Dancers In Slow Motion

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Let’s begin the week with some beautiful dancing slowed down. Two very different dance styles, one filmmaking technique, so we can see in detail what dancers can do with their bodies.

Marina Kanno and Giacomo Bevilaqua from Staatsballett Berlin perform several jumps captured in slow motion at 1000 frames per second.

(via Kottke.org)

Which of course reminds me of David Michalek’s Slow Dancing installation. If you think these are impressive, you should see dancers projected in HD on the sides of buildings. I had an opportunity to see the installation at Lincoln Center a few years ago. It was amazing to witness  a sea of people basically having picnics around the Lincoln Center fountain watching the projections late into the night. Do yourself a favor, find a dance theater near you and go see a live dance performance. 

Copyright David Michalek http://www.slowdancingfilms.com

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Antonio Ortiz

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