Sculpted Fingers

After poring over Patricio Melo’s stunning photographs of Ballet de Santiago with my students (see July 13th post below), I asked my summer school Ballet I class to imitate the close-up image of the hands from the Ballet de Santiago dancer in La Bayadere. Here they are:

And here they are again, minus the hands [...]

Falling in Love with Ballet de Santiago

In the last few months I’ve gotten to know the work of Patricio Melo a little bit (at left). He is a soloist with Ballet de Santiago (Santiago, Chile), and a clearly gifted young dance photographer. Patricio is also a contributor at the Winger; if you go there and click on the word “posts” under [...]