{"id":16908,"date":"2014-12-03T19:16:43","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T18:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sucredorge-burlesque.com\/?p=2007"},"modified":"2024-12-10T10:38:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T09:38:13","slug":"shooting-pina-in-the-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sucredorge-burlesque.com\/en\/shooting-pina-in-the-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"Shooting: Pina in the ring"},"content":{"rendered":"

In April, I was invited to the opening of a new and stylish boxing club<\/strong> in Paris : Le Temple<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I get dressed like a dancer, with\u00a0a long and large light pink skirt and a black body. When I saw the huge leather bags, I immediately jumped on them, doing some ballet steps…<\/p>\n

I had a strange vision then: what if Pina Bausch had made a choreography on a ring? Women, silk, leather, high heels…<\/strong> Such an exciting program.<\/p>\n

Many thanks to Cyril Durand, the founder, who let us make\u00a0pictures in his beautiful club. Thank you so much Stella Polaris<\/a>\u00a0for accepting this dancing\/boxing\/shooting challenge and thank you Xavier G\u00e9n\u00e9reux<\/a>\u00a0for your wonderful pictures.<\/em><\/p>\n

1st round\u00a0: Kontakthof<\/h2>\n

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I haven’t seen a lot of Pina Bausch’s Ballets but I must confess I am not a huge fan of them. I am sometimes a bit bored by this\u00a0women-centered modern dance, such as Carolyn Carlson’s Blue Lady. Mothers, lovers, independent women, suffering women, natural women… Well, well.<\/p>\n

But, on the other side, I am also very attracted by her aesthetic<\/strong> : strong colors, long hair, expressionist dancers, huge movements. That is why I had these “Pina flashes” when I walked on the ring for the first time.<\/p>\n

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I love the look of these silk dresses, it makes me think about Tamara de Lempicka paintings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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2d round :\u00a0Dancing Dreams<\/h2>\n
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I could never be Pina Bausch!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Modern\u00a0dance is a bit like modern art<\/strong> : one thinks it’s an easy form of art and he coud do the same but he just can’t.<\/p>\n

To prepare the shooting, I watched a lot of videos trying to figure out what was Pina Bausch’s style. It was a very difficult exercise and I failed somehow. How to make pictures out of movements?<\/strong> Plus, neither Stella nor I are “real” dancers…<\/p>\n

We did the best we can, but I am not sure Pina would have been proud of us two.<\/p>\n

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Yeah…kind of…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\n<\/a>3rd round\u00a0: Looking for Pina<\/h2>\n

At the end of the shooting, we were much more in a “Bettie Page on the ring”<\/strong> mood. What’s\u00a0<\/span>bred in the bone w<\/span>il<\/span>l come\u00a0ou<\/span>t in<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>flesh…<\/span><\/p>\n

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Two girls, one ring, black underwear… What else?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Born that way?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sparkling black eyes\u00a0required<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Inspirations<\/h2>\n

Click to enlarge images<\/em><\/p>\n