DANCE (Motta Fotografia) by SIEFF JEANLOUP - 1999-04-17

Smithsonian Books. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Smithsonian, 1999-04-17. Hardcover. Good.

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books 1999. Small 8vo.Illustrated. 60 pp., Hardcover with jacket. Clean and bright copy. Focusing primarily on dancers who have performed with the Paris Opera Ballet, this portfolio of images taken between 1953 and 1994 pays homage to the art of ballet as revealed in dancers' bodies. Subjects include Rudolf Nureyev, Suzanne Farrell, Sylvie Guillem and Carolyn Carlson. 1560988622 . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1999.

Washington DC: Smithsonian Institute Press, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Jeanloup Sieff. Preface by Jeanloup Sieff. Focusing primarily on dancers who have performed with the Paris Opera Ballet, this portfolio of forty-six duotone images taken between 1953 and 1994 pays homage to the art as revealed in dancers' bodies. Rudolf Nureyev stands intently playing a piano in a prop-filled studio; Suzanne Farrell, en pointe, gazes into a skylight, her tall silhouette seeming to float toward it; groups of dancers relax in a classroom, casually stretching while waiting to perform; Sylvie Guillem perches on a stool, gazing cooly at the camera over a folded knee; Carolyn Carlson peers intently into a mirror, brushing powder onto her hollow cheeks. Maintaining that dancers posses a "corporal intelligence" that gives them a unique ability to fill empty space with the beauty of their movements, Jeanloup Sieff has captured both the fleeting gestures of individual… Read More

Smithsonian, 1999-04-17. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!