ChoreoGraphics: Six Studies is a book in text and photographs about the process of choreography as seen through the work of seven accomplished choreographers: Alexandra Beller; Janis Brenner; Marjani Forte-Saunders; Colleen Thomas; Nathan Trice; and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar with Samantha Speis (co-choreographers). ). Each dance was discussed and photographed during the course of its development in rehearsals up to and including dress rehearsal.

My purpose, aside from the fact that I love and respect the work of these artists and wanted to showcase them, is that I hope to encourage audiences to engage with dance, its often demanding abstractions, and also to offer new opportunities to look at how movement can project energy and transform space. I am anticipating that the over 160 photographs, along with conversations with the choreographers, will do just that.

Below are excerpts from ChoreoGraphics: Six Studies.

Judith Stuart Photography

Judith Stuart Photography