Cassie & Sean - Partnered Grand Pas de Chat (Limited Edition of 40, 4 Sold) Print

"Cassie & Sean - Partnered Grand Pas de Chat" 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: Grand pas de chat, meaning literally "big step of the cat" is a pounce-y movement indeed. Performed here in a partnered sequence, the traveling dancer steps, while moving toward the standing dancer, jumps and draws both of her legs up into a double retire position, otherwise known as a pas de chat. She then releases the far leg so that she achieves the position you see here, at the height of her jump. The partner helps her achieve greater height, giving the illusion that he's throwing her. (And he is, a bit.) The grand pas de chat, unpartnered, is a core part of the classical ballet language, for both women and men. The popularity of the partnered grand pas de chat, however, is more neo-classical in nature. Specifically, it's associated most closely with the choreography of George Balanchine (and is called colloquially "Balanchine's jump"). The opening of Liberty Bell and El Capitan's pas de deux in Balanchines "Stars and Stripes" begins with a partnered grand pas de chat. Bio Note: Cassie Trenary and Sean Stewart are dancers with American Ballet Theatre in New York. ABT is one of the world's foremost ballet companies. Cassie was named one of Dance Magazine's 25 to Watch in 2013.

Print:Giclee on Photo 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.