Photographer Jesús Chapa-Malacara was looking for something to get him out of his artistic rut. A former dancer himself, he knew that dance photography was well-trodden ground.
But that didn't make him back away from the subject. Instead, he looked for a new perspective.
His goal with the photographs is to document as much of dance "as a language" as possible — each photograph capturing one movement within the glossary of ballet moves from beginning to end.
And he does so without using any Photoshop or special equipment: "I feel like this current age of photo manipulation, it’s begging us to push the boundaries of traditional photography to show it still offers new perspectives technically and artistically."
A Kickstarter campaign to help continue the project is offering a series of prints with a little something extra. Supporters can see all the prints come to life in video format when a special app is pointed at the images.
Prance down the page for a look at a few of the photos, including his first published work with break dancers, as well as Chapa-Malacara's official gallery.
Images: Jesús Chapa-Malacara