#Boudoir Photographer North Carolina

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Boudoir Photographer North Carolina

Essentially have a call with them; however, I suggest meeting boudoir photographer North Carolina right at their studio before you settle on your official choice. Boudoir can be an incredibly weak encounter, and the best way to get the absolute best pictures is to be agreeable. On the off chance that you can't meet them at their studio do a Skype or Google Hangout.

You will need an open line of interchanges for your inquiries as a whole. Most ladies haven't at any point had a boudoir shoot previously and to realize that you can rely on your picture taker will make the entire cycle a lot simpler. Boudoir photography in Maryland offers a scope of items and choices. I have faith in quality over amount. You don't require 150 normal pictures with 17 outfits. You need 30-40 astounding pictures in the best outfits for you. In the event that you invest all of your energy changing into various outfits, that is less time shooting and getting incredible pictures.

Inquire as to whether the studio space is incorporated. A few photographer takers need to lease lodging and give that charge to you. Inquire as to whether hair and cosmetics are incorporated. I accept hair and cosmetics are a vital piece of the experience. Now and again it is incorporated and some of the time it isn't. In any case, ensure you have every one of the appropriate responses before you bounce in for this extremely intriguing experience!

Ideally, this will assist you with planning and will give you the devices you need to track down your ideal photographic artist. There is nobody amazing photographic artist, however on the off chance that you pose the right inquiries you will track down the ideal professional boudoir photographer Washington, D.C. for you!

The Internet is the clearest spot to begin your hunt, however that doesn't mean you will not need to do some verifying all the while.

Search for picture takers who have proficient sites just as Google business sections, and who spend significant time in boudoir photography specifically. As well as investigating their sites, audit their web-based media presence — they'll in a perfect world have a set up Instagram and Facebook page. For more information visit our website details: https://bohemianvisions.com/

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Revolution Studio is a recognizable photography brand that provides various kinds of commercial photography services in Raleigh, North Carolina. We have a team of the finest Photographers in Raleigh NC who have many years of experience in Boudoir Photography, Headshot Photography, Commercial Photography, Glamour Photography, Statement Portrait Photography, as well as Commercial Cinematography.

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I am love love loving the creativity required when doing these webcam sessions. They are challenging and that is exciting! They definitely don’t replace real in-studio sessions but they’re the next best thing. So far, I’ve been able to photograph clients in California, Florida, Kansas, North Carolina, Utah, Canada and, of course, Texas! It’s been so great and my total honor, as usual. I missed posting these photos yesterday (on this queen’s actual birthday), but better late than never. I especially loved that her two fur-babies joined in on the fun for a bit. 🐱🐶💖 Happy birthday, Libby!! I love you! 🖤 (at Torrid Boudoir) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_cn7_1lbkf/?igshid=165803r87u95c

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I was asked recently why I chose to become a photographer. After thinking about it for a while I tried to think of how easy it would to say that it just came naturally to me. I thought of how easy it would say that my mother being a photographer had a lot of influence on my choice to become one as well. The truth is, that even though I’ve always enjoyed taking pictures that it was not a career that I had seriously considered until a couple years ago. 

I have always been a creative type of person. I love looking for the beauty in everything. I always had a great passion for writing and always saw myself as an author of Fiction. Aside from writing, I love to paint, to draw, sculpt and create things with my hands. The largest frustration there was that the things I painted, drew or sculpted would never transfer well from my mind and I would end up irritated and disheartened by my own limitations. 

I began looking for other ways to show people what it was that I was seeing in my head. So I began to take pictures. At first it was with nothing but my phone camera. Then I upgraded to a digital camera, bright red and nothing truly outstanding. As I continued to grow and expand I found myself down a path that was taking me from the realm of hobbyist & enthusiast and into the realm of professionalism. As I began to explore the boundaries of photography, I found myself falling further and further in love with the art. It quickly became a part of who I am and reflected the passion I felt for it. 

I had originally wanted to focus on Boudoir photograph, because that is a very beautiful, intimate and artistic form of photography. However, as I had recently moved across the country(from North Idaho to SJAFB in North Carolina) at the time and knew no one I began photographing my children for practice instead (Not in Boudoir). The images that I displayed on my social media and on my website caught the attention of other parents and from there I began to take images of other peoples children, their newborns and family photos. I discovered that not only was this something that I truly enjoyed doing but that it was something that could be just as artistically challenging. I found working with families, young children and babies to be incredibly rewarding. From there I began offering maternity sessions to expectant mothers with the offer of discounted newborn sessions in hopes to continue a relationship with my clients. 

