“The materials help me to strengthen the
image,” she explains, “Not just conveying the
model’s beauty, but also my own feelings and
experiences.”
While some of her collections are certainly
avant-garde, Roik also works with professional
dancers to capture movement and physical
alignment with delicate precision.
"As a child, I was engaged in rhythmic
gymnastics,” says Roik of her fascination with
choreography and the human body.
With elegantly elongated limbs and delicate
poise, Roik positions ballerinas in inventive
positions: balancing on sheets of fabric, coated
in materials that accentuate their muscular
structure, or tangled in sheets that hug their
delicate curves. With alignment and symmetry,
the images maintain balance despite the fluid
motion of each subject.
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