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Men in Motion: The Art and Passion of the Male Dancer

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Synopsis

François Rousseau, author of the best-selling Locker Room Nudes, affords us private and exclusive access to more than 60 dancers from across the world, and the world of dance. Members of classical dance companies, including Opera de Paris and the New York City Ballet, and contemporary dance troupes, such as Alvin Ailey and Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane, as well as dancers from disciplines as diverse as Broadway, hip hop, acrobatic, and folk are spotlighted both on and offstage. Rousseau captures the innate eroticism of these artists as they pose, prepare, and perform. These men, whether seen in their most personal times of self-reflection or public moments under the spotlight, are proof that the body is truly a thing of beauty. Whether solo or en masse, their energy and virility leaps from the stage, and the page.

3 Reasons To buy this book

So many fabulous butts!
Even if you aren't a fan of dance, you will love this book.
Because the guy on page 73 is so incredibly adorable.

Review

There is always something sexy associated with the phrase “he’s a dancer!” I know my ears perk up when I hear that line. Maybe it is the way that these men know how to manipulate their bodies and the intense muscle control that they possess. I think it also indicates that their bodies are toned to perfection with legs and buttocks developed to extreme proportions.

In the capable hands of famed photographer François Rousseau, these men are transformed into birds caught in flight. The grace on display is extraordinary and snapped in motion the muscles straining to achieve the ideal position is pure genius. With bodies formed and developed from years of disciplined training, these men are the Prince Charming we grew up longing for after the first time we saw the Nutcracker on PBS.

In nothing but their dance belts, or less, these men put all of their athletic ability on display. And thanks to Rousseau’s immense talent, we are treated to frozen glimpses of perfection in motion. We should also note that there is nothing retouched here and that is exactly how we prefer our men.

With dancers from some of the most important companies in the world, this collection is a must for any fan of dance and dancers

-- Nick Strathern

Product Format Information

Book Hardcover: $45.99

Availability: Usually ships in
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Dimensions: 11 X 13
Photos: Color
ISBN: 9780789318794

Publisher : Universal

Keywords

Beefcake, Book, Gay Male, Gay/Lesbian, Nudity, Photography

Genres

Books, Photography/Art

Customer Reviews

'People walk, run, jump, bounce, collide and float.'

Grady Harp wrote on 05/21/2010:

François Rousseau has created a large following, from those who own his books to those celebrities he has photographed to the aficionados of sport and of fashion. This major scale book is devoted not to the game athletes as was his other popular volume but to dance athletes and as such it is one of the more informed and sophisticated books of the many possibilities of muscular function published. MEN IN MOTION: THE ART AND PASSION OF THE MALE DANCER is an appropriate title as Rousseau is as fascinated with capturing the state of art to which these many dancers have achieved as he is to focusing on the uncanny feats displayed by the human body in response to choreography and music.

As Rousseau states in his introduction, 'The mission of a dancer is not to exhibit his body as an object, but rather to use his body to interpret and express art; to use the body he has, in the space he has, to put forth the felling and the meaning within his dance.' What Rousseau offers in this beautifully designed and produced volume by Universe are pages of photographs of individual dancers - some at rest but most in motion - executing powerful leaps and lifts as well as photographs of groups of dancers in concert and at rest. Almost all are in dance costume; nudity is present but is clearly not the focus of this book. Rousseau elects to combine black and white with color and sepia toned images to provide stunning contrasts. One double page spread is of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater with some 26 male dancers in motion under the lead of premier dancer William Credell and is a dramatic, physically challenging study of men in motion.

This elegant book is a must for lovers of dance, whether classical ballet or contemporary interpretation, but it is also a study in anatomy for the students of sculpture, so finely captured is the power and tension of the male body in motion. This is an Art Book of the first order. Highly recommended.

Grady Harp