At the Cherry Blossom Festival in DC

Gina Ianni of TAKE Dance, photo by JR Cook.

When I mentioned to my friend JR that TAKE Dance would be performing SAKURA SAKURA at the annual Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC on March 26th, I thought it would be something that she’d enjoy watching. But she decided to try her hand at dance photography (for the first time) and arranged with the Festival to shoot the performance. Here are some of her images:

Gina Ianni, Nana Tsuda Misko

Nana & Gina

Gina Ianni, Lynda Senisi

Nana Tsuda Misko, Marie Zvosec

Kristen Arnold

Jill Echo, Marie Zvosec

Nana, Marie, Lynda, Jill, Gina

SAKURA SAKURA (Cherry Blossoms) was created in 2005 by Takehiro Ueyama and is set for six women to traditional Japanese music and Mozart; it’s a perfect Festival piece for its ritualistic feeling and its clarity of expression.

TAKE Dance will premiere their newest work, SALARYMAN, at Dance Theater Workshop May 18th – 21st. Information here.