Dancers in studio photo shoot: Vanja Kolanovič
Tuesday, 12/04/2022
I’ve been photographing dance performances for over a decade now, completely fascinated by the easiness and effortlessness of their amazing moves. I’ve been wanting for some time now to photograph them in a photo studio, in a more controlled environment, where we would together, in collaboration, make something photo worthy :)
Dancers in studio photo shoot: Vanja Kolanovič
Since I started working in my small photo studio in Maribor in late 2018, I’ve photographed few dancers there which was a very enjoyable and fulfilling experience. Though this photoshoots didn’t include jumps which I really wanted to capture - and I already had a great dancer in mind to test my small studio for that :)
Vanja Kolanovič is an amazing dancer and dance teacher which I photographed performing many time before, and one thing I loved and remembered about her performances was these graceful and skilled jumps, high, high in the air! So, Vanja was my obvious first choice. I wasn’t really sure if we were going to be able to do that in that small space, but we definitely wanted to try. As we were arranging the date and necessary preparations, unimaginable happened - the whole world stopped due to Covid-19 pandemic. Vanja, a student of medicine, was even more busy than the rest of us, since they were helping the medical stuff in hospitals in Slovenia, so our long awaiting photoshoot had to be postponed for some better times…
Dancers in studio photo shoot: Vanja Kolanovič
During that period, a great thing happened - I’ve moved to a bigger space so my new photo studio, although not as big as I would want it to be, was a much better space for Vanja & me to photograph her dance. So, last year when the temperatures went up and the situation concerning pandemic got much better, we finally did what we planed for so long :)
Dancers in studio photo shoot: Vanja Kolanovič
And, as it is obvious from this story, it took me way too long to post-process and publish this photos, but it seems that the good things do come to the ones who wait :)
Dancers in studio photo shoot: Vanja Kolanovič Photo: © Saša Huzjak
Dancers in studio photo shoot: Vanja Kolanovič Photo: © Saša Huzjak
Dancers in studio photo shoot: Vanja Kolanovič Photo: © Saša Huzjak
Dancers in studio photo shoot: Vanja Kolanovič Photo: © Saša Huzjak
Dancers in studio photo shoot: Tjaša Šramel
Monday, 26/01/2026
%IMG_12897% The third and final dancer of my intensive week of studio dance photography — following the incredible Dalanda Diallo and Maša Bozovičar — was another outstanding artist: Tjaša Šramel. After several days of photographing dancers in my studio in Maribor, the rhythm,...
Dancers in studio photo shoot: Maša Bozovičar
Thursday, 22/01/2026
This year, photographically speaking, has started with the dance for me :)
As I already mentioned in a previous post, I had a week of photographing dancers in my photo studio in Maribor and after working with the incredible Dalanda Diallo, the next amazing dancer to step in front of my camera was Maša Bozovičar.
Dancers in studio photo shoot: Dalanda Diallo
Tuesday, 20/01/2026
After way to many moths have past, mainly due to other projects and life in general, I have finally continued my personal photo project called Dancers in studio. One week, three dancers, first one beeing amazing Dalanda Diallo!
40. Zimska plesna šola / 40th Winter dance school
Zimska plesna šola / Winter dance school, Maribor (Slovenia), 21/02 > 24/02/2025
Celebrating 40 Years of the Winter Dance School in Maribor
This year’s Winter Dance School was truly special. Not only did it mark a significant milestone—the 40th edition—but it was also a celebration of the incredible dedication of everyone involved, especially the one and only Minka Veselič Kološa, the driving force behind it all.
Temporalnost drugih
GT22, Intimni oder, Maribor (Slovenia), 09/12/2024
(zgodovinska) refleksija v gibu, zvoku in besedi
I was hired to document the premiere performance of another masterpiece from KUD Baobab production called "Temporalnost drugih". It was another great dance performance which I really enjoyed!
Festival Platforma 2024, part 3
Festival Platforma, Maribor (Slovenia), 28/08 > 31/08/2024
18. Platforma sodobnega plesa (18th Platform of Contemporary Dance)
All good things must come to an end, and after four incredible days of performances, this year's edition of Festival Platforma has officially closed its curtain.
Dancers in studio photo shoot: Jasha Robnik
Friday, 13/01/2023
Last year I had the privilege to work with another very talented young dancer (and dance teacher) Jasha Robnik!
Dancers in studio photo shoot: Edita Čerče (49,90 project)
Wednesday, 23/11/2022
2023 calendar photoshoot
Shooting Edita for a 2023 calendar was surely one of the longest, but also a photoshoot filled with many, many loud laughs that I had in years! :)
Dancers in studio photo shoot: Lucija Jalincienė
Tuesday, 19/04/2022
Continuing with photographing dancers in my photo studio in Maribor, my next dancer was amazing Lucija Jalincienė, another dancer that I photographed performing many, many times in the past.
Mojca pole dance calendar photo shoot
Wednesday, 01/12/2021
I was contacted recently by Mojca, a pole dance student of Pandora - Art of Pole pole dance school, with a very specific request - she wanted to do a photoshoot of herself doing pole dance poses for a calendar. Needless to say, the challenge sounded to good to be true so I jumped at the idea immediately :)
Odprti studio za gledalce - Nagib k procesu
Minoritska cerkev, Maribor (Slovenia), 10/10/2020
Nagib is well known Maribor based society for cultural production that have been working in the field of contemporary dance for some years now. This season, they’ve organised community gathering for artists who live or work in Maribor in the field of contemporary dance...
Potujte s Pandoro - Pandorina skrinjica 2019
Narodni dom Maribor, Dvorana generala Maistra, Maribor (Slovenia), 25/05/2019
Though I’ve been photographing dancers for about a decade now, I have to admit this was my first time I was shooting pole dancers — can’t believe what I was missing! :)
Moment - Monja & Domen - the dancing couple, a quick photo shoot
Monday, 22/12/2014
Monja Lorenčič and Domen Žugelj, known also under their artistic name Moment, are two great, young and very talented dancers from Slovenia that needed some fresh pics for their portfolio - I was very honoured to work with them on a quick photo shoot last month and am sure will do this again, since all three of us had a great time :)
Movie (p)review - Ride, Rise, Roar
Tuesday, 30/04/2013
Hillman Curtis, 2010
Concert documentary showing performances and behind the stage shots from the David Byrne's "The Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno" tour, including not just musicians but some modern dancers too. For all fans of David Byrne, Talking Heads and the ones that like the good mix of modern dance with pop music!
The Moving Gallery - group photography exhibition plus contemporary dance
Thursday, 30/08/2012
Murska Sobota, August 31st and September 1st 2012
Some of the photos that I took at the recent dance photography workshop with Chris Nash, along with the ones from my fellow photographers, will be shown as part of The Moving Gallery project in the next two days, as part of Front@, contemporary dance festival.
Impressions from Dance Photography Workshop with Chris Nash
Thursday, 30/08/2012
Great photography workshop with one of the worlds leading dance photographers
Two days photography workshop with great energy and fun!
Platforma sodobnega plesa 2011
SNG Maribor, Komorni oder, Maribor (Slovenia), 07/09 > 09/09/2011
Platforma sodobnega plesa 2011 was a three day festival of contemporary dance with the emphasis is on local artists who have their starting point in Plesna izba Maribor.
Ljubi kruhek
SNG Maribor, Velika dvorana, Maribor (Slovenia), 24/06/2011
