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
Stoletje preobrazbe plesa in glasbe - Pandorina skrinjica 2023
Narodni dom Maribor, Dvorana generala Maistra, Maribor (Slovenia), 20/05/2023
Annual dance production of the pole dance school "Pandora - Art of Pole". "Stoletje preobrazbe plesa in glasbe".
What. A. Show!
38. Zimska plesna šola / 38th Winter dance school
Zimska plesna šola / Winter dance school, Maribor (Slovenia), 03/02 > 06/02/2023
This was already ninth Winter dance school in a row for me, next year will be 10th! Already looking forward! :)
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! :)
La Place
Narodni dom Maribor, Mali oder, Maribor (Slovenia), 13/11/2022
Premiere of a great dance & music performance created by Dalanda Diallo and Maša Kagao Knez and produced by KUD Baobab.
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 :)
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! :)
34. Zimska plesna šola / 34th Winter dance school
Zimska plesna šola / Winter dance school, Maribor (Slovenia), 22/02 > 25/02/2019
Once again, I was very privileged to be surrounded with amazing young talents and their great dance mentors - really inspiring weekend! :)
Mično pomično 2016 - Gathering of belly dance groups in Maribor
Dom kulture Pekre, Pekre (Slovenia), 04/06/2016
Continuing our fruitful collaboration after last year’s debut, I had a privilege to photograph another gathering of belly dance groups in Maribor titled "Mično pomično".
31. Zimska plesna šola / 31st Winter dance school
Zimska plesna šola / Winter dance school, Maribor (Slovenia), 19/02 > 22/02/2016
Continuing our successful collaboration from the last year, I was hired again this year to document the international Winter Dance School that has been happening in Maribor for 31 years now!
Izbine pripovedke za velike - letna plesna produkcija Plesne Izbe Maribor
Lutkovno gledališče Maribor, Maribor (Slovenia), 19/06/2015
Second part (out of three!) of the annual summer production of Plesna Izba Maribor featuring their more experienced dancers!
Izbine pripovedke za male - letna plesna produkcija Plesne Izbe Maribor
Lutkovno gledališče Maribor, Maribor (Slovenia), 17/06/2015
First part (out of three!) of the summer production of Plesna Izba Maribor featuring their youngest dancers!
Premik v Maribor / Move to Maribor
Premik v Maribor / Move to Maribor, Maribor (Slovenia), 20/09 > 30/09/2012
Contemporary dance festival
Ten days contemporary dance festival called "Premik v Maribor / Move to Maribor" in, well, Maribor! :)
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!
MARIBOrient
SNG Maribor, Mali oder, Maribor (Slovenia), 18/11/2011
MARIBOrient is a "musical-visual-dance ritual" by a group called Saltana whose members are oriental dancer Edita Čerče, three musicians (Tadej Furlan, Dani Marinič and Andrej Hrvatin) and a VJ Katja Hrvatin Jazbec.
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
