On Assignment: The Joy of Dance

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Andrea Mohin, a New York Times staff photographer who specializes in dance, says she is trying to capture moves that can be difficult to anticipate. Sports photographers have the advantage of knowing the goal — players have roles and are trying to meet the same ends, often together, as a team. Dance, however, can be totally unpredictable. There is no end zone, no basket. The action is just as quick. Also, it all takes place in the dark. Recently, Ms. Mohin was on assignment photographing Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, an all-male dance company performing “Paquita” at the Joyce Theater in New York. She was shadowed by a videographer, Elaisha Stokes, with whom she shared the joy she finds in dance — the “joy in every movement.”