Modern Dance Sketching

Class 1 - Session 3 - sketchbook

These sketches were all done last Friday (the 15th) at the University of Utah Modern Dance Senior Recital. I enjoyed drawing these dancers much more than the ones at Ballet West last week. I find that the poses and movements in modern dance are so much more expressive and raw. They aren't so concerned with how pretty they look or how elegant and dainty everything is. It's so much more human and spontaneous and powerful. They really make statements. Of course some find it to be pretentious and too art for art's sake, but there's something about it that I respond strongly to.