Saturday 14 August 2010

BALLET NEWS WORLD EXCLUSIVE

Tarzan Dan. I'm sure his name is no accident - it takes a certain amount of daring and dexterity to capture images of dancers in the studio, but to photograph them in inhospitable places, out of context and definately out of everyone's comfort zone, with the weather against you ?  Well, that takes an intrepid explorer with charm to spare.

Photographer Tarzan Dan is mainly known for his successful Canadian Radio and National television career, growing his passion for ballet photography over the last five years.  He has fused the needs of dancers wanting photographs with his own ideas, resulting in images that highlight the juxtaposition of the dancer out of her element. 

Or is she ?  Take a look at Principal dancer Bridgett Zehr, from the National Ballet of Canada, here in her swan costume, in an arguably life-like setting.


And then you move to the opposite extreme - here Angel Jutzi is miles out of her natural element and I'm sure you'll agree that the resulting image is equally arresting.


The dancers featured here are :

Bridgett Zehr , Principal Dancer, National Ballet of Canada
Angel Jutzi, MOVE: The Company, Vancouver
Caitlin Lockwood, Independent Artist

Bridgett Zehr

BALLET NEWS WORLD EXCLUSIVE
Bridgett Zehr

 
Bridgett Zehr


Angel Jutzi


Bridgett Zehr


Caitlin Lockwood


Bridgett Zehr


Angel Jutzi


BALLET NEWS WORLD EXCLUSIVE
Bridgett Zehr

Angel Jutzi

Angel Jutzi

Caitlin Lockwood

Bridgett Zehr

Angel Jutzi

All of Dan's image are for sale.
 
You can contact Dan through his website & through his facebook group @ TDFoto.ca

19 comments:

  1. sounds exciting and the pics are amazing♥

    http://theveiledbump.blogspot.com/

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  2. Absolutely gorgeous pics!
    I think this is my favorite post of yours yet!

    xoxox,
    CC

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  3. Wow, those pictures are incredible. So beautiful. I love that first one of Bridgett Zehr in the doorway, but they are all stunning.

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  4. Fantastic pictures. So good to be taken outside the normal sphere of reference into a fantasy world.

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  5. wow - fantastic shots!

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  6. oh what a beautiful blog! i just love ballet photographs...there is no prettier dance to look at. the costumes, the graceful moves...
    xoxo alison

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  7. Gorgeous pictures! And really "in the time" - Dan just hit straight on here!
    Congrats to him!
    Henrik from www.tightsandtiaras.com

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  8. I would just like to extend a HUGE HUMUNGOUS THANK YOU to BALLET NEWS for the exposure and wonderful article... wow... I really appreciate it... the traffic to the website to see other images has increased like crazy as of today!!

    Cheers Dan

    Ps to all who commented thank you for the kind words :)

    www.TDFoto.ca
    www.facebook.com/Tdfoto.ca

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  9. These photos. Are. AMAZING.

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  10. Gorgeous images, thanks for the intro to Dan's work!

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  11. Hey!

    Amazing blog! And wonderful photos!

    I'll follow your blog, ok?

    I love it!

    Kisses :*

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  12. AMAZING!! I love ballet photography, and would never have known of Tarzan Dan's work otherwise. Thank you!

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  13. I had no idea he was a photographer, I only know him from my pre-teen to teen years counting down the hit list!!

    These images are so dreamy, although I can imagine those poor girls froze their buns off :)

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  14. Dan does amazing work. Glad to see a great post here.

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  15. wow these are stunning!! congrats!!!!!

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  16. Wonderful post again with stunning photography.
    love
    Lyn
    xxx

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  17. Tarzan's name is EPIC. So is his photography.

    More dancers need to grace the pages of magazines--any magazine. Heck, even Oprah's magazine. This is too beautiful to keep to ourselves!

    Best wishes from one blogger to another,

    ~Zabrinah

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  18. They are all wonderful photo's. I like the door way and the ballet shoes.
    Thank you for sharing these.
    yvonne

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