This week, Festival Director Anne Morris chats with Zoe Litaker, a photographer based in Durham, NC. Zoe takes photographs in a number of settings, but dance is an area of primary interest for her. Her photo book and exhibition Durham Dances came out last fall, featuring dancers in a variety of dance styles in iconic locations around the city of Durham. This year, as part of the 30th Anniversary season of the NC Dance Festival, we have asked Zoe to take a series of portraits of 30 of the many dancers and choreographers who have been instrumental in establishing, defining, and evolving the Festival over the years. In this conversation, we chat about the magic and the challenge of photographing dance, Zoe’s love of art history and the ways that shows up in her work, and photography as a time-travel machine.
The NC Dance Festival 30th anniversary is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the North Carolina Arts Council, Lincoln Financial Foundation, Ecolab Foundation, and Stearns Financial Group. We need the support of individual donors and business sponsors as well to make possible the innovative work that NC dancers are creating, bring students meaningful experiences with the arts, and strengthen the community through dance. This December, you can help us get one step closer to an even stronger, more resilient, more innovative, and more accessible year of dance. Visit our website at danceproject.org/onestepcloser to take a look at some of the ways you can help us make this vision a reality. From student scholarships, to new technology to adapt to dance in the midst of a pandemic, to creative projects with professional artists, you can help build a stronger community through dance. Thanks for your support!
Links mentioned in this episode:
Monthly Zoom chat for Dance Artists: January 9, 12:30-1:30pm. Click here for the Zoom link.
