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Arthur Murray – Summer Showcase

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Tysons, Virginia

Columbia, MD Arthur Murray professional show from Summer Showcase ©TimeLine Media
Columbia, MD Arthur Murray professional show from Summer Showcase ©TimeLine Media

Some of my favorite photos from the 2012 DC Area Arthur Murray Summer Showcase. This year’s event will be held on June 22, 2013 at the Hilton McLean in Tysons Corner, VA. 

Ashburn, VA Arthur Murray professional show from Summer Showcase ©TimeLine Media
Ashburn, VA Arthur Murray professional show from Summer Showcase ©TimeLine Media

New Year – Arthur Murray

Looking back over photos from last year, these had change to the background. Of course, we started going to a new venue at the McLean Hilton. Consequently, we have a change to the background of the dance photos. Comparatively to the Sheraton, this ballroom had a lower ceiling making a change to our lighting setup. For that reason, we had a change in how our photos look. Overall, how would you describe the photos? Do you see the difference? With this in mind, let me know your thoughts. We have a new year to make more photos. Given that, I do not want to have the quality of images drop. We take a lot of effort to bring gear, extra help, and processing time after the event to finish the photos. We hope you enjoy them as much as we put into them!

Silver Spring, MD professional show from Summer Showcase ©TimeLine Media
Silver Spring, MD professional show from Summer Showcase ©TimeLine Media

These were all from the professional shows that capped an all-day dance event from students and instructors. Get ready for another year of great routines!

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Arthur Murray photos

Tysons, Virginia

More photos from the DC Area Arthur Murray Spring Freestyles. This was the first of their 4 local events that we covered last year. It was held at the Sheraton Premiere in Tysons Corner, VA. This is a site of many of their events, and overall a great ballroom for photography. Additionally with the available balcony, we have a lot of flexibility in setting up our lights. On balance it is always nice to work at a familiar venue!

Elias from the Columbia, MD studio dancing with a student in Tysons, VA ©TimeLine Media
Elias from the Columbia, MD studio dancing with a student in Tysons, VA ©TimeLine Media

Arthur Murray Event

Carolina dancing with a student in Tysons, VA ©TimeLine Media
Carolina dancing with a student in Tysons, VA ©TimeLine Media

As can be seen this room offers a lot of options from photography. With this intention, you need to have different approaches to photos. Especially since you will be there for many hours of a weekend. In order to get a variety of images to keep fresh, it is useful to change your body position, and your angle to the dancers out there. You can go from a low angle, a higher angle, to change the backgrounds in the photos. With the length of the room, it still allows you to blur the backgrounds.

Silver Spring, Maryland studio dancing at an Arthur Murray event ©TimeLine Media
Silver Spring, Maryland studio dancing at an Arthur Murray event ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Potomac Cup - trophy for the Team Match competition ©TimeLine Media
Potomac Cup – trophy for the Team Match competition at Spring Freestyles ©TimeLine Media

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Arthur Murray – 100 years

Beginnings

In 2012, Arthur Murray dance studios celebrates their centennial as a company. Overall, the longevity has to be admired – only a privileged few have been around since then! Their studios and instructors introduce so many around the world to ballroom dance. In fact, this is where my wife and I discovered dancing. Still, we continue to go to the studio in Tysons Corner to stay in touch with the community.

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A Tango from the Silver Spring studio:

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A Quickstep from the Alexandria Studios:

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Centennial celebration

Over the year, there were themed parties and events which highlighted the changes and styles since the company’s inception. At the first event of the year, their Spring Freestyles, the staff of the DC Area studios came together. Prior to the event, they created a coordinated show featuring each of the studios. Entitled, “Dancing Through the Decades” it was an amazing showcase of all of these professionals. TimeLine Media was asked to video tape the performance which we were happy to do! I will see if I can get the entire video posted to the blog, as it was a great showcase of the talent of the dancers!

From the Ashburn, Virginia studio

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Ladies from the Maryland studios

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From the Chevy Chase, Maryland dance studio:

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Tysons Corner, Virginia studio:

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From the Gaithersburg, Maryland studio:

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One of my favorites from the show was the photos of Leisa & Joe Howard from the Columbia studio. I have so many amazing photos of these champion dancers doing showcases and professional competitions from the last few years, but this one was a nice moment –

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There was more production value put into this show than any I have seen in ballroom. The music seamlessly changed through all the decades represented, in addition to a video presentation that highlighted important points in Arthur Murray history.

Thanks again to Steve and Mark Theiss that have been very supportive of our photography, and allow us to partner with them to get some great images of their local events. Best of luck for the next century of dancing!

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