GENE SCHIAVONE PROFESSIONAL BALLET PHOTOGRAPHY

CAPTURING MAGICAL MOMENTS ON-STAGE

Looking at a photograph is different from watching a performance. The camera freezes a moment in time that immediately becomes the past. It preserves an instant that is usually not evident to the audience who is watching the dancer pass through it. I’m happy to be able to preserve some of these moments.

Having had the privilege of photographing many of the world’s principal dancers, my personal goal is to expand that body of work and in some small way leave tangible evidence of the beauty they created.
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NATALIA OSIPOVA LIMITED EDITION SIGNED GICLÉE PRINT

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I am offering this Limited Edition Print of Natalia Osipova, taken at City Center in New York City on February 12th, 2012. The total number printed is 50 with 5 artists proofs.

Natalia and I came together to create an image to announce her joining The Royal Ballet for the 2013/14 season, and a marketing piece for The Royal Ballet to promote her appearance in their production of Swan Lake.

The dimensions of the image are 16”x24” individually hand printed on 19”x28” Hahnemühle 325gsm Fine Art Baryta paper. Each numbered print is individually signed by Natalia Osipova and myself. Your purchase will also include an 8×10 photograph of us at the time of the shoot and a statement of authentication. I only release a few of these fine art prints each year. It is the only signed photographed of her’s offered to the public.

Gene Schiavone & Natalia Osipova Fine Arts Print

MARIA KOCHETKOVA LIMITED EDITION SIGNED GICLÉE PRINT

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I am offering a Limited Edition Signed Print of Ballerina Maria Kochetkova taken in a studio session at City Center in New York on August 30th, 2013. Ms. Kochetkova chose Giselle for the print. The total number printed is 50 with 5 artists proofs.

After dancing as Principal Dancer with San Francisco Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, Maria Kochetkova became a Freelance International Performer. For the 2020/21 season, she is dancing as Lead Principal Dancer with the Finnish National Ballet.

The dimensions of the image are 16”x21” individually hand printed on 20x 25 inch Hahnemühle 325gsm Fine Art Baryta paper. Each numbered print is signed by Maria Kochetkova and myself. Your purchase will also include an 8×10 photograph of us at the time of the shoot and a statement of authentication. I only release a few of these fine art prints each year.

Maria Kochethova Signing Gene Schiavone Ballet Portrait Print
Ballerina Maria Kochethova Signed Limited Edition Fine Art Print

Ballet Photography with Gene Schiavone

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Principal Dancers Photographed
Natalia Osipova, Royal Ballet
Maria Kochetkova, San Francisco Ballet
Alina Cojocaru, English National Ballet
Diana Vishneva, Mariinsky Ballet, ABT
Hee Seo, ABT
Irina Dvorovenko, ABT
Daniil Simkin, ABT
Igor Kolb, Mariinsky
Julie Kent, ABT

Paloma Herrera, ABT
Polina Semionova, ABT
Svetlana Zakharova, Bolshoi Ballet
Maria Alexandrova, Bolshoi Ballet
Ekaterina Krysanova, Bolshoi Ballet
Ekaterina Shipulina, Bolshoi Ballet
Ulyana Lopatkina, Mariinsky Ballet
Herman Cornejo, ABT
Roberto Bolle, La Scala, ABT
Ulyana Lopatkina, Mariinsky Ballet

Alina Somova, Mariinsky Ballet
Viktoria Tereshkina, Mariinsky Ballet
Ekaterina Kondaurova, Mariinsky Ballet
David Hallberg, ABT, Bolshoi
Marcelo Gomes, ABT
Ivan Vasiliev, Mariinsky
Alessandra Ferri, ABT

Companies Photographed
American Ballet Theatre

Boston Ballet
Mariinsky Ballet
Bolshoi Ballet
Radio City Rockettes
Miami City Ballet
Indianapolis City Ballet
Youth America Grand Prix
The Washington Ballet
Dance Theatre of Harlem
Atlanta Ballet
Naples Opera

 

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Diana Vishneva
In Gene's photographs I always feel his love for the art of the ballet and the dancers he photographs. Among many people who photograph rehearsals or performances there are very few real masters who can show the beauty and pureness of dance. When Gene works I never feel distracted. In fact it's always fascinating - I never see him but later I receive beautiful photographs. I always hope he is the one selected to photograph me in the studio or onstage.

Diana Vishneva

Principal Dancer
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Mariinsky Ballet & American Ballet Theatre
Katerina Novikova
Having a deep love and understanding of ballet, Gene always photographs the Bolshoi in a very special way. I shall never forget your photo session of Corsair as your pictures manage to capture not only the beauty of human bodies, ballet movement and group's choreographic architectonic, but true emotions and drama on stage. This quality is vital for the Bolshoi Ballet through its history but hardly I can remember many photographers who were able to see and capture it in such profound and yet natural way Gene did.

Katerina Novikova

Director of Communications
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Natalia Osipova
Gene has photographed me both on stage and in the studio since 2008. His images are a photographic record not only of my time with American Ballet Theatre but in many Galas and special performances around the world. Gene is very sensitive to the fine details of ballet and I am grateful for all the wonderful photographs he has given me over the years I have known him.

Natalia Osipova

Principal Ballet Dancer
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Kelly Ryan
Gene Schiavone's work for American Ballet Theatre has served as a moving backdrop of more than a decade full of artistry. His easygoing manner belies a skillful eye, capturing the very best in classical and contemporary dance. As America's National Ballet Company®, ABT is fortunate to have Gene, an artist in his own medium, to document everything that is excellent.

Kelly Ryan

Director of Press and Public Relations
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