So, in truth, I’d have to say that becoming a photographer was actually more of a happy accident while exploring my own creativity. That it gradually became more and more of who I am as a person the deeper I explored it. I love it, it is more than standing behind a camera and pressing a button to me. It has more to do with finding that glimmer of who someone truly is and capturing that in time forever. A session is more to me than just going to get your pictures taken, it is a memory that you will tie to those pictures for the rest of your life. It is why it is all the more special to me and so important to try to make it the best I possibly can for my clients.  

If you’re in the Goldsboro area of North Carolina and you’re curious about getting your photos taken then please feel free to reach out and connect with me. You can check out my any of my pages. 

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Boudoir Photography – The Art of Knowing Yourself.

It's obvious that our general public is conveying in visual media all the more as often as possible. With the approach of web-based media, it's not simply the composed word that matters any longer we need to see too! What's the significance here for you? You should have the option to introduce yourself certainly on camera in the event that you need individuals to view you appropriately.

Regardless of whether you're giving a discourse or introducing your organization in a video, it's critical to understand what will cause your crowd to feel positive about your capacities and have faith in your message.

From my viewpoint as a boudoir photographic artist, this is an ability that can be mastered - even in a brief time frame. Boudoir photography in Maryland is a little glimpse of heaven for some women - the climax of fearlessness and excellence. The time and exertion that goes into the shoot, too as the expense, can be overwhelming. Nobody needs to have anything besides the best insight. Numerous women re-think their choice to go for a boudoir shoot, asking themselves, "Do I have to get thinner so I look delightful?"

I need to persistently accentuate that boudoir isn't just for Sports Illustrated bathing suit models. Women, everything being equal, and sizes look shocking under boudoir lights. Any lady who is thinking about doing a boudoir shoot ought not to stress over weight. Boudoir photographer North Carolina can be custom-made to any body type on the grounds that our center is to cause women to feel delightful, paying little mind to the size or shape they come in.

At the point when you choose to book a boudoir shoot, the principal inquiry to pose to yourself is, "The thing that is my objective?" This may appear to be a senseless inquiry since you need your boudoir shoot to be delightful and provocative. Notwithstanding, numerous women enter the shoot considering a type of objective - to feel more sure or get good criticism on their body from another person.

In the event that you're going into the shoot to rest easy thinking about yourself, don't stress - you will be content with what you look like. In case you're not content with the manner in which you look, you're actually going to be passed up the dazzling pictures we will deliver in the studio. So, what are you waiting for? Get ready to hire Boudoir Photography Richmond Virginia. Today! For more information visit our website details: https://bohemianvisions.com/.

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 Revolution Studios provides the best photography services with the best Raleigh photographer in North Carolina. The studio specializing in Commercial Photography, Headshot Photography, Boudoir Photography, self-branding Photography, Glamour Photography, etc. Look through our photographers now and find the best one for you! Book photographer quickly Call us today at 919-349-6512 or visit us: Revolution-studios.com to know more about us.

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Hey everybody! I know I haven’t posted in quite some time, but I have a favor to ask! My sister-in-law is a really talented photographer, and is soon traveling across the U.S, and would love to get her name out there, as she wants to do shoots while on her travels. I figured that I would share the information with my Tumblr family. Well, those in the US.

She specializes in Newborn, maternity, couples, and boudoir photography, and actually was the photographer for my own engagement and wedding shoot!

She’s based in Jacksonville, North Carolina and is planning on going around the country in Fall 2017 to Spring 2018, and will be doing shoots in that time frame on her journey’s!

If you guys wouldn’t mind at least checking out her Instagram page, maybe following it to see what kind of shoots she does, and if you or anybody you know are thinking of any photography work you’d like done, I suggest looking her up! I’d super appreciate it!

