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2015 Arthur Murray Spring Freestyles photos expiring

Arthur Murray Professional Show - ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Professional Show – ©TimeLine Media

Today is the last day to view photos from the 2015 Spring Freestyles from the DC area Arthur Murray studios. Thank you to everyone that came to the website to view them! I know that they were shared around since we had a lot of questions about this event. If you know of anyone else that would like to see them, or to get one last look at them, you can go to this link:

2015 DC Area Arthur Murray Spring Freestyles photos at TimeLine Media

Arthur Murray Professional Show - ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Professional Show – ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Professional Show - ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Professional Show – ©TimeLine Media

To end this event, we had an awesome group of Professional Shows by the staff of the participating studios. This is some of the most challenging for me of the entire weekend! By time, I have all the lighting setup for the entire floor, so there are no technical issues with getting photos. But the dancers that are performing are a different level than the students that danced all weekend.

Arthur Murray Professional Show - ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Professional Show – ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Professional Show - ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Professional Show – ©TimeLine Media

Part of the difference is the skill and talent level of the dancers. They dedicate more of their days working on these figures to perfect them. Also, the crowd that had their attention spread across many different couples on the floor throughout the weekend. Now, everyone concentrates on only two dancers which ratchets up the tension. They want them to perform well, and they are ready to react as loudly as they can at the end. It is an electric environment to make photos!

Arthur Murray Professional Show - ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Professional Show – ©TimeLine Media

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2015 Summer Showcase Released

DC Area Arthur Murray studios

The 2015 Summer Showcase photos have been released at the TimeLine Media proofing site! Whenever we finish such a large event, we are excited to share the images quickly. So below is the link for all the photos from the event:

2015 Summer Showcase photos at TimeLine Media

Student Routines

In addition to school figures, dancing should incorporate some unique personality. Of course a technical standard is needed as a baseline. However, no two people move exactly the same way! By comparison Showcase routines show off both aspects.

Blue Brothers costumes 2015 Summer Showcase released at TimeLine Media
Blue Brothers costumes ©TimeLine Media

Firstly, the students will work on choreography. Above all, you have to be able to dance confidently! Secondly, music will set the tone for their routine. Lastly, costumes will finish the ensemble.

2015 Summer Showcase released at TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray ballroom dancers ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray smooth routine 2015 Summer Showcase released at TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray smooth routine ©TimeLine Media
Dancers performing a smooth routine 2015 Summer Showcase released at TimeLine Media
Dancers performing a smooth routine ©TimeLine Media

2015 Summer Showcase released

Arthur Murray Columbia, MD ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Columbia, MD ©TimeLine Media

All-Around Competition

After all the routines have finished, the dancers compete in the All-Arounds. Being that this is a competition, the gentlemen put on numbers for judges to tell them apart. Dancing is competitive, but still fun at Arthur Murray!

Arthur Murray competition dancers ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray competition dancers ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray competition dancers ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray competition dancers ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray competition dancers ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray competition dancers ©TimeLine Media
All-Around competition dancers ©TimeLine Media

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2015 Maryland Dancesport Championships photos expiring!

Baltimore, Maryland

I really feel bad for neglecting the blog! During this time, I have been busy with shoots, travel, and catching up to get these photos out. Before I head out for more photos, I wanted to get a post out about the Maryland Dancesport Championships. Next Monday, June 15, 2015 will be the last day that you can view these photos on the TimeLine Media proofing site here:

Maryland Dancesport photos from TimeLine Media

Ilya-Reyzin-Amanda-Reyzin-at-2015-Maryland-Dancesport-Championships
Ilya-Reyzin-Amanda-Reyzin-at-2015-Maryland-Dancesport-Championships

It was our first time covering this event for Amanda and Ilya Reyzin. Previously, they have had us cover other events for them. We were excited about going to a new venue! Additionally, we were happy to see so many familiar faces out on the floor! Being closer to our home base, we had a nice time bringing more of our familiar assistants with us to help get more of the action captured.

Dancesport Competition

2015 Maryland Dancesport Championships
Open Professional Dancesport Competition dancers
Jon DePalma at the 2015 Maryland Dancesport Championships
Jon DePalma at the 2015 Maryland Dancesport Championships

As with the other events that they organize, the Reyzins went all-out in their ballroom decorations and technology use to enhance the experience for attendants. They had a huge 4k screen behind the dais that showed clips from movies, past competitions, and graphics of the local Baltimore area. It made a great backdrop for the photos from the opposite end of the floor, and really became another character in the images. My photographers and I used this to get more interesting compositions, and we were lucky in lots of cases. It was such a high resolution screen that it did not become distracting or a blurry mess as previous screens I have seen.

2015 Maryland Dancesport Championships
2015 Maryland Dancesport Championships
2015-Maryland-Dancesport-Championships
2015-Maryland-Dancesport-Championships

Other than the décor, we were really welcomed nicely by the dancers that visited the booth to preview their photos. We had all the tablets out and viewed images all weekend with people that found us in the back corner. Thanks for stopping by to say hello! We enjoy making these photos, and we hope to see you at another event soon. Our next event on the calendar is the DC Area Arthur Murray Summer Showcase. From what I have seen around the studio, there are many people refining their routines as the date is closing in fast! See you there!

2015-Maryland-Dancesport-Championships
2015-Maryland-Dancesport-Championships

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