Rope Dancers Photo Gallery by Richard Calmes at pbase.com

Rope Dancers

I have been wanting to use ropes with dancers for a long time. One of my missions is to show the world how strong and flexible dancers really are.
A new ballet studio with an exposed roof structure made it all possible. I installed the ropes and swings a few weeks ago and left it to the dancers to experiment and create their poses
.....and create they did! I also could not resist shooting a few non-rope images!

If you believe this gallery has merit, please vote so others may enjoy these marvelous artist-athletes!

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kelly54		12-Dec-2013 11:12
Love it! Regards! :) http://www.photoshop-designs.com/

Kerry Tingley		09-Nov-2008 05:28
Wow, I've never seen anything like this. Big v

Gus Rosenfeld		02-Jul-2008 02:15
I just went through the whole gallery image by image; what a pleasure! The expressions the rope seems to conjure from the gifted and experienced faces adds a new flare. The poses they challenge themselves with are impressive to say the least. There is definitely new excitement in the photographic world of dance. You have done an excellent job of producing these images Richard. The light, in its illumination and wash, quality is consistent throughout and allows the viewer to enjoy the impact of grace and strength to the maximum unobstructed pleasure. Fantastic - g

witze		18-May-2008 00:12
great gallery

Julie Bird		12-May-2008 03:00
This gallery is so wonderful Richard. V. Julie

Julie Bird		12-May-2008 02:58
This gallery is so wonderful Richard. V. Julie

Guest		11-May-2008 00:44
I love your arte, terrific work Richard. I wish i could vote twice.

Naret Visesvongsa		11-May-2008 00:25
This is very impressive galley vote.

Guest		09-May-2008 11:18
Spectacular as usual.

Guest		09-May-2008 02:48
New style! simply amazing. Thanks so much for sharing with us. Vote

Steven Kay		09-May-2008 02:21
Fantastic gallery !

nony		08-May-2008 21:55
OMG! I saw these ropes in the studio, but I didn't know what they would be for! Now I most certainly do!

Guest		07-May-2008 22:07
Again, Richard. These images are magnificent. You are a genius.

Guest		05-May-2008 16:04
As usual, astonishing photos from extraordinary dancers. Voted

kyoung kim photography		04-May-2008 02:12
Wonderful gallery and beautiful images, great composition and spectacular dancers~V

Bart Aldrich		02-May-2008 15:00
Spectacular images. Congrats!

Alex Kim		01-May-2008 17:19
This is awesome gallery. I heard your gallery from my friend kazuya. Really enjoyed your art. Great.

Justin Kim		01-May-2008 17:02
This is great gallery. Awesome. I'm going to check every photo. Big vote~~

Thomas		01-May-2008 08:51
inventive work, great poses, fantastic light! a masterpiece! V

KAZUYA KIMURA �ؑ��		01-May-2008 08:45
I always love your photos and I voted all of your photos on this Gallery this time. I could not stop myself to do so. Thank you for your passionated works.

eric st martin		29-Apr-2008 14:40
wonderful work spectacular gallerie triple v

monil		29-Apr-2008 12:58
It is magical gallery. Splendid picture. Very creative. v

alfredo camba jr.		29-Apr-2008 10:41
Very beautiful gallery of dancers in motion! Vote!!!

Raf		28-Apr-2008 20:44
Harmony, dynamic and light masterly captured. Congratulations on the dancers and the photographer. V.

Guest		28-Apr-2008 19:03
Richard, You keep upping the ante with each gallery you produce. Your creativity and approach to photographing these dancers is boundless. My humble vote! Sam

Gilou Jeanneret		28-Apr-2008 18:26
Ce que j'en pense ? Il n'y a pas de mots pour décrire cette galerie. Tout est absolument féérique, léger, parfois onirique. Les compositions la recherche de la lumière font de tes photos de véritable chefs-d'oeuvre. J'aime regarder tes photos elles me trasportent dans un autre monde, un monde de beauté où je peux rêver. Bravo Richard

Guest		28-Apr-2008 18:16
Now the Gallery is finished is hart for you to start up shooting another Gallery, so high you´ve set your quality and Art standards. In my honest opinion, this one of the best Galleries I`ve seen in the Net. Congratulations jorge

Guest		28-Apr-2008 11:54
WOwwww!... absolutely magical and creative.. gallery concept to design to subjet and superb composition n lighting... Voted with joy cheers!!

Phyllis Stewart		28-Apr-2008 05:47
AWESOME photos! V

henrywong		28-Apr-2008 05:21
Ballet with ropes, STUNNING! You are so great Richard. I do enjoy all the imgages in this wonderful gallery very much! V

BleuEvanescence		26-Apr-2008 20:50
As always... a rendez-vous with beauty, grace, talent and creativity...

