Limited Collectors Edition: "Nuancen & Nocturne" photobooks + print by Alwin Maigler, Kerber Verlag.

Limited Collectors Edition, 2 photobooks, signed by Alwin Maigler + signed 20x30cm print from Nuancen or Nocturne.

Nuances is Maigler's first photographic work on the subject of ballet; it is a sensitive study of the body and movement, focusing on the exploration of those fleeting spaces that are hidden in movement. The contrast between the fluidity of dance and photographic fixation reveals ballet's aesthetic depth of field with a precision that all too often remains hidden. 

Nocturne is Maigler's most recent photo series. Therefore the photographer invited the dancers of the Stuttgart Ballet to leave their customary theater setting and instead staged them in urban spaces at night. Here, freed from the constraints of their profession, they break with all convention and demand freedom: they jump into fountains, fight in parks, and climb statues. Texts, including one by Marcia Haydee, one of the most important ballet dancers of the twentieth century, complement the subversive and energetic images. 

In ballet, elegant aesthetics and grace meet the limits of the human body's capabilities. Elegance and rigor, discipline and passion-where extremes meet, they begin to inspire us. Photographer Alwin Maigier (b. 1996) has been working closely with the internationally renowned Stuttgart Ballet for many years and the double publication Nuancen and Nocturne is his personal declaration of love for classical dance. 

Both books measure 23 x 33 cm, approx. 192 pages, approx. 112 photographs I Swiss brochure I Fall 2024 I ISBN 978-3-7356-????-? I English 

Published by Kerber, Berlin.
Design by Studio TillackKnöll, Stuttgart.