[torridboudoir]

Oh hello...I’m @terihofford, a saucy minx, empowerer of everyone I come into contact with and an overall bad ass human being. These shots are from when I was doing web sessions. So. Much. Fun. I was able to photograph people from all over the world — Canada, California, Utah, Kansas, Texas, Ohio & North Carolina! 😍 I’m so thankful I was able to do something so creative while being locked down, and am just as grateful for the work I’m able to do now again with my in-person clients. 🖤 Teri was also the person that inspired me to offer those limited time web sessions. She’s so inventive and creative and such a true gem in the boudoir education field. I’m honored to call her one of my best friends. I love you Teri! (at Torrid Boudoir) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDtjeDeltaq/?igshid=2yf1604xivoc

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The Last Five Glamour Shots Locations in the United States

EL PASO — Glamour Shots was once the coolest store in every mall. Boomer mothers and Gen-X teens and 20-somethings paid $29.95 for makeovers and photography sessions defined by big hair, white satin gloves, heavy eye shadow and contemplative poses, in an era when pictures were taken for special occasions and not just to commemorate every brunch.

At its mid-90s peak, Glamour Shots had more than 350 stores, with licensees in Venezuela, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

Now, in 2019, just five stores remain — although there were seven stores last month. Most of these scant survivors have adapted with the times. What they have in common is that each is steered by devoted, longtime owners who have embraced a more natural look and whose business and photography skills were enough to persuade families, professionals and high school kids that a glamour shot could be taken for work, special occasions and graduations — not merely for entertainment.

Two stores remain at malls in Bridgewater and Freehold, N.J. The secret to their endurance? “We’re in New Jersey,” said Cliff Eng, the owner of both. “We got malls everywhere.” Another Glamour Shots store owned by Mr. Eng in Rockaway, N.J., closed just last week. Mr. Eng said the mall ownership was not being flexible on rent. But he’s still optimistic about Glamour Shots — Mr. Eng is already evaluating options for a new Glamour Shots at malls in Paramus and Cherry Hill.

But at nearly the same time, a Glamour Shots in Ellicott City, Md. also closed and was disappeared from the Glamour Shots website.

And the fifth remaining Glamour Shots is in El Paso — the last location west of the Mississippi.

El Paso is the only city in the world where it’s likely that a majority of millennials have a glamour shot.

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A glamour shot was not subtle. The makeovers were about big hair, doused in spray, and heavy amounts of foundation, powder and blush intended to make the customers, almost always women, feel like they were preparing for the runway. Staff at a Cincinnati Glamour Shots once boasted they could turn any customer into Cindy Crawford. They’d even paint on a mole.

For the photos, women picked four outfits from an assortment of jackets, wraps, furs, bustiers and dresses. Sequins were practically mandatory.

The photographers shot only from the waist up. They used camera filters that smoothed out wrinkles and blemishes. After the photo session, customers viewed their pictures on a video screen — immediately, thanks to proprietary technology — and selected their favorite looks. Jack Counts Jr., the Oklahoma City entrepreneur who started the company, described the filtering and makeover method that allowed customers to see a touched-up version of themselves as a precursor to Instagram but “in a real way.”

Mr. Counts was already owner of a photo finishing business called Candid Color Systems in 1988 when he learned of a store in Hawaii that offered a makeover with a photo session. His original location in Oklahoma City had the name Fantasy Faces. The company didn’t take off until he opened a store in Dallas that went by Glamour Shots.

Ads with before-and-after photos landed in almost every local newspaper. Olympic figure skater and ’90s icon Tonya Harding visited a studio in her Oregon hometown multiple times, according to The Vancouver Columbian.

In 1996, Glamour Shots was seeing $100 million in sales and had 6,000 employees, according to estimates from The Wall Street Journal and The Oklahoman at the time.

But the brand was based on a fashion trend that had already crested. By the late ’90s, said Jimmy Paul, a well-known hair stylist, grunge had gone mainstream, and looks shaped by Helmut Lange and Prada ushered in the minimalist era. “Makeup and hair got very stripped down,” he said. “It became about flat irons and straightening.”

While the portrait studio business overall remained stable — census figures showed modest growth in the industry from the late ’90s until the 2008 recession — many of the 350 Glamour Shots stores folded by the end of the 20th century, unable to escape their association with the outdated style.

“It just became passé,” said Bob Eveleth, the first Glamour Shots licensee and owner of nearly 50 stores at the company’s peak. “We did one focus group in North Carolina. One of the guys was talking about giving Glamour Shots gift certificates as a joke. And I thought we kind of crossed that threshold.” (Mr. Eveleth is doing fine.)

The remaining stores wilted in failing malls that charged steep rents. Then Apple and Samsung equipped every cellphone with a quality camera. About five years ago, with 30 to 40 stores left, a popular Groupon promotion provided a fleeting burst of new customers before technology almost completely wiped out Glamour Shots altogether.

