerful depiction of the human body.

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Spanning location and genre -- from break-dancing to ballroom -- in studios and atop New York City rooftops alike, Eichenbaum's images capture each dancer's unique style and commitment to their art form. ... inspiring even those of us with two left feet. --Sarah Nechamkin New York Magazine (7/13/2017 12:00:00 AM) Eichenbaum's ability to capture dancers' authenticity is rare and true. --Sarah Nechamkin The Boston Dance Journal (10/23/2017 12:00:00 AM)

Spanning location and genre -- from break-dancing to ballroom -- in studios and atop New York City rooftops alike, Eichenbaum's images capture each dancer's unique style and commitment to their art form. ... inspiring even those of us with two left feet. --Sarah Nechamkin New York Magazine (7/13/2017 12:00:00 AM)

Spanning location and genre -- from break-dancing to ballroom -- in studios and atop New York City rooftops alike, Eichenbaum's images capture each dancer's unique style and commitment to their art form ... inspiring even those of us with two left feet. --Sarah Nechamkin, New York Magazine Eichenbaum's ability to capture dancers' authenticity is rare and true. --The Boston Dance Journal [A] dancer friendly book of photographs ... a full 360-degree experience. --Wendy Perron, Wendy Perron Eichenbaum has elicited eloquent, poetic, and insightful descriptions of the inner world of the dancer's life and art. --Broadway World [Inside the Dancer's Art] explore[s] creativity, art making, the communicative power of the human body. --Dance Studio Life

Eichenbaum's ability to capture dancers' authenticity is rare and true. --Sarah Nechamkin The Boston Dance Journal (10/23/2017 12:00:00 AM) Spanning location and genre -- from break-dancing to ballroom -- in studios and atop New York City rooftops alike, Eichenbaum's images capture each dancer's unique style and commitment to their art form ... inspiring even those of us with two left feet. --Sarah Nechamkin New York Magazine (7/13/2017 12:00:00 AM) [A] dancer friendly book of photographs ... a full 360-degree experience. --Wendy Perron Wendy Perron (12/15/2017 12:00:00 AM) Eichenbaum has elicited eloquent, poetic, and insightful descriptions of the inner world of the dancer's life and art. --Wendy Perron Broadway World (5/31/2017 12:00:00 AM)

Author Information

ROSE EICHENBAUM is an award-winning photographer, author of six books and a respected educator. Her photography has graced more than thirty national magazine covers, and has been the subject of numerous exhibitions, including a three-year national tour hosted by the Smithsonian Institution. Eichenbaum directs the Art of Photographing Dance Workshop at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival and serves as documentary photographer for USC's Glorya Kaufman School of Dance.

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