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Christopher Duggan

Christopher Duggan is principal photographer of Christopher Duggan Photography, a New York City-based wedding and dance photography studio. Christopher and his team cover Manhattan's finest wedding venues, the Metropolitan, Tri-State areas and the Berkshires, and frequently travels to destination weddings. The company's mission is straightforward and heartfelt - create timeless, memorable images of brides, grooms, their families and friends, and capture special moments of shared love, laughter and joy.

Christopher has been the Festival Photographer for Jacob’s Pillow Dance since 2006. In this capacity, and as a respected New York-based dance photographer, he has worked with renowned choreographers and performers of international acclaim as well as upstarts in the city’s diverse performance scene. He has photographed WestFest at Cunningham Studios, Dance From the Heart for Dancers Responding to Aids, The Gotham Dance Festival at The Joyce Theater, and assisted Nel Shelby Productions in filming Vail International Dance Festival.

Duggan often teams up with his talented wife and Pillow videographer Nel Shelby. A New York City-based husband and wife dance documentation team, they are equipped to document performances, create and edit marketing videos and choreography reels, and much more.

He is a regular contributor to 4dancers.org and the Culture section of Huffington Post and his photographs appear in The New York Times, Destination I Do, Photo District News, Boston Globe, Financial Times, Dance Magazine, Munaluchi Bridal, and Bride & Bloom, among other esteemed publications and popular wedding blogs. One of his images of Bruce Springsteen was added to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's celebrated photography collection in 2010. His company has been selected for inclusion in “The Listings” in New York Weddings magazine. Christopher's images from Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival's Inside/Out have been chosen by the National Museum of Dance for a year-long photographic exhibition beginning this May.

Monday, June 13, 2011

Julian Barnett, Ashleigh Leite & Sydney Skybetter | Gotham Dance Festival at The Joyce Theater

I wrapped up two weeks of photographing the Gotham Dance Festival at The Joyce Theater with Julian Barnett, Ashleigh Leite and Sydney Skybetter. I’ve worked with Sydney (and his hair) in the studio as well as in the office (through Design Brooklyn) so I was extra excited to photograph skybetter + associates’ performances at The Joyce.

Joyce Theater Gotham Dance Festival 2011

Goodbye Gotham Dance Festival 2011

Having heard all about the Skybaby in photo sessions and meetings, I was thrilled that his beautiful son and wife Leticia also made an appearance at the theater. My wife Nel was able to bring our daughter Gracie Friday afternoon, too. Gracie’s first time seeing dance at the Joyce.

Sydney Skybetter and family at The Joyce Theater NYC

SkyFamily at The Joyce

Sydney presented the world premiere of Temporary Matters and a revival of Halcyon. The skybetter + associates dancers looked awesome on the Joyce stage. We both agree it was epic.

Skybetter + Associates "Halcyon"

To add to the show’s epic quality, Julian Barnett performed his solo Echologue.

Julian Barnett's "Echologue"

And Ashleigh Leite Dance performed The Zoo, accompanied by Leite’s own original sound design.

Ashleigh Leite's "The Zoo"

So grateful for the past two weeks working in the theater with my beautiful wife Nel and absolutely amazing dance artists. Can’t wait to start the next big dance festival in my life – Jacob’s Pillow, here we come!