En face

“En Face” is a portrait work shot inside the National Dance Academy of Rome. It merges my personal point of view as portrait photographer and my passion for dance. The title of the series refers to a position in classical ballet, “en face”, one where the dancer is facing the audience. In this work I have tried to capture the intention from which movement starts. I have tried to focus my attention on the classical setting as embedded in the expression of a dancer’s body, beyond the dramatization of gestures or the perfection of movements, even away from the stage, in moments of relax: the so-called “aplomb”.