--- title: "253 - Contemporary Dance Portraits, Kaplan 11/18-12/22 2006" date: 2017-08-22T17:12:00-04:00 author: Graham Murray canonical_url: "https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/253-contemporary-dance-portraits-kaplan-11-18-12-22-2006" section: Exhibition --- [![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg)](/) ![](/src/images/search.svg) View Artists Search Artists [Exhibitions](/feature_exhibitions) [Past Exhibitions](/past_exhibitions/) [Artists](/artist_overview) [News & Press](/news_overview) [Inventory](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery/artists) [Publications](/feature_publications) [Gallery Info](/about) [Contact](/contact) [![Facebook](/src/images/fb.svg)](https://www.facebook.com/RonaldFeldmanGallery/) [![Instagram](/src/images/ig.svg)](https://www.instagram.com/feldmangallery/) [![Twitter](/src/images/tw.svg)](https://twitter.com/feldmangallery?lang=en) [Artsy](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery) 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In choosing to photograph performing artists in the photographer’s studio – a different kind of stage – Kaplan plays upon the tension between feeling and artifice. She uses the portrait genre to approach dance obliquely, conveying qualities related to performance, but not its replication. Each image offers a visual translation of the body, lending a unique and personal identity to each artist’s larger work. [ ![](/src/images/down-arrow.svg) View Press Release ](https://feldmangallery.com/assets/pdfs/Kaplan/2007/Kaplan.pdf) [ ![](/src/images/redirect.svg) View Artist ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/peggy-jarrell-kaplan) ![Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker 1987 1](/assets/exhibition_images/Anne-Teresa-De-Keersmaeker-1987_1.JPG) Peggy Jarrell Kaplan Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker (detail), 1987 View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker 1987 1]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Peggy Jarrell Kaplan Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker (detail), 1987 ![Chris Elam 2002 1]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Peggy Jarrell Kaplan Chris Elam, 2002 ![Kaplan Lucinda Childs 1984]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Peggy Jarrell Kaplan Lucinda Childs, 1984 ![Jeremy Wade 2006]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Peggy Jarrell Kaplan Jeremy Wade, 2006 ![Christopher Williams Decadence 2006 1]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Peggy Jarrell Kaplan Christopher Williams, Decadence, 2006 ![Kim Itoh 1998 1]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Peggy Jarrell Kaplan Kim Itoh, 1998 ![Yin Mei 2002 2 1]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Peggy Jarrell Kaplan Yin Mei, 2002 #2 ![William Forsythe 1999 1]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Peggy Jarrell Kaplan William Forsythe, 1999 ![North Installation A 1](/assets/exhibition_images/Kaplan/2007/north-installation-A_1.JPG) Contemporary Dance: Portraits of Choreographs 1981-2006 View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![North Installation A 1]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Contemporary Dance: Portraits of Choreographs 1981-2006 installation view ![North Installation B 1]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Contemporary Dance: Portraits of Choreographs 1981-2006 installation view ![South Installation A 1]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Contemporary Dance: Portraits of Choreographs 1981-2006 installation view ![South Installation C 1]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Contemporary Dance: Portraits of Choreographs 1981-2006 installation view ![North Installation A 1](/assets/exhibition_images/Kaplan/2007/north-installation-A_1.JPG) ![North Installation B 1](/assets/exhibition_images/Kaplan/2007/north-installation-B_1.JPG) ![South Installation A 1](/assets/exhibition_images/Kaplan/2007/south-installation-A_1.JPG) ![South Installation C 1](/assets/exhibition_images/Kaplan/2007/south-installation-C_1.JPG) ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) ![](/src/images/close_btn.svg) ![North Installation A 1]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Contemporary Dance: Portraits of Choreographs 1981-2006 installation view ![North Installation B 1]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Contemporary Dance: Portraits of Choreographs 1981-2006 installation view ![South Installation A 1]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Contemporary Dance: Portraits of Choreographs 1981-2006 installation view ![South Installation C 1]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Contemporary Dance: Portraits of Choreographs 1981-2006 installation view Ronald Feldman Gallery has been at the frontier of contemporary art since 1971. 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