Modern Dance and Ballet
Marc Mellon Sculpture Studio - Marc Mellon is one of America's foremost representational sculptors, well known for his portrait busts and statues recognizing leadership and outstanding achievement.
ballet sculpture
“From the time I began sculpting, some forty years ago, I’ve been intrigued with the challenge of revealing beauty while capturing balance and motion. Some of my earliest choreographer-inspired dance bronzes, including Graham Contraction and Horton Balance Technique, addressed this challenge. Other works explored the way dancers carry themselves dancing, while at rest, or while stretching, often in response to the previous rigorous pose. I’ve been a close observer of dance, as Degas and Rodin were before me, and I often refer back to their works when conceiving or resolving my own.”
The ABT 2018 Golden Circle Luncheon
At the invitation of the Ballet Theatre Foundation, benefiting American Ballet Theatre, Mellon displayed three new balletic bronzes at this year’s ABT’s Golden Circle Luncheon held at the Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center.
Each of these new limited edition works was created in collaboration with a dancer from American Ballet Theatre. Together, the artist and individual dancer chose each pose. These new additions join 6 other ballet bronzes that Mellon has created working with ABT dancers.
Odette, in Performance
ABT principal dancer Devon Teuscher
Bronze
Limited edition of 12
Odette, in Rehearsal
ABT principal dancer devon teuscher
Bronze
Limited edition of 12
Giselle
ABT principal dancer Christine Shevchenko
Bronze
Limited edition of 12
The ABT 2017 Golden Circle Luncheon
La Bayadère
ABT principal dancer Hee Seo
Bronze
Limited edition of 12
Battement a la Seconde
ABT Soloist Cassandra Trenary
bronze
Limited edition of 12
Apollo
Former ABT principal dancer Marcelo Gomes
Bronze
Limited edition of 12
The ABT 2016 Golden Circle Luncheon
Hee Seo, Curtain Call
ABT principal dancer Hee Seo
bronze, 24” high
edition of 12
Cassandra Rising
ABT Soloist Cassandra Trenary
bronze, 30" high
edition of 12
Elina Arabesque
Corps de ballet member Elina Miettinen
Bronze, 24" high
edition of 12
NEW BALLET SCULPTURE
The Pas De Deux Series
“My earliest Pas de Deux sculptures where created thirty years ago. These past few years I’ve returned to the theme with a renewed passion and focus. In the process I’ve produced a series of works that dancers and admirers of dance have embraced. Each dancer brings years, or decades of training to what he or she does. I strive to capture the dancer’s intent, and to elicit from the viewer something of the emotional response we feel when we view dancers dancing in performance.”
Taking Flight
BRONZE, 21"
AENEAS
Bronze, 22.5"
ARCH
Bronze, 15.5"
ALOFT
Bronze, 22.5"
TAKING FLIGHT AND ALOFT (enlarged versions in process)
DANCERS IN Bronze
“Each dancer’s portrait is meant to evoke the inner life of the dancer, and resonate with the dancer’s or choreographer’s intent. When I speak with dancers and choreographers about their work and mine, we share much common ground.”
CATALINA
Bronze, 24"
Balance and Beauty
Bronze, 23"
KATE IN A Red Dress
Bronze, 24"
SPIRALING DANCER
Bronze, 25"
RAIN
Bronze, 25"
STRIDING DANCER
Bronze, 20.5"
capturing
Bronze, 26"
Dance
Bronze, 8"
Lover's dance
Bronze, 15" high
wings
Bronze, 9.5"
SEMINAL CHOREOGRAPHERS
OF MODERN DANCE
Graham Contraction
Traveling Attitude
Horton Balance Technique
Reaching