Saturday, July 13, 2024

Alvaro Cuenca: FaVorites


I love featuring dancers, not only because of their incredible bodies, but their fluid way of moving and posing.  They know they their own bodies as well well as any pro-athlete, and given dance is a performative art, they also know how best to display and spotlight their best angles and lines. 


Born in Valencia, Spain,  Alvaro Cuenca is a professional dancer, who focus involves a wide range of movement sills.  In addition to ballet, jazz,  classical and contemporary dance, Alvaro is also passionate about sports and ballroom dance studio.


Although he began his career with music theory, Sports and Competition Dance'' (ballroom dance) was his first challenge when he was only 10 years old.  Alvaro quickly moved onto to dancing professionally in shows including The Jungle Book and Alice in Wonderland.  Most recently Alvaro appeared in productions of Kinky Boots, Chicago as well as appearing Bailando con las estrellas, the Spanish version of Dancing With The Stars.





Most of the images in the first part of this post are 'casual shots', with Alvaro showing off his beautiful body, and well worked-out buttocks at the beach.  So many 'official' images of dancers are quite serious, so I loved seeing him relaxed and at play.

That doesn't mean a great professional shot of that body and butt are not equally spectacular! 



Although I love the casual shots, my favorite images of Alvaro are from this series from photographer PhotoArtVLC.  I love the lighting and the mood captured.  You can almost feel the vibe, sights and senses of being in the dance studio early on a Saturday morning.  Alone, with hours of had work and body exertion ahead of you.


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