A collective dance photo project..
By: Sergio Vaccaro
Tags: Performance, Dance, Cyprus, Body

Photo by David Tufino: https://www.flickr.com/photos/whoryder1/49782159148/

The freedom of our body cannot be taken for granted. Many factors limit our way to fully enjoy our physical life: lack of time, political prejudices, sexual prejudices, religious prejudices, we are stressed, we are fat, we are old, we are sick, we don’t know what to do, we are locked down.

Dancers are our master guides. Sweetly mixing art and athleticism, they break the rules of gravity, prejudices and self-limitations. They can perform with music or without, in group or alone, as training and as fine art, at home or in amazing scenography, in front of a public or in front of a camera…

The idea

We are going to be allowed to stay in public spaces, keeping distances, enjoying free spaces and performing walks and physical activities.

Let’s make things happen.

Therefore, here is the proposal: let’s meet for photo shoots, pairing one performer and one photographer at a time, in nice and simple locations, short choreographies or simple poses or costumes or whatever the authors have in mind. All together, following a common thread.

Many couples, one shooting for each.

The goal: make things happen

We have worries. We have been stuck on the sofas. We can’t have good plans.

The main goal is to make things happen.

Every shooting can become a tiny project, can inspire the creativity, can feed more ideas or can be just for fun.

The collective thread will give power to every result.

What the photograph reproduces endlessly has only happened once: […] the Tyche, the Occasion, the Meeting, the Real, in its tireless expression.

Roland Barthes, La chambre claire

Other goals: socialize, connect, perform, support the artists, grow up

Shared experiences make us social: a common thread is a shared network;

communities are physically divided by masks and fences: but we are not;

expression needs a stage: we can create a stage;

art workers need visibility: we support them;

of course, inspiration can produce further projects: let’s grow up.

The destination

Each couple should produce at least one photo, to create a collection.

The collection will be shared, day by day, in social networks. Dedicated accounts will be set up. (See below technical details.)

The photos can be used for the Support the art workers campaign.

The collection will be archived, for future usages like exhibitions or compositions.

Who is it for?

Dancers, actress and actors, jugglers, yogin, tattooed…

Photographers.

Supporters of any kind are welcome: press, organization, social media and so on.

There are no costs and no income. Non professionals are welcome.

How to do?

A list of interested persons will be shared.

Each performer and photographer can choose a preferred “shooting mate”, or we can “introduce” the couples.

Each shooting should provide at least one photo according to the followings:

physical action;

single subject;

full figure framing;

nice or significant background;

preferably outdoor and daylight;

be creative!

Every couple can find their location according to their preferences. They can agree upon choreographies, costumes and objects, or they can decide to be free and lightweight. They can prepare a storytelling or just improvise.

Masks are allowed. Fast and simple is enough. Safe and happy is the best.

What not to do

Gatherings, according to the outbreak rules and situation;

send video without at least one photo;

have intolerance, hate, division, competition;

produce garbage and pollution.

Technical notes

The photos will be published in community social network accounts, crediting the authors, in the Creative Commons — Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International — CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). A reasonable size for screen should be provided, a common logo could be adopted while sharing.

High quality files will are left to the performers and photographers deals.