{"id":2023709,"date":"2016-03-23T12:09:45","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T11:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/2016\/03\/23\/the-stars-of-james-bort\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T00:51:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:51:16","slug":"the-stars-of-james-bort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/2016\/03\/23\/the-stars-of-james-bort\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8220;Stars&#8221; of James Bort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the invitation of Benjamin Millepied, James Bort photographed the 18 star dancers of the Op\u00e9ra National de Paris. For 3 days in July 2015, he offered them to choose the costume of their favorite ballet character (Mathieu Ganio as Romeo, Doroth\u00e9e Gilbert as Manon, Marie-Agn\u00e8s Gillot as Eurydice, etc.):<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wanted to see only the costume on them, without makeup or accessories, without hair. My wish was to make ressen alone, facing his mirror.&#8221; James Bort<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2023709 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/cv_14_160216-indd-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"735\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/couverture-etoiles-james-bort-735x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" 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faces and bodies in motion are shown in a way that is both intimate and spectacular, where power is combined with grace.<\/p>\n<p>James Bort succeeds in capturing movement and stillness to give you a glimpse of these dancers as you&#8217;ve never seen them before.<br \/>\nExhibi:on of James Bort&#8217;s photographs from March 18 to April 17, 2016 at Op\u00e9ra Bas:lle.<\/p>\n<p>Photos from the book are on display from March 18 to April 17 at the Op\u00e9ra Bastille.<br \/>\nBlog: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesbort.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.jamesbort.com<\/strong><\/a> | <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesbort.com\/factory-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/james.bort.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesBort\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the invitation of Benjamin Millepied, James Bort photographed the 18 star dancers of the Op\u00e9ra National de Paris. 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