Royal Ballet dancer <strong>Andrej Uspenski</strong> took a series of candid photographs from his unique position behind the curtain, here collected into<em> </em><a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Foberonbooks.com%2Fdancers" target="_blank" target="_blank"><em>Dancers: Behind the Scenes with The Royal Ballet</em></a><em>. </em>
Behind the scenes at The Royal Ballet —
Royal Ballet dancer Andrej Uspenski took a series of candid photographs from his unique position behind the curtain, here collected into Dancers: Behind the Scenes with The Royal Ballet.
Andrej Uspensk
The book includes intimate portraits of the off-stage lives of dancers including Tamara Rojo, Carlos Acosta, and Federico Bonelli. Here, <strong>Alina Cojocaru</strong> and fiancee <strong>Johan Kobborg</strong> rehearse.
Behind the scenes at The Royal Ballet —
The book includes intimate portraits of the off-stage lives of dancers including Tamara Rojo, Carlos Acosta, and Federico Bonelli. Here, Alina Cojocaru and fiancee Johan Kobborg rehearse.
Andrej Uspensk
"My father was a photographer, and he always had a camera with him..." said Uspenski. "Of course, my career is dancing, but when I'm backstage, so many things catch my eye to take photos of."
Behind the scenes at The Royal Ballet —
"My father was a photographer, and he always had a camera with him..." said Uspenski. "Of course, my career is dancing, but when I'm backstage, so many things catch my eye to take photos of."
Andrej Uspensk
"I'm here all the time with access to the studios and dancers and so I know them and the productions, as well as what is most interesting from a photographic point of view," he explains.
Behind the scenes at The Royal Ballet —
"I'm here all the time with access to the studios and dancers and so I know them and the productions, as well as what is most interesting from a photographic point of view," he explains.
Andrej Uspensk
"Sometimes I dance and photograph in one night -- I just ask somebody to hold the camera for me while I'm on stage!"
Behind the scenes at The Royal Ballet —
"Sometimes I dance and photograph in one night -- I just ask somebody to hold the camera for me while I'm on stage!"
Andrej Uspensk
Uspenski accumulated the collection over five years, aiming to capture not just the dancer's polished on-stage appearance, but the hard work that is necessary to get there.
Behind the scenes at The Royal Ballet —
Uspenski accumulated the collection over five years, aiming to capture not just the dancer's polished on-stage appearance, but the hard work that is necessary to get there.
Andrej Uspensk
"Instead of perfect pictures of dancers in perfect positions, I want to show what we do to achieve that perfection on stage," explains Uspenski.
Behind the scenes at The Royal Ballet —
"Instead of perfect pictures of dancers in perfect positions, I want to show what we do to achieve that perfection on stage," explains Uspenski.
Andrej Uspensk
The book includes over two hundred photos, encompassing glimpses of rehearsals and dancers backstage and performing.
Behind the scenes at The Royal Ballet —
The book includes over two hundred photos, encompassing glimpses of rehearsals and dancers backstage and performing.
Andrej Uspensk
"The book is more of a story than a collection of individual pictures. It shows a day in the life of a dancer, from daily class and rehearsals to backstage preparation and performances," says Uspenski.
Behind the scenes at The Royal Ballet —
"The book is more of a story than a collection of individual pictures. It shows a day in the life of a dancer, from daily class and rehearsals to backstage preparation and performances," says Uspenski.
Andrej Uspensk
<em>Dancers: Behind the Scenes with The Royal Ballet </em>by Andrej Uspenski. Photos courtesy publisher <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Foberonbooks.com%2Fdancers" target="_blank" target="_blank">Oberon Books</a>.
Behind the scenes at The Royal Ballet —
Dancers: Behind the Scenes with The Royal Ballet by Andrej Uspenski. Photos courtesy publisher Oberon Books.
Andrej Uspensk