Pli.e Project
PLIÉ. NOUN /PLĒ’Ā / FRENCH PRONONCIATION. A MOUVEMENT IN WHICH A DANCER BENDS THE KNEES AND STRAIGHTENS THEM AGAIN, USUALLY WITH THE FEET TURNED OUT AND HEELS FIRMLY ON THE GROUND
PLIÉ. ADJECTIVE /PLĒ’Ā / FRENCH FOR FOLDED. BENT (SOMETHING FLEXIBLE AND RELATIVELY FLAT) OVER ON ITSELF SO THAT ONE PART OF IT.
PLI.É COMBINES BOTH DANCE AND PAPER ART LEXICONS AND TECHNIQUES. EXPRESSING HOW BOTH « BODIES » FOLD AND UNFOLD THROUGH MOVEMENT AND FLEXIBILITY SHOWCASED IN A PHOTO SERIES.
CREDITS
PAPER ART PAR Pauline Loctin
PHOTOGRAPHIE PAR MELIKA DEZ
ASSISTANT, DESIGNER & IDENTITÉ GRAPHIQUE LYNN TRAN
MUA
ALEXANDRA MUNOZ (STUDIO) ANNE PAGIS (PARIS)
DANCERS
NEW YORK
AKUA NONI PARKER OF ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER
MICHAEL JACKSON JR. OF ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER
CANDY TONG OF COMPLEXIONS CONTEMPORARY BALLET
INGRID SILVA OF DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM
YINET FERNANDEZ SALISBURY OF DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM
AMANDA SMITH OF DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM
DAPHNE M LEE OF DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM
DANDARA AMORIM VEIGA OF BALLET HISPANICO
ANGELIQUE LAURIN OF BROOKLYN BALLET
ROME
ANNALISA CIANCI OF TEATRO DELL’OPERA DI ROMA
PARIS
INÈS JOSEPH
MONTRÉAL
MAUDE SABOURIN OF LES GRANDS BALLETS
MAI KONO OF LES GRANDS BALLETS