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:
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.
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.
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!
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:
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
Open Professional Dancesport Competition dancers
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
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!
For Valentine’s Day, the Arthur Murray in Tysons held a 2015 Cupid Competition at their studio. Not all of the competitions that we cover are large, multi-studio, regional spanning events. Some are local studio events that give studios an opportunity to give the taste of these kinds of events in their own venue.
Carlos Hernandez, the manager of the Tysons location, had us
come out to cover the event. With help from some photographer friends, we got both
stills and video of the competition. They had Leonard Theiss come to judge the
dancers so they could have some feedback on their dancing to review with their
teachers later.
The staff at the Tysons studio was sure to make everyone
feel welcome. They had a few more people in the studio than their regular week
nights, so there was a nice energy there for the dancers. I enjoyed making
photos of the students dancing with their instructors. I also enjoyed getting photos
of the staff performing a professional show to end the evening. It was a nice
progress check for dancers in the studio, and it gave them a chance to see what
is possible for their dancing by watching their studio mates show off what they
have been working on. I am sure that this experience will spur more people to prepare
for and dance at their next Freestyles or Showcase event.
