Full Circle: When Dance Meets Design

 

A Ballet-Inspired Photoshoot for Patricia Bos Jewellery

 

Some stories take a lifetime to complete  and for me, this one came full circle.

Before I ever became a designer, I was a ballet dancer.

The stage was my first language  the place where I learned how form, balance, and grace could express what words never could.
Years later, those same instincts shape every piece I create: the curve of a cuff, the fall of a chain, the poise of structure against skin.

So when it came time to create a new jewellery campaign, I knew I wanted to return to that world  to translate the essence of dance into the visual language of design.
Not as performance, but as presence.

The photoshoot was a true meeting of worlds  a collaboration between artists who share the same pulse.
Photographer Judith Pronk , a former dancer herself, understood instantly how to capture that harmony between the body and the jewellery , strength and delicacy, discipline and emotion.
She knew when to wait for a breath, a tilt of the head, a hand reaching through the air  those fleeting moments where everything aligns.

Two dear friends and former dance colleagues, Robin and Eva Scheffer, joined me as the muses for the shoot.
Seeing them move again  their lines still perfect, their bodies fluent in memory  was deeply moving.
The jewellery came alive in their presence, not as decoration, but as extension: silver tracing strength, light reflecting grace.

The day was filled with laughter, stories, and quiet nostalgia.
Standing there, watching the dancers and the camera move in unison, I realized how seamlessly my past and present had woven together.

What began years ago as a dancer’s dream had become the foundation of my creative vision sculptural design rooted in emotion, shaped by discipline, elevated by elegance.

That day reminded me that nothing we love ever really leaves us.
It simply changes form.