Mr. Eng, the owner of the two remaining New Jersey locations, was the go-to guy for Glamour Shots modernization in the early 2000s. He traveled all over the country, advising stores to ditch the old wardrobes, offer boudoir sessions and business headshots, take full-body photos and emphasize a more luxurious, more expensive spa experience. The average sale at his stores is around $500, compared to $100 for typical stores in the ’90s. The high prices are the only way for Mr. Eng to cover his $12,000-and-up monthly rents, which he said he was currently trying to negotiate down.

Ms. Lovello, 32, started working at Mr. Eng’s Bridgewater store when she was 16. She doesn’t remember the big hair days of Glamour Shots and mostly keeps a no-90s policy at her store in Staten Island. “You’re not going to bring a boa in here,” Ms. Lovello said. “Let’s be real.”

People walking by the New Jersey stores now see giant photo collages of customers who have gone the natural route. Mr. Eng needs them to know Glamour Shots has changed.

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But in El Paso, Leonora Campbell pivoted faster and more furiously than everyone else. She has defied major shifts in technology and fashion to sustain her business for nearly three full decades. Now 65, she opened her Glamour Shots in 1991.

Ms. Campbell moved to the U.S. from Antigua, Guatemala, on a student visa at age 16, and spent her first night on a restroom bench at the Houston airport after missing a flight connection. She received a business administration degree, had a daughter, and once worked at a grand department store in El Paso called The White House. That’s where Ms. Campbell met a man she said was a former Calvin Klein model. They would marry but he also introduced her to Glamour Shots, a more enduring relationship.

She studied photography for a year before opening the store. When she did, she set up video screens that were visible from the outside, and mall visitors gathered on benches to see which portraits customers would choose.

In 1997, ahead of the curve, Ms. Campbell moved her store out of the mall to a strip center about eight miles east of downtown. Other Glamour Shots owners told her she would fail.

But the strip center location better accommodated her mostly Spanish-speaking clientele. The larger store has room for the extended families she previously needed to turn away. Teams of young women in escaramuza charra uniforms can bring their horses to the studio’s back parking lot for team portraits. Without needing to keep mall hours, Ms. Campbell can also venture out to shoot quinceañeras.

And, when the Americas High School opened at around the same time, it offered her a contract to be the exclusive student photographer. With an endless stream of customers, Ms. Campbell wasn’t that interested — but she accepted, figuring she could cancel if it didn’t work out.

Now she and her staff have contracts with 20 area high schools.

In Ms. Campbell’s Honda Odyssey (with nearly 200,000 miles on it), she and the team travel to photograph the underclassmen for yearbook photos. Seniors, accustomed to seeing the Glamour Shots logo on the staff’s black polo shirts, also come down to the studio for their senior portraits.

The consistent churn of high schoolers from the last two decades means that, while Ms. Campbell’s revenue isn’t quite what it was in the mid-90s, now she knows or has shot almost everyone in El Paso, including superintendents, firefighters, workers in Beto O’Rourke’s congressional office and the singer Khalid, of “American Teen” fame.

“We kind of call her our mother,” said Ashley Diaz, 31, a high school teacher who works frequently with Ms. Campbell. “She has our back.”

She and her ex-husband divorced amicably not long before she moved her store to the strip mall. “I knew your baby was Glamour Shots,” Ms. Campbell remembers him telling her. It is: A trip home to Antigua this year for Holy Week marked Ms. Campbell’s first vacation in nine years.

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In Staten Island, friends routinely ask Ms. Lovello why she doesn’t ditch the Glamour Shots title. She works with “Jersey Shore” star Nicole “Snooki” LaValle on a monthly basis, filming her YouTube channel, and snapped a holiday card for Melissa Gorga of “Real Housewives.”

“There’s still like some kind of security,” she said, “about having the large, branded name Glamour Shots.”

The name does have a currency. When Mary Swope, 53, first went in 1994, she chose a look — curled hair, bangs, hoop earrings and a black jacket — that was “completely out of my comfort zone,” she said.

“They really went overboard,” she said. “They really made you feel like a model.”

And, 23 years later, Ms. Swope, while taking care of her ailing mother, realized she wanted a quality photo of herself to later pass down to her children and grandchildren. Her memory from Glamour Shots inspired her to drive two and a half hours from Lancaster, Pa., to the nearest store, in Bridgewater.

