"Pause"
1999, Bronze, approx. 16" high
Some dancers work in the center of the studio, others wait their turn. At the barre one can steal a bite of an apple, take a slow stretch to cajole a strained hamtring back into health, rest the body and brain before the next onslaught.
This series of bronze sculptures is limited to eight numbered casts
and two Artist's Proofs, each signed and numbered, after which the mold will be broken.
Number 1 (of8) is now offered
I do offer layaways. Please contact me for details before purchasing.
Founder: Bronzes are cast by l'Atelier du Bronze, My thanks to master ébéniste and
sculptor, Roger Landreville, for the lovely cherrywood bases that serve as
miniature dance floors for my dancers.
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Dancers, because their physical bodies are the instruments of their expression,
are an ideal subject for sculpture. Dance is not something that dancers
do; dancers are the dance. In the twenty years or so that I spent
teaching and choreographing dancers, I found them endlessly fascinating -- their
physical beauty, their enormous strength, their heart-breakingly difficult
careers, all touched me deeply and daily. I began these sculptures in order to
explore visually what I had experienced as a dancer and as a teacher:
the visceral sensation of dance
movement, the freedom that comes as a result of
great discipline, and the poignancy of lives laid on
the altar of
Art.
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