RACHEL NEVILLE
Dynamic Dance Photography
Rachel Neville creates unique, powerful, transformative visuals for dance companies and editorial publications that are designed to stop viewers, captivate their imagination and bring them into the theatre.
A multi talented artist who utilizes the medium of photography, Rachel is a former dancer and teacher. Her images are informed as much from her dance history as they are from her innate creative vision and her clients visual needs.
achel Neville Has spent many years shooting dance for a variety of clients, including Boston Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Carolina Ballet, Memphis Ballet Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Eleve Dancewear and Grishko, and she has deliberately and consciously chosen to perfect a visual style that translates the power and emotion of motion into still images.
In 2018, Rachel was selected to be the Brand Ambassador for Paul C Buff. Her work has been exhibited in New York and she is a leading lecturer on Dance Photography, teaching workshops to other photographers around the world.
“In my personal work, I love to sink my teeth into dance images that cause a viewer to take a moment and be in the scene, connecting the audience to the dancer, and the emotion of the moment is always my goal.”
– Rachel Neville
“Dance has the power to inspire, transcend, and create human connection. I truly believe it is one of the highest art forms and must be celebrated and experienced! That is why I have made it my mission to spread the beauty and art of dance to as many people as possible. I am out to eradicate the starving artist conversation that so many dancers and artists have been been taught to believe. Through the power of marketing, education and stunning visuals, I believe dance companies, choreographers and dancers can achieve the success and reach they work so hard for!”
– Rachel Neville