Product Description: The mystery of the body in motion. The surprise of seeing what seems impossible. And the pure, joyful optimism of it all. Dancers Among Us presents one thrilling photograph after another of dancers leaping, spinning, lifting, kicking—but in the midst of daily life: on the beach, at a construction site, in a library, a restaurant, a park...read more

Product Description: A passionate study of the transitory beauty of dance.In Still Point, photographer Ronald Compton captures on film the visceral beauty of classical ballet and modern dance. The former CEO of a major worldwide insurance company, Compton eschewed the monochromatic world of spreadsheets and meetings in favor of a more aesthetic pursuit: photographing members of dance companies in New York City and Hartford, Connecticut...read more

Product Description: This glorious collection of images by one of the greatest theater and dance photographers of our time provides a rare treat for aficionados and students of dance and photography. A special dedication by ballerina Gelsey Kirkland completes this remarkable volume...read more

Photographs from the thirties and forties show dancers in their roles, composers, set and costume designers, and other performers

Brief comments about and drawings of twenty contemporary dancers and six dance companies, including among others Natalia Makarova, Richard Cragun, Judith Jamison, and the Ballet Folklorico of Mexico.