What Lies Beneath, an exhibition of photographic portraits of dancers by Rick Guest with Olivia Pomp, will be open to the public from 22-31 January 2016 at the Hospital Club Gallery, London.
In his second exhibition of dancers to be held at the Hospital Club Gallery, dance photographer Guest and his long-time collaborator Olivia Pomp "explore the supreme spirit and ensuing physicality that underpins a dancer’s art", seeking to "strip away the external layers of costume, role and performance to reveal the character of the dancers themselves".
The dancers are photographed in the clothing they wear for daily ballet practice, which perform various functions, "from the necessary preservation of heat to a small piece of self-expression in an otherwise uniform ensemble act".
The exhibition features Edward Watson, Tamara Rojo, Steven McRae, Marianela Nuñez, Alban Lendorf, Zenaida Yanowsky, Melissa Hamilton, as well dancers from the English National Ballet, the Royal Ballet, The Dresden Semperoper, Wayne McGregor | Random Dance, the Richard Alston Company and the Royal Danish Ballet.
Each piece is in a limited edition of six, and all will be for sale. The exhibition will have an accompanying book featuring more images from the series and an essay by Sarah Crompton.