The Art of Movement Hardcover – Illustrated, October 25, 2016

Beautiful book

This book is filled with stunning images of dancers that areThe images in this book are truly art. I would be happy to hang them as huge prints above my fireplace. They are captivating to behold. The lighting is exquisite; it naturally enhances the beauty and form of the dancers without drawing attention to itself. I want to compliment the posing, but it’s not posing. The dancers are in motion, and always captured at the perfect arc of the movement. I can only imagine all the work behind the scenes to create this masterpiece.These authors also including numerous male dancers in the book and the men are treated with the same grace and attention to detail as their female counterparts. Many ballet sources focus more on the females, which is understandable, who doesn’t admire a beautiful, talented ballerina en pointe in a flowing gown? But it is refreshing to have a group of gentlemen dancers presented with such sophistication.The authors have a ballerina in the family and it shows. They understand the technical excellence demanded by ballerinas. A dancer’s feet, hands, legs, shoulders, knees everything must be in the proper form to meet their incredible standards. To the outsider, the image simply looks graceful, lovely and even natural. But if the dancer’s hand had the appearance of holding a hamburger or the foot was curved in instead of delicately pointed out, every dancer who beheld the image would have groaned with despair. I can’t imagine any dancer looking at this book with anything but appreciation.Some of the images show the dancer in movement and the gown gracefully in the air complementing the movement. It’s so perfect it looks like a sculpture. I can’t help but wonder how it was all so perfectly achieved.The athleticism of the dancers shows through in many images, but is a soft after note of the image. I’ve seen dance photography where the dancer looks like a body builder and it’s a little frightening. This is delicate and enhances the visual story.I was ecstatic when my hard copy arrived in the mail. I had preordered it, and I just preordered the Kindle version that comes out next month. I want to have the book with me when I travel. It’s that kind of book, the one where you give it as a gift, and have more than one copy yourself.Congratulations to the authors and dancers. This is a magnificent body of work and reflects well upon the world of dance and photography. It is a masterpiece.

Bought this as a gift for a student with a background in dance and interest in photography. She enjoyed the gift! I personally would buy the book again for me to keep!

Gave this as a gift and my friend loved it. It’s a beautiful book!

As an aspiring dance photographer I had to have this book. And I'm so glad I picked it up. As soon as it arrived I've been pouring over the images, first with a bird's eye view and now looking at the details of each shot. It's been truly inspiring. I use in constantly in my own shoots with dancers. We review some images that I think might be good for them, and that gives them inspiration, and then we make the shot their own, with their own personalities coming through.The book is high quality with great shots in multiple dance genres throughout. Whether your a fan of dance, dance photography, the study of movement, or just fascinating images, this is a perfect book.

I was rendered breathless by this book. The photography takes second place to the movement but it is stunningly well done, so well done that you are not immediately aware of it. I wondered how many times the dancer and the photographer duplicated the same movement to get that one perfect shot. Of course the movement, captured in the one perfect instant, is the reason for the book. If you love dance in all its many incarnations, you will love this book. And if you are a photographer, it will give you something to shoot for, no pun intended.

The book is stunning but I’m so upset that the corners of the cover are messed up!

Absolutely breathtaking photos! Great quotes. The book itself is larger than I anticipated, but once I opened it up, I gasped at the brilliance of the images and I’m glad they are full size! I love a coffee table book that has more to look at than read, and this is perfectly proportioned. A wonderful collaboration of artists, this gorgeous book is a must for any photography or dance enthusiast!