Hype the Choreographer's Showcase

[jasonhuang]

So here's the backstory:
I saw an ad on Craigslist on Friday for a photographer job on Saturday night. Pretty low pay, 2 lines of details and an anon email address. I sent an email saying I was interested in helping out. I rarely get replies to craigslist emails, but I thought I'd take another chance.

Well, I'm sooo glad I did. The organizer, Geena, calls me up Saturday afternoon at 2pm while I'm in the middle of doing laundry and tells me that they still need a photographer to cover the rehearsals of this dance show from 3pm-7pm. Their original photographer had said they could cover the whole thing from 3pm-9:30pm, but in the last minute couldn't make it to the rehearsals.

Long story short, I agreed to do it. I am sooo glad I did.

Hype, the Choreographer's Showcase (www.hypetheshowcase.com) was an event put on by one girl, Geena (the one who called me). Her reason for putting on this showcase was to honor and recognize local dance choreographers who usually go unnoticed. A handful of dance groups came to perform in the show, each highlighting their respective choreographers.

One choreographer in particular really stuck out to me. It was Geena's choreographer and they actually took a few minutes before intermission to talk about the impact he had made on his students' lives. There were 6 students and just from their short testimonies, I could tell that this guy not only teaches dance moves, but life long lessons. He's a caretaker with a passion for dance. Not a dancer with a passion for people. These types of people are very rare today and it was such an honor for me to witness the show.

Anyway, on to the pictures! I used pretty high iso's since the lighting was pretty dim (yes, even the stage lighting was dim). ARG! Anyway, i snapped 2100 photos and here are the few that I really liked.

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6.0: This one is Geena practicing her solo piece.


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C&C please! More on my flickr.

If they ever have a show again, I am SOOO there! Everybody was so talented and it was seriously one of those FEEL GOOD events. Man, so fun!

[carlyerin]

love number 4 and the one of geena in rehearsal. nice job

[AngelPhotography]

Gorgeous!

[Jake]

Great job! #4 is sweet!

[kachina]

Jason, This is a nice set of images. I'll bet they were very happy with your coverage.

[MarcoFromHouston]

Very cool indeed!

I was hired about a month ago to shoot a dance competition and I also took about 3000 pics (I worked about 10 hours though!).

Be careful in cutting off hands/arms/legs etc...... Especially with dancers!

BTW, #3 & #4 are my favorites!

[ITRacer121]

welp Im impressed!

[jasonhuang]

Thanks for all the comments guys!

Marco,
Yea, I didn't even think about that but now that you mention it, that makes sense. There are a lot of details in those hands and feet!