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- Inside the Dancer’s Art

Elegant photographs of the mysterious and complex world of dance
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.
Foreword
Introduction
Joaquin Escamilla
Mark Mendonca
Gwen Verdon
Natalie Willes
Julie Brette Adams
Donald Byrd
David Parsons
Daniel Ezralow
Parissa
Rennie Harris
American Repertory Dance Company
Janet Eilber
Gregory Hines
State Street Ballet
Ronald K. Brown
Danza Floricanto/USA
José Greco
Carmela Greco
Matthew Rushing
Anna Halprin
Judith Jamison
Mark Morris
Katherine Dunham
Bill T. Jones
Ann Reinking
Tommy Tune
Shirley MacLaine
Chita Rivera
Paula Kelly
Liza Minnelli
Robert La Fosse
Leslie Caron
Fernando Bujones
Cleo Parker Robinson
Pilobolus
La La La Human Steps
Martha Graham Dance Company
Blakeley White-McGuire
Michele Simmons
Mitzi Gaynor
Paul Taylor
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Rachael McDonald
Yuriko
Cynthia Gregory
Ben Vereen
Francesca Harper
Mary Hinkson
Rasta Thomas
Marine Jahan
Natalia Makarova
Jean Butler
Ethan Stiefel
Dudley Williams
Susan Jaffe
Jazz Tap Ensemble
Jason Samuels Smith
Chloe Arnold
Josette Wiggan-Freund
Michelle Dorrance
Lori Belilove
Russ Tamblyn
Rita Moreno
Mia Michaels
Peter Boal
Carmen de Lavallade
Ivan Putrov
Desmond Richardson
Pina Bausch
Urban Bush Women
David Roussève
Don McLeod
Eiko and Koma
Donna Sternberg
Doug Varone
Deidre Dawkins
Princess Mhoon
Regina Klenjoski Dance Company
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal
Ohad Naharin
Pacific Northwest Ballet
Glen Tetley
Diavolo/Architecture in Motion
Debbie Allen
Vivian Nixon
Aurelia Thierrée
Jolie Moray
Kyle Abraham
Tamica Washington-Miller
Tyne Stecklein
Deborah Lohse
Wade Robson
Amanda Balen
Mark Kanemura
Dylan Gutierrez and Jeraldine Mendoza
Julio Bocca
Wendy Whelan
N'Tegrity and Trinity
Sonya Tayeh
Britain Grady
Lar Lubovitch
Marcelo Gomes
Gillian Murphy
Sunhwa Chung
Lakshmi Iyengar
Andrea Paris-Gutierrez
Ashley Everett
Cassandra Trenary
Xai Ying
Nia Davis, Quaba Ernest, and Siobhan Harvey
Robert Fairchild
Tiler Peck
Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev
Eliana Girard
Villn Lor
Ryanimay
Alyssa Allen, Jordan Johnson, Aidan Carberry, Stephanie Dai, Jessica Muszynski, Austyn Rich, Paulo Hernandez-Farella, and Lenai Wilkerson
Acknowledgments
About the Artists and Photos
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.
"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
""[Inside the Dancer's Art] explore[s] creativity, art making, the communicative power of the human body.""
~Dance Studio Life
""Eichenbaum has elicited eloquent, poetic, and insightful descriptions of the inner world of the dancer's life and art.""
~Broadway World
""[A] dancer friendly book of photographs a full 360-degree experience.""
~Wendy Perron
""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
"Rose's pictures of dancers reveal the most touching thing there is to know about them—their humanity."
~Lar Lubovitch, from the foreword
"Spanning three decades, this volume displays a breath-taking range of imagery. From legends like José Greco to rising stars of today such as Cassandra Trenary, Rose has captured the essence of each dancer in portraits, rehearsals and performance!"
~Rosalie O'Connor, photographer
"Rose Eichenbaum is an inspiring photographer to work with. She is able to ascertain the essence of her model, relax them and at the same time excite them, Her photographs of dancers capture the balance and passion of the moving body whether posed in serene lyricism or freely engage in highly charged athleticism.""
~Donald McKayle, choregrapher
"What a magnificent collection of dance photos! Not only do these photos move, making this a wonderful tribute to the dancers, but they also seem to dance from page to page. Such a moving experience to see so much of Ms. Eichenbaum's astonishing work in one book.""
~Dr. Daniel Lewis, author of The Illustrated Dance Techniques of José Limón