Michael Shpuntov		26-Apr-2008 15:12
Very interesting concept Richard. This light, your signature, makes these images very lively. Very professional and creative as usual. Vote

Marcio Cabral		26-Apr-2008 13:26
Fantastic gallery Richard!! Superp captures and light! v

carsten thun		26-Apr-2008 10:37
Absolutly beautiful! I am very impressed specially of all your dance picts! You are ab wonderful discovery for me. with best greetings from hamburg.

Hodero		26-Apr-2008 07:38
Richard,you did it again!!! Big vote amigo. When comes the photobook??

Guest		26-Apr-2008 01:19
Very dynamic. I can feel the movement through these photos. Voted.

Denis Vincelette		26-Apr-2008 00:25
Admirable, intelligent, innovating and extremely well done. What a quality! Cheer.

Lee G		25-Apr-2008 19:31
You never cease to impress. Another absolutely fantastic and creative gallery!!! ~V~

Ron Horloff		25-Apr-2008 18:11
How is it possible for every gallery to be better than the last? Superb work, Richard. Ron

Guest		25-Apr-2008 17:09
Probably the best I've seen among your masterpieces. No adjective is good enough to describe this gallery. Thanks to photographers like you. Vote!

Guest		25-Apr-2008 13:37
I can't help but keep on looking at each photo. Aside from a very beautiful capture, it lightens my spirit. TFS. BV

Dennis Steinauer		25-Apr-2008 13:11
Spectacular!

Guest		25-Apr-2008 11:49
A fabulous gallery Richard.

Zane Paxton		25-Apr-2008 10:14
;~) I'm running out of superlatives too!

Wenche Aune		25-Apr-2008 08:35
Fantastic gallery. V

Lloyd & Sandy Spitalnik		25-Apr-2008 03:03
These images are spectacular!! L&S

Chad Ramsey		25-Apr-2008 02:28
Me too! Fantastic new idea and somehow it adds even more movement... VVV

an nguyen		25-Apr-2008 01:06
Another winner gallery. Fine art shots. V

Guest		25-Apr-2008 00:34
I will vote, Richard. Thank you for making me aware of yet another beautiful gallery. I was surprised to read through some of the comments and realize how much a part of this art scene you really are. (Too bad Ms. Lisa didn't get that shot of you.) The girls are incredibly talented. I will save this page to show my little ballerina. (Only eleven, but obviously -- to others, not just to me -- born to dance.) Congratulations on another winning gallery.

veraferia		24-Apr-2008 23:55
Fantastic gallery and dancers!V

Jaime Serrano		24-Apr-2008 22:35
Another collection of masterpieces!!!!!. Big vote.

Guest		24-Apr-2008 19:46
another outstanding gallery. Love it. V

Claude Martin		24-Apr-2008 17:50
A new incredible beauty! All this shot are amazing for there eye catching quality and for the extraordinary performance of all this athletes. Big vote and bravo!

John Stevenson		24-Apr-2008 17:09
Always stunning, Mr. Calmes. Big vote.

Naoki Hayashi's Photo Gallery		24-Apr-2008 15:55
Your idea is always new. Love your creative arts. V

Scotty Graham		24-Apr-2008 15:51
What can I say that I have not already said on so many of your galleries, Richard? I am running out of superlatives. You and of course, the dancers, blow me away!! Cheers, Scotty

james morgan		24-Apr-2008 14:08
Richard the dancers and you have combined to Perfection.V james morgan

Guest		24-Apr-2008 13:17
Excellent! So much power in each shots! V

Robert Dupuis		24-Apr-2008 12:54
Hi Richard............as usuel......I'm jalous The ropes is a very good idea Robert

Yvonne		24-Apr-2008 11:49
A fabulous page of art work by both the dancers and you, Richard! v

Zolt�n Balogh		24-Apr-2008 10:13
Thank you very much for letting me know about yoour latest gallery Richard! Stunning work, again - congratulations!BIG vote, of course!:)

Guest		24-Apr-2008 07:42
Fantastic dancers, Richard! And ... another spectacular gallery!!!

Dan Chusid		24-Apr-2008 07:39
Beautiful shots and poses.

gardener		24-Apr-2008 07:30
What can one say in the presence of the combination of talent, skill and beauty...The lighting is perfect, you top down spot is unusual, and hurrah for the dancers that did most of the work..Ha. Peter Clark

Debbie Blackburn Beierle		24-Apr-2008 05:55
Super amazing work, Richard! You have such amazing creativity/professional photography skills and an editing genious! The dancers are all talented/gifted athletic people. Hats off to you all!!

marilyn k holmberg		24-Apr-2008 01:16
awesome gallery!! .. what a great concept! 'm'

Guest		24-Apr-2008 00:55
Really a visual feast, and a feat by the dancers. You worked marvelously with other...V!!

flowsnow		24-Apr-2008 00:48
Another spectacular gallery, Richard! Well done.

