Dance Photography

Introduction to the one of the most beautiful and hardest genres of photography

Presenter: Janos Lakatos photographer, NIVO awarded choreographer and professional dance teacher.

Program:

1. Theory (120 minutes) Keynote presentation with live dancers.

2. action (around 180 minutes) Photoshoot session together.

1/a Theory: common tips and tricks for dance photo shooting. Geometry of poses and movements.

What do you need to pay attention to, when instructing a model?

1/b Theory: technical terms in dancing

How to communicate effectively with dancers during a session?

We learn 30 dance terms and we practice them as we shoot.

short break

2 Action! Guided exercise of a dance photography session. Improvisation, adaptation, composing and timing of dance moves.

Instruct the dancers with your dance terms vocabulary!

You might need a notebook or laptop for taking notes, and bring your camera & lenses for the action!