Photographer Francois Rousseau has photographed over 60 dancers for this stunning collection of the body in motion. 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.
With an artist's eye Rousseau captures the innate eroticism and beauty of these artists as they  prepare and perform. Whether seen in their most personal times of self-reflection or public moments under the spotlight these dancers 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.
