Tag: jordan matter

Photo Shoot Tips From 4 of Your Favorite Dance Photographers

Whether it’s a stunning photo of your favorite ballerina, a snapshot of your team during a performance, a crazy flexy pose on your Insta feed or your super-cringey first-recital photo, we all have a dance photograph that sticks in our minds. To ensure that all of your awkward dance photos remain in the past, and […]

Jordan Matter's Dance Shoot with a 13-Year-Old Cancer Survivor Will Make You Cry Happy Tears

It’s impossible not to love dance photographer Jordan Matter’s 10-minute photo challenges. His videos of the rapid-fire shoots in totally unlikely locations have become huge YouTube hits. But his 10-minute challenge with dancer Stephanie Consiglio—who recently beat stage 3 germ cell cancer—is next-level incredible. Matter brought Stephanie back to Cohen Children’s Medical Center, where she […]

You Could Be in the Next "Dancers Among Us" Book

Even if you don’t already know Jordan Matter’s name, you definitely know his work. He’s the photographer behind the fabulous “Dancers Among Us” series, which features talented dancers doin’ their impressive thing in everyday locations. Now Matter’s at work on a new book, Tiny Dancers Among Us, featuring photos of kid and teen dancers. He […]

D'Awwwww: Photographer Jordan Matter's Latest Series

By now, you’re probably familiar with photographer Jordan Matter‘s work—images of gorgeous dancers, sometimes mid-air, smack-dab in the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Exhibit A: Jeffrey Smith in Times Square (Jordan Matter, via dancersamongus.com) Exhibit B: Alexander Peters and Elizabeth Mateer in Philadelphia, PA (Jordan Matter, via dancersamongus.com) A few years ago, Matter published […]

Ballet at the Beach

You guys already know Jordan Matter. He’s the photographer behind the delightful “Dancers Among Us” series, which captures dancers doing dance-y things in not-so-dance-y places. Well, Mr. Matter is at it again. He’s in South Beach for Art Week Miami, and yesterday, he took to the beautiful Florida shoreline to photograph Miami City Ballet dancers […]

Photographer Jordan Matter is Dancing Through Life!

You know we love gorgeous dancer photos. In fact, we feature stunning pics from dancers and readers around the world every day on the Dance Spirit Twitter and Facebook pages (and in the pages of our magazine, of course)! But we don’t just look for flawless technique—we love photos that show how versatile dancers can […]