Sonia Frontera, an attorney and author in Lambertville, N.J., also recently went to the Bridgewater Glamour Shots, but for a LinkedIn profile picture. She remembered a friend who spoke highly of the chain during their law school days in the 1990s. After she saw how good she looked in the recent photos, Ms. Frontera signed up for boudoir shots.

“I find my glamour shots to be very empowering,” she said.

The experience still had friendly reminders of the Glamour Shots of Gen X yore. The makeup artist didn’t assume Ms. Frontera would prefer a natural, modern look, for example. About to apply foundation, she asked: “Do you want it dramatic?” Ms. Frontera did not.

In the back of Ms. Campbell’s El Paso store, next to a set of graduation gowns, she keeps pink and white feather boas for the rare customer who desires some retro style.

“Those are my 1991 boas,” Ms. Campbell said. “I take care of them very well.”

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Hire A Professional Boudoir Photographer for The Photoshoot.

Perhaps the greatest choice with regards to photoshoot is concluding who should photo your wedding. Are you considering asking a companion or comparative with photo you or are you searching for a Boudoir Photographer North Carolina.

Are you searching for a boudoir photographer, however figure it could be hard to orientate you may get a few hints here on what to search for and why you ought to pick an expert picture taker. There are a lot of photographers, however what is a decent boudoir photographer? There is no conclusive answer – fortunately. That is the thing that aides make this industry fluctuated, energizing and continually advancing. Everybody has various inclinations and they like various styles and methods of working with various photographers.

My own experience is that a decent boudoir photographer is a photographer who works really hard, who comprehends the couples of necessities and is both expert and genial so the couple will appreciate working with their photographer and have incredible recollections of working with that photographer.

The correct proficient picture taker will convey pictures of a high specialized and imaginative quality that the client is enchanted with and will go the additional distance past what is expressed in the arrangement. An expert photographer has the experience and information to see the correct circumstances and catch them in the most ideal manner, both in specialized and compositional terms.

Employing Boudoir Photography in Maryland to go with you all through your photoshoot ought to be an individual who is wonderful to be with. You ought to have the option to talk long before the photoshoot and sometimes meet prior to choosing which photographer you need to go with. Get an espresso, have a talk and become more acquainted with the photographer.

All things considered, to snatch the best photoshoot, reach out to Boudoir Photography Washington, D.C. Today! For more information visit our website details: https://bohemianvisions.com/.

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The Best Photographers in Raleigh, NC - Revolution Studios

Are you looking for photography services in Raleigh, North Carolina? Revolution Studios is a company that will cater to all your photography requirements. Revolution Studios have some of the best photographers in Raleigh, NC. Also, the company specializes in all kinds of photography for your business or casual requirements.

When you an on a hunt for professional photographers in Raleigh NC, look no farther than Revolution Studios. Ranging from commercial, glamour, boudoir photography to commercial videography, this company has it all for you. The rates are very competitive too and provide the best quality services delivered on time. There is no better company in Raleigh for superior photographic endeavors! Professional photographers use different angles, lenses, locations, and cameras to suit all of your requirements. Somer Handley, the CEO is a renowned mentor in this niche. Led by her, the studio also offers destination shoots and pop-up studio workshops for you. The studio sets are bound to change constantly, keeping in mind the customer demands and make up for the best photography experiences of your life! The professional staff includes several administrators, stylists, photographers, editors, retouching artists, and lots more.

The Midtown Magazine regularly features their photographs on the magazine's cover page. The BBB or Better Business Bureau of North Carolina has awarded an A rating to this brand. As soon as you enter the studio, the waiting hall houses several sample works, make-up area, and a private shoot area which incorporates more than 9 specially designed studios! There is a super-comfortable space for you to choose from the various portfolios as well. The music in the background complements their services too. You would be spoilt for choices while finding it hard to resist the urge to groove to some of the tunes. If you are looking for some free consultation regarding your proposed shoot, you can contact them on their website. Surely, there are not many studios better than this going around in the States. You are bound to be awestruck by it. Get the best quality services of their photographers in Raleigh, NC.

Thus, you ought to visit the studio with your photography or videography proposals and simply relax while the masters at Revolution Studios make the magic happen for you.

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Screendance Festival

On April 28th, The Boudoir will have its Swedish premiere during the fourth edition of the Screendance Festival at Dansmuseet, Stockholm.

