You may think that putting dancers in black costumes on a black stage with minimal lighting is very dramatic, but for photographers it is a nightmare.

I spent some time yesterday afternoon in the cathedral with my camera. Here are a couple of the resulting images.

I also uploaded this year’s Nutcracker pictures to the gallery.

You can see the rest of the picture here and here.

I shot over 1500 frames this week during the rehearsals of the Friends University fall ballet concert, and it’s going to take me a while to go through them all. Until then, here’s a selection from Prodigal Son, choreography by Stan Rogers after Balanchine.

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More pictures from the Rogers Ballet dance concert last May can be viewed here.

The spring dance concert this past weekend at Friends University featured mostly modern ballets, such as an excerpt from Matthew Bourne’s version of Swan Lake, above. The other works were also quite interesting. If they had been any more interesting, I’d have to label this post “NSFW.”

I’ve got about 1500 frames from the dress rehearsal. It’s going to take a few more evenings to go through them all.

I’m finally done with this year’s Nutcracker pictures. You can see a selection here and here. Now, if you all will excuse me, I’m going to pretend that I’m on vacation.

If it weren’t for the Second Amendment, the mice would win.

… you make do with whoever is available.

Does the RCBfA have any interest in ballet?

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I’ve got eight gigabytes of Nutcracker pictures to survey and edit. That’s roughly equivalent to 48 rolls of film. I might post about classical music for beginners later today or tomorrow, but otherwise don’t expect much activity here for a while.