Cassie - Retiré (Limited Edition) Print

"Cassie - Retiré" is one-of-a-kind, signed and numbered edition print from the Esprit de Corps series I've created in collaboration with some of the world's most-exciting and beautiful ballet dancers. A former professional dancer myself, I created the series to examine the movement of ballet. Each of the photos illustrates one entire movement, from beginning to end, within the language of ballet. The technique and effect you see are not the result of Photoshop, but of an innovative and unique lighting setup. The photos come out of the camera as you see them here. Given that I'm starting from a digital negative, I will actuate a small variation into each original edition print, making every print unique. It will be printed full-bleed. Eventually, I'm going to turn the series into a compendium of the ballet lexicon in art book form. This is your chance to get in on the ground of some amazing work from it. Ballet Note: The retiré you see here begun in 5th position, with both legs turned out, feet flat on the floor, one directly in front of the other, touching toe-to-heel. The dancer bends her legs and then snaps her working leg up to bring her pointed toe to the knee of the other leg, which quickly snaps up to the pointe position. Retiré is considered an elementary movement in ballet. It's considered elementary, however, not because it's easy to do correctly--it's not. Elementary because it is an element of so many other moves in ballet. It's the position dancers hold in most pirouettes; it's the position from which most developpés begin; and it's the first position in most passés. One of the most coveted roles in ballet is the double swan role of Swan Lake. One of Odette's (the white swan) most famous dances is the Act 2 Coda, when she performs a sequence composed almost entirely of retiré passés done quickly and repeatedly, to indicate the desperation of Odette's situation. Bio Note: Cassandra Trenary, from Lawrenceville Georgia, is a dancer with American Ballet Theatre in New York. ABT is one of the foremost companies in the world. She was named one of Dance Magazine's 25 to Watch in 2013.

Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper

Size:8 W x 10 H x 0.1 D in

Size with Frame:13.25 W x 15.25 H x 1.2 D in

Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.