PHOTOGRAPHY | VANJA KARAS

Albert Quesada & Zoltán Vakulya ‘onetwothreeonetwo’ Photography By Vanja Karas

April 4, 2019

Albert Quesada and Zoltán Vakulya performance questioning the unwritten language of flamenco in OneTwoThreeOneTwo, UK premiere at Sadler’s Wells Lilian Baylis Studio, Photography by Vanja Karas

The Thread, Russell Maliphant & Vangelis, Photography By Vanja Karas

March 18, 2019

World premiere at the Sadler’s Wells Theatre of “The Thread’ by Olivier Award-winning choreographer Russell Maliphant & Oscar-winning composer Vangelis who composed the film scores for Chariots of Fire, Blade Runner, The Bounty and many others. Captivating and seemingly familiar traditional Greek sounds and folk dancing woven into Maliphant’s new forms of movement language and contemporary dance. Costumes by Mary Katrantzou. Lighting by Michael Hulls. Performances 15th- 17th March Sadler’s Wells Theatre
Photography by Vanja Karas

World premiere at the Sadler’s Wells Theatre of “The Thread’ by Olivier Award winning choreographer Russell Maliphant & Oscar-winning composer Vangelis who composed the film scores for Chariots of Fire, Blade Runner, The Bounty and many others. Captivating and seemingly familiar traditional Greek sounds and folk dancing woven into Maliphant’s new forms of movement language and contemporary dance. Costumes by Mary Katrantzou. Lighting by Michael Hulls. Performances 15th- 17th March Sadler’s Wells Theatre Photography by Vanja Karas

Peeping Tom, Father (vader), Barbican Theatre Photography © Vanja Karas

January 31, 2019

Pure Dance – The Leaves Are Fading With Natalia Osipova And David Hallberg – Sadler’s Wells Photography By Vanja Karas

September 12, 2018

Sadler’s Wells Theatre, Pure Dance, with Natalia Osipova and David Hallberg performing The Leaves are Fading. Choreography by Antony Tudor.

Russian classical ballet dancer Natalia Osipova, formerly principal of the Bolshoi Ballet is currently principal of The Royal Ballet, performing with American classical ballet dancer, David Hallberg a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre and resident guest artist at The Australian Ballet, and formerly a principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet.

Performances 12th-16th 2018 September Sadler’s Wells Theatre

Sadler’s Wells Theatre, Pure Dance, with Natalia Osipova and David Hallberg performing The Leaves are Fading. Choreography by Antony Tudor. Photography © Vanja Karas. Poster photography Rick Guest

Sadler’s Wells Theatre, Pure Dance, with Natalia Osipova and David Hallberg performing The Leaves are Fading. Choreography by Antony Tudor. Photography © Vanja Karas

Sculpted By Decay

April 6, 2018

Flying Spirits In Fragments Of Time

October 26, 2017

Peeping Tom, 32 Rue Vandenbranden, Barbican Theatre Photography © Vanja Karas

December 22, 2016

Familie Flöz — Infinita, Peacock Theatre, Photography By Vanja Karas

September 21, 2016

Horror, Peacock Theatre, Photography By Vanja Karas

September 21, 2016

Jakop Ahlbom’s homage to the horror-movie genre.

Solo For Two, Natalia Osipova And Ivan Vasiliev, London Colliseum, Photography By Vanja Karas

September 21, 2016

SOLO FOR TWO performed by Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev, at the London Colliseum. Photography by Vanja Karas.

Le Jeune Homme Et La Mort, The London Coliseum Photography By Vanja Karas

July 1, 2016

LE JEUNE HOMME ET LA MORT – THE YOUNG MAN AND DEATH, follows a young man compelled by love for a cruel mistress. He desperately waits for her in his Parisian garret; but when she finally arrives, it is to torment him, daring him to commit suicide. When he kills himself, she returns with the mask of Death and the two figures walk away. The London Coliseum, Young Man performed by Roberto Bolle and Ivan Vasiliev, principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre, previously the principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet and Svetlana Lunkina, prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet. Also with Marcello Gomez, Denis Matvienko, and Leonid Sarafanov Photos © Vanja Karas March 2014

Kontakthof By Pina Bausch, Barbican Photography By Vanja Karas

February 13, 2013

POSTHUMOUS, PINA BAUSCH, KONTAKTHOF, MIT DAMEN UND HERREN AB 65, © VANJA KARAS

This body of work explores the neo-expressoinist non-verbal narrative of movement and dance. These images are part of a series taken during the performance created by the legendary German choreographer Pina Bausch performed, after her death in 2009, by her theatre group Tanztheater Wuppertal. The series, however, is not only about the aesthetics of Pina Bausch’s neo-expressionist choreography and movement: it also explores the comfort and discomfort of solitude and the interplay between the voluntary and involuntary basis on which we collect, cultivate, recall and process our memories. Dealing with the historical narrative through symbolism, allegory and myth, the dramatic physical idiosyncrasy is created by the performers, all specially chosen to be over 65, from the generation that carries pre-Berlin Wall memories and experiences. Some live and long for the past, some escape into their fantasies, others don’t want to remember…

Queens Of Syria, The Young Vic, Photography By Vanja Karas

February 12, 2012

Queens of Syria at the Young Vic theatre, a moving performance by 13 Syrian refugee women, based in Jordan. The women tell their personal harrowing stories refracted through Euripides’s Trojan Women, a narrative incredibly close to their own experience. How little has changed since 415 BC. The play is currently on tour in the UK culminating at the Edinburgh Festival and the London Gala performance on 24th of July, where Kate Blanchett will be joining them on stage.

Queens of Syria at The Young Vic Theatre. Copyright Vanja Karas http://vanjakaras.com