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Joel Dichter | Minneapolis St Paul Twin Cities Minnesota | Professional Ballet and Dance Photographer Emily Charais

Once again Joel impressed me completely during our session. I have always been impressed with how creative and determined Joel has been during our sessions and watching him evolve with each of our sessions have been a pure blessing for me. We had our session this summer in the city of Minneapolis. As we do...

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Ana – Water | Minneapolis St Paul Twin Cities Minnesota | Ballet and Dance Photographer Emily Charais

Ana. Man this girl is special. I have worked with Ana a few times and invited her to be one of my project elements. I chose water for Ana because she has this deeply rooted connection to her breathing and I thought she would be perfect in water.I was not wrong. This gorgeous editorial style...

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Olivia G – Wind | Minneapolis St Paul Twin Cities Minnesota | Professional Dance and Ballet Photographer Emily Charais

This summer I decided to start a project of dance sessions that had a theme or focus to each of them to personally push myself in searching for the artistry in my dancers, and to show what is possible for my dancers beyond my studio and audition portraits. I decided on using the elements in...

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Natalie | Minneapolis St Paul Twin Cities Minnesota | Senior and Dance Portrait Photographer Emily Charais

Natalie was so much fun to work with this spring on an absolutely gorgeous day. She is a dancer who also wanted senior portraits so we did a really nice blended session. The first half of her session we focused on getting a nice variety of senior portraits for her yearbook and for family and...

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Abby | Minneapolis St Paul Twin Cities Minnesota | Dance and Ballet Photographer Emily Charais

Abby is a super beautiful dancer to came to me this summer for her first dance session and I hope it is just the first of many. We had an absolutely stunning day for our session with the prettiest light. Abby is so graceful and has really fun lines to play with. Enjoy a sample...

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Emily Charais is a professional portrait artist available for booking worldwide, but based in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul Minnesota. She specializes in organic and relaxed Family and senior portraits. She also brings decades of ballet technique knowledge to her dance sessions, making her a unique asset to the Minneapolis dance community.

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