Victoria Ivanova at Teatro Titano, San Marino

Photograph Copyright ©2012 Loo Yen Yeo. All Rights Reserved.

Concepts: Motion (complex streaking); Itten's contrasts (black/white); Balance (imbalance); Dynamic tension (single object)

Description: Victoria Ivanova's solo performance "Dervish tours" was captured in San Marino's national theatre, Teatro Titano, during the 32nd World Congress on Dance Research. The world's top dance professionals and researchers were brought together for a magical weekend in late June 2012 by Unione Folclorica Italiana (UFI) under the auspices Conseil International de la Dance (CID) UNESCO.

The framing of Victoria's twirling figure is deliberately offset creating dynamism through imbalance (in the conventional sense). However her orientation into larger space prevents the visual weight from pitching too far to the right; if she were to face the other direction, there would be greater imbalance and sense of progressive movement to the right.

Title: Victoria

03.13 Motion

Images are not always about sharpness; about whether something is in focus or not. Blurredness is also a tool used in creative expression, and in this case, to communication a feeling of motion and speed. There are three elemental kinds of motion blur:

1. complex streaking - created when the subject is in motion and the camera is not
2. linear streaking - from the panning of the camera or moving camera mount
3. jarring blur - shaking the camera results in a subject image with ghosted double-edges

The blurs may be combined. For example: panning to capture a twirling dancer moving across the stage.