Silhouette photography

http://www.petapixel.com/2012/11/19/tips-for-shooting-killer-silhouette-photos/
This is a really interesting article about how to shoot some really interesting silhouette photos. There is some really good images in this article and I feel very inspired by some of the use of dark and shadows and the use of the setting sun are great. I  would love to recreate something like this in a shoot I'm planning on doing based on the silent movie era. The story itself will be a modern story told using silent film techniques and most of the story plays out on a flight of stairs under a street lamp. I would love to be able to recreate some of the shots like this. One shot I was thinking about was under the street lamp as in one scene they male and female characters are slow dancing together. I think a shot in which they are both dancing slowly shadowed and silhouetted like some of these shots like be great. I am looking into doing some tests lighting and shots soon for it so will hopefully a bit of practise and I will be able to start recreating such a look which of course I will post about on here.