About

The 2017 Screendance Festival will present multiple screenings and activities at Dansmuseet (the world’s first museum of dance and movement), Midsommargården and Mäster Olofsgården from April 24th-30th in the heart of Stockholm. Meticulously curated, each program will signaled the beginning of a three day celebration at Dansmuseet with screenings of International, Swedish, 1-Minute and gif. Dance programs. Each category will be judged and winners will be announced.

This year’s theme will focus on how we use digital resources and social media in the performing arts. As well as creating an international network collaboration by inviting performing artists from Sweden and other countries. Moreover, the festival will want to exchange with experienced people and to provide the opportunity for artists and the audience to be more active in the whole process before, during and after the festival.

International and local Swedish artists are always part of its selection process. The festival believe in quality and therefore carefully curate programs to offer the best possible experience to all generations. The selected films of 2017 will be showcased during the festival in April as well as touring in Sweden and abroad.

International Competition

Promenade/Cirila Luz Ferron/Argentina 60 pulses/Aliki Chiotaki/Greece Ourself/Hannah Subotnick/USA Dance Rome Rise/Javier Cardenete Rivera/Spain While We Weave/Wafa’a Halawi/Lebanon Exquisite Corps/Mitchell Rose/USA Otis Walks Into The Woods/Derrick Belcham, Emily Terndrup/USA What Weee Are/Alessio De Marchi, Alessandra Turcato/Italy Naken/David Strindberg/UK Saeta: The mourning/Rosamaria E. Kostic Cisneros/UK Vis-er-al/Polly Hudson/UK Move on/Yasuaki Fujinami/Japan Iron Modvm/Derek Pedrós/Spain Aquarius/Timo Zhalnin/Russia A Full Circle – Movement #3/Rodrigo Rocha-Campos/ Canada Dancing Day/Tytus Bergstrom/USA The Boudoir/David Latreille/Canada Ernestina/Vanesa Menalli/Argentina WindowsDance.0/Dawn Westlake/USA The inhabitant/Ariel Martinez/Argentina The Big Class/Marie-Lou Béland/Canada G(o)d/Jr. Pereira/Brazil Wyrd Glass Animals/Josh Why/France Through the Eyes of My Meal/Jordan Taylor Fuller/USA Get Live/Adriana Roze/Latvia/UK Searches/Pablo Pattenden/Argentina Black Square/Timo Zhalnin/Russia Hers Is Where Yours Begin/Janet McIntyre/USA This is not Magritte/Ivan Skorik/Russia Anthropophagy/Vinícius Cardoso/Brazil Curing Albrecht/Jessica Wright Morgann Runacre-Temple/UK Fall/Paulina Rutman/Chile The Natural Route/Goga Riveros och Irvin Castro/Chile Silent Pack/Björn Larsson/Norway We no longer wait for the barbarians/Alain El Sakhawi/Italy Crow Black/Leo Bruges/UK Move/Marlene Millar/Canada Crack the Cypher/Marites Carino/Canada Cold Storage/Thomas Freundlich/Finland Broken/Chris Tourlakis/Greece Diving into your absence/Concha Vidal/Spain Absence/Carolina De Luca/Argentina In and Out of Control/Emir Eralp/UK Night Dancing/Barney Cokeliss/UK Moving Southwark/Jevan Chowdhur/UK SEE | OBEY/Jouka Valkama/Finland Amuse/Ivo van Aart/Netherlands

About Dansmuseet

Dansmuseet is a unique museum of dance and movement founded by Rolf de Maré (1888–1964). He travelled all over the world collecting artefacts, documenting and filming dance cultures. Dansmuseet houses this unique collection of authentic costumes, instruments, sculpture, puppets, photographs and masks from the dance cultures of Asia, Africa and North America. Also included is a rich collection of items from the Ballets Suédois, a Swedish dance ensemble in Paris directed by Rolf de Maré in the 1920s. This company performed artistically innovative productions with the help of a range of artists, musicians, authors and filmmakers, all of whom went on to become world-famous.

Dansmuseet opened in Stockholm in 1953, in the basement of the Royal Swedish Opera. With the creativity of the Ballets Suédois as his guiding light, Rolf de Maré hoped his museum would become a meeting place for many art forms, blurring the distinctions between dance, theatre, painting and photography. De Maré strove his entire life to improve the significance and status of dance in society. The museum has been located in many different places in Stockholm over the years. Drottninggatan 17 is the museum’s sixth address, and here many different art forms continue to come together, focused around the concept of movement.