Dancers Among Us: A Celebration of Joy in the Everyday

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. With each image the reader feels buoyed up, eager to see the next bit of magic.

Photographer Jordan Matter started his Dancers Among Us Project by asking a member of the Paul Taylor Dance Company to dance for him in a place where dance is unexpected. So, dressed in a commuter's suit and tie, the dancer flew across a Times Square subway platform. And in that image Matter found what he'd been searching for: a way to express the feeling of being fully alive in the moment, unself-conscious, present.

Organized around themes of work, play, love, exploration, dreaming, and more, Dancers Among Us celebrates life in a way that's fresh, surprising, original, universal. There's no photoshopping here, no trampolines, no gimmicks, no tricks. Just a photographer, his vision, and the serendipity of what happens when the shutter clicks.

Author: Jordan Matter
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Published: 11/06/2012
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.70h x 7.80w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780761171706
ISBN10: 0761171703
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Dance | General
- Photography | Individual Photographers | General
- Photography | Subjects & Themes | General