Dalia Carella New Theatre Show
Dalia Carella is known in the dance community as an innovative and cutting edge choreographer. Last year I went to see her Broadway dance show, "In Search of Goddesses" and it was absolutely fantastic. I was delighted when she contacted me back in February this year to photograph some promo material for her new theatre show. The new show entitled, "Cabaret Macabre - Theatre du Bizarre et Surreliste" will premiere in October and I know it'll be awesome so please check it out. Here's the link to her site as well as ticket and theatre info:
I promised Dalia that I wouldn't showcase any of the photos from the promo shoot until after she announced and advertised the new show. Since she's recently done that, I'd like to share just a few of the shots from the shoot with everyone.
Dalia wanted a gothic and errie ambiance for her new show. I wanted to capture that feel and add a journalistic edge so I took these shots during a rehersal in April.
This style of photography isn't as foreign to me as some might think. When I was in art high school and began to build a fine art photography portfolio, I was very influenced (almost obsessively) by the genius film and theatre work of Ingmar Bergman. I tried very hard to emulate the look and ambiance of his work with my photography back then. In high school and to a certain degree, my early college years, I was a B&W film and darkroom junkie shooting modern and avant-garde dancers. All I shot was grainy B&W T-Max film and I would spend countless hours per week dodging, burning, using contrast filters in the darkroom to make my photography look like gothic theatre and movie stills. Sometime in the next month or so, I'll have to get around to scanning a bunch of my high school/early college portfolio prints (over 12 years old) to show everyone where my work evolved from. Until then, why not rent out "The Seventh Seal" or "Persona" from Blockbuster's classic film section. These were two of my favorite Bergman movies that had a profound impact on me and my art.
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