The Photographer
Nir Arieli was born in Israel and now is based in New York, NY. With a BFA from the School of Visual Arts and a background as a photographer for the Israeli military, he is now a portrait artist working closely with dancers. Nir is an admirer of beauty and gentleness, these qualities are the heart of his work. Visit Nir's website here!
The Photo Shoot
We wanted to shoot the promotional material for "You'll Never Be Alone" in a way that was fitting for the show. This proved to be a challenge since the dance is not choreographed, the set is not built, the costumes are not made, and the story is not clear yet. So what do we have to work with? A time. Since we know "You'll Never Be Alone" is an ode to the destruction of silent film we have a clear time period that we are working in. With a time comes a fashion and with a fashion comes a personality.
For the shoot itself we worked on the idea of, what we coined, "one liners".
One liner- Noun: A catchphrase or quick exclamatory thought that derives a clear emotion, action, or intention. For instance:
"Oh, hey there!" "I've got it!" "No! Please don't!"
We would start with the initial reaction of the one liner and then intensify it until a point of sheer ridiculousness. We found that typically the ridiculous reactions were the photos that read with glamour and drama that we needed to create a silent film poster.
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We shot primarily in solos but played a bit with some group stuff playing with a three stooges idea. We noticed that in our inspiration photos (thanks to google image) typically there was a mix of emotions; One person was interested while the other was disinterested, or one person was happy and the other is terrified.
The Photos
The goal is to create a movie poster with the idea of possibly hinting at a multiple personality disorder.
Buy tickets for the world premiere of "You'll Never Be Alone" on June 29th at the Ailey Citigroup Theater in NYC at LungeDance.com
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