Issue 05

Kate Huntington in LA

Kate Huntington and I got together for a quick shoot at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California.

It had rained the night before our shoot so the air was extra clear, which created beautiful light for our early morning shoot.

You can follow Kate on IG here @K8Huntington

-Oliver Endahl

Kayla Incontro in SF

This was Kayla Incontro and my first time shooting together. We utilized a variety of indoor and outdoor locations in the Bay Area, and created a huge amount of epic shots.

You can follow Kayla on IG here @KayinContro and keep an eye on the Zine for more shoots with her in the future.

-Oliver Endahl

Zahna Simon in San Francisco

Zahna Simon is a deaf dancer located in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is the company and festival assistant director at the Urban Jazz Dance Company and is extremely talented.

We used a variety of locations in SF, including the Sutro Bath Ruins, Ocean Beach, the Hidden Staircase, and Sutro Heights Park.

You can follow Zahna on Instagram here @DeafEnPointe

-Oliver Endahl

The Pointe Shop 2024 Models

Jane Woodford and June Freeman are the 2024 Pointe Shop Models.

For this session with them, we shot in the Orange County area in Southern California.

Both June and Jane are extremely talented and this shoot was absolutely epic.

You can follow them on their IG’s below, along with the Pointe Shop.

@JuneDelilahFreeman

@Jane_en_Pointe

@ThePointeShop

Till next time,

-Oliver Endahl

Elseana Skowronski Interview + SF Photoshoot

Elseana Skowronski is a talented dancer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. We’ve shot together many times over the years.

Below is an interview with Elseana + photos from our latest shoot.

Top 5 favorite movies ever (in no order; just 5 movies)

Dirty Dancing, You’ve Got Mail, The Wedding Planner, Chicago, 500 Days of Summer

Favorite movie of 2024!

Wicked, hands down. I’m not really one to go to the theaters much or explore very many new movies. Usually when movies are heavily hyped I inevitably  am disappointed. Wicked lived up though. Obsessed.

Does your relationship to dance feel different now than it used to? (Put another way; Has your relationship with dance changed at all?)

Definitely! I used to get much more caught up in the perfection of it all and get very stressed out by the performance aspect. I don’t dance as much as I would like anymore, but I definitely have more of an appreciation for just the movement and artistry of it all. I also unfortunately deal with a lot of chronic pain, so that has had an effect on the way I move my body. I think over all I am much more gentle and forgiving of myself when I dance now!

What music artists do you listen to?

Soooo many! My top artists this year were Olivia Dean, Hozier, SZA, Kendrick Lamar, and Noah Kahah, which I think represents my music taste pretty well.

What brings you joy?

Lately my friends/family/community has felt especially warm and important to me. Also music, flowers and my house plants, and art :)

Is it important for people to have hobbies?

I would argue yes! I think it shapes you into a full human. I think it’s easy to get caught up in work/school/responsibilities/etc. but if you don’t have enjoyable interests, what’s the point of life really?

Do you enjoy traveling? If so, what’s been a recent favorite trip of yours?

I do! I have been traveling more and more lately and I went on a lot of fun trips this year. Most recent fav was definitely Sri Lanka! It was my first time out of the country and I went to see one of my best friends! I got to spend some good quality time with her, ate a lot of really good food, swam in the ocean, and fulfilled a life long dream of seeing elephants in the wild hehe.

Where do you think the genre of repertory dance should go? Is there anything you want to see more of?

I would love to see repertory dance become more accessible to viewers and more inclusive in its representation. I feel like art deserves to be seen and felt and experienced by the masses, and that’s difficult when it is often catered toward such a small demographic.

What is your current go to “feel good” show?

Always Gilmore Girls and How I Met Your Mother!

What is a movie you saw this year that you liked but probably won’t rewatch?

This is actually a really difficult question because I am a major re-watcher, even if the film was mediocre lol. I think maybe this move called Love At First Sight. I technically have already watched this twice… But the first time was during a movie night I had with a friend and we literally talked through the entire thing, so I went back to watch again, and though it was a cute and enjoyable watch, we weren’t missing much by talking through it lol.

You can follow Elseana on IG here @Elseana.Dance

Till next time,

-Oliver Endahl

Sofia in SF

Sofia and I have shot together a few times over the years in a variety of states and locations.

This time, we spent the day creating in San Francisco, California.

Isn’t that arabesque crazy?

We started the shoot at Bernal Heights, which offers beautiful views of the city + a nice view of the Sutro Tower (which you can see in the bottom right corner of the image above)

After bernal we headed to the Legion of Honor Museum.

The legion of honor is a popular photo spot in SF because it has a good variety of photogenic locations in the vicinity.

Our last location was Ocean Beach. That evening the weather rolled in some extremely dense fog that created a gorgeous mysterious atmosphere.

This shoot was extremely fun and we got a ton of gorgeous outdoor dance photos.

You can follow Sofia on IG here, and keep an eye on the zine for more photos down the line.

-Oliver Endahl