Visit Kelly Stachura’s Web site and you’ll find pictures of dancers — all taken by Stachura herself — in hundreds of traditional poses.

But now the 23-year-old photographer is moving away from the conventional ideology of the dancer as performer with her new exhibit The Domestic Series, to be displayed at the Barrington Area Art Counsel’s Gallery at the Garlands in Barrington, starting Thursday.

“One day when I was vacuuming, my leg flipped up in the air (like a dancer’s) and it gave me the idea,” Stachura said. “(I wondered), what other things do dancers do around the home?”

Considering the title of Stachura’s new exhibit, one tends to conjure up images of apron-clad housewives, but the series has nothing to do with standard domesticity. Viewers are treated to color photographs that capture the actions of several female dancers as they complete domestic tasks — loading a dishwasher, ironing, taking laundry from a dryer — en pointe.

The resulting shots provide a look at what happens when the mundane activities of everyday life meet the passion of artistry.

“This exhibit, in a way, shows the duality of women; the juxtapositions of the different roles we play in our lives,” said Corryn Hall-Lee, arts council executive director. “It’s an amazing concept.”

As is the case with most of Stachura’s work, inspiration for The Domestic Series came from her background in dance. A Barrington resident and staff photographer for the Dance Academy of Libertyville, she began dancing when she took ballet lessons at age 3.

“Dancers are programmed for movement,” Stachura said. “How a dancer stands, how she reaches for an object, and how she walks down the street are all products of how she has been taught to navigate space. These abilities manifest themselves so subtly that most dancers don’t even realize that they are stretching, practicing, and dancing their way through life.”

Stachura’s interest in photography developed under Barrington High School instructor Jeffrey Dionesotes, and she went on to study at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago. The Domestic Series represents her seventh solo appearance in the past five years. Her last exhibit, “Noir et blanc,” on display in an exhibit coordinated by the arts council at the Barrington Area Library, brought rave reviews from dancers and critics alike.

“Kelly has a wonderful eye,” Hall-Lee said. “I have never seen pictures like this and I am very happy that BAAC could bring the exhibit to a bigger audience.”

The arts council will display The Domestic Series starting Thursday through Feb. 28, with an artist reception from 7-9 p.m. Jan. 12.

The council’s gallery at the Garlands is at 1000 Garlands Lane in Barrington. For more information on the exhibit, call the arts council at (847) 382-5626.

For more information on the photographer, visit www.kellystachura.com.