Ken Myers		24-Apr-2008 00:42
absolutely stunning gallery, thanks so much for sharing! Well done by all. Gallery voted for

Rick Kobylinski		23-Apr-2008 23:14
Add rigging expert to your resume. Another stupendous gallery. The lighting is perfect. Voted.

Guest		23-Apr-2008 23:09
Great artists, great poses, Vote

Guest		23-Apr-2008 20:05
Another fantastic and super professional gallery full of masterpieces!

RadioWonder		23-Apr-2008 19:54
Gorgeous imaginative poses! So very creative,Richard...

carabias		23-Apr-2008 19:49
High creativity in this gallery, Richard! Great beauty in the work of these superb dancers. "Great Vote"

nomada		23-Apr-2008 19:11
Another exquisite series Richard. V

Gil Azouri		23-Apr-2008 19:09
Wow, you never stop surprising. Stunning work! V

Pauline		23-Apr-2008 18:29
Absolutely beautiful!! Voted!! Happy for you my friend!!

Guest		23-Apr-2008 18:04
Another impressive collection!! Well done!

Tim Rucci		23-Apr-2008 17:36
Really nice work, Richard. Your lighting is always exceptonal in everything you undertake. Great job! (v) ~Tim

Guest		23-Apr-2008 17:31
Stunning! Richard you have captured beauty, strength and grace with your amazing talents. Always wonderful to see what you are creating, these girls are so blessed to have you in their lives!!! Thank you, thank you!

Guest		23-Apr-2008 16:58
Once again. Simply an amazing gallery!!!

FrankB		23-Apr-2008 16:30
as you add, I am more and more amazed at the talents of these spectacular performers...fortunately for us, your hairtrigger timing captures the exact right moment when the excitement of the pose is peaked.

guest		23-Apr-2008 16:06
This is an amazing gallery. I wonder how they got out of some of these complicated poses?!

Brett Hochkins		23-Apr-2008 11:44
Ballet meets the cirque du soleil. Amazing. V.

shatterbug		23-Apr-2008 06:01
A great idea, and more than capably performed by the excellent dancers. Your knowledge of dance, and your great ability to click the shutter at just the right time is in evidence here!

Ms.Lisa		23-Apr-2008 04:08
These incredible dancers LOVE Richard and He loves them. They hung all over these ropes in Richard's "play area", yes they had a practice arena, trying to impress the lens and make Richard happy, what you don't know is Richard hung from the ropes too! And he was good!!! Colleen offered to capture it on film! I wish we had pushed the shutter, but we don't know that aspect, we leave it to him thank goodness. He is a gift to GBT, with such passion for capturing Art! And we are SO grateful!

Bill Warren		23-Apr-2008 02:52
Just when I think you can do nothing else with dance and movement--you are so inventive. Voted

Guest		23-Apr-2008 01:41
We LOVE the blonde in the white - send us more of this angel...........

Jola Dziubinska		22-Apr-2008 21:04
Another great work, Richard. Amazing dancers and photos. Big vote.

Ken Chambers ARPS		22-Apr-2008 19:32
Richard, Both you and these beautiful girls are pushing the limits of Art and Athleticism. I feel quite emotional just viewing these stunning images..... voted

kenindfw		22-Apr-2008 19:13
Very nice captures. Fine work. v

Liz Bickel		22-Apr-2008 18:41
Another absolutely fantastic and amazing gallery!!!

Eldar Kadymov		22-Apr-2008 18:35
These gals should love you really a lot, look what kind of torture they went through, LOL ! V

Steve Morris		22-Apr-2008 18:11
Amazing shots and so well photographed as usual Richard. These rope dancers are better than any circus acts I ever seen!! Big vote

Ali Majdfar		22-Apr-2008 17:54
Stunning captures, Excellent. GMV

Guest		22-Apr-2008 16:19
Another incredible gallery!

Guest		22-Apr-2008 16:13
You bought out something very refeshing again ! Beautiful !!

Jim's Atavistic Visions		22-Apr-2008 16:04
WOW! Another unique concept! STUNNING Gallery! V!... from Josefina

Fred te Linde		22-Apr-2008 15:43
voted! amazing work, thanks

fred_il		22-Apr-2008 15:14
another stunning gallery!!! VOte!

Carolyn Rasmussen		22-Apr-2008 15:09
A gallery of masterpieces! V

Guest		22-Apr-2008 00:38
These are absolutely amazing. Really differant ! Awesome Richard.....

FrankB		21-Apr-2008 22:05
fabulous start Richard....V

Guest		21-Apr-2008 21:10
Extremely professional. Mr. Calmes, you mentioned the ropes, but never did I imagine this type of creativity!! Another innovative solution to an already established format. Simply the best!

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