102.494 'likes' for Ballerina Project

The Ballerina project started 9 years ago, when the photographer Dane Shitagi begin taking outdoor pictures of ballerinas in NY. “Dance cannot be captured by a still photograph.” Shitagi’s focus is on the ballerina herself. “It’s the emotion of the dancer; how she is intertwined with the environment. The best way to capture dance is with motion – you need the sound, the fluidity. You take all of that away and it’s like breaking down a poem to leave just single words; those words become meaningless. The way the words are combined are what makes it poetry.’

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