Beat the Time: The Dance (Part Three)

“Nobody cares if you can't dance well. 

Just get up and dance. 
Great dancers are great because of their passion.” 
(Martha Graham) 

Pepito, young Marinera champion from Peru. ROME – 5 February 2017 

The right way to end my tribute to dance is to show my portraits of some of the dancers. 

If the faces are languages without alphabets, as I often write citing the Iraqi poet Amal Al-Jaburi, then the portraits of those who dance are even closer to this definition, because even the bodies of the dance speak without using alphabets, if not those of the choreography and passion. 

In dance we read without understanding, pure emotion that dominates the intellect.  Each face has its own beauty, in this case also enriched by traditional clothes and makeup. They are compendiums of culture. 

In many cases there are existences devoted to art and dance. They are bodies that become open doors to the cultural tradition of their country. This is why I wanted to conclude with their portraits. 

Have a good trip. 

Dancers from Bolivia. ROME – 5 February 2017 

Young dancers from Africa. ROME – 23 May 2015 

Dancers from Sri Lanka. “Pradeep Shastra Dance Group”. ROME – 24 April 2017

Young dancer from Bangladesh. ROME – 19 February 2017 

Dance teacher and her students Bharatanatyam, India. “Bharatanatyam Kunti Devi Group”. ROME – 16 February 2018

Kathak dancer from India. Anurekha Gosh from Calcutta. ROME – 21 November 2016

Manju dancer of the DHOAD Gypsies of Rajasthan, India. ROME – 22 April 2017 

Related posts:
·         Beat the Time: The Dance (Part One)
·         Beat the Time: The Dance (Part Two)

Dancer from China. ROME – 10 February 2018

Young dancer from the Philippines. “Pinoy Teens Salinlahi Dance Group”. ROME – 29 April 2017

Dancer from Thailand. ROME – 22 April 2017

Dancers from Thailand. ROME – 14 January 2018 

Ton, dancer from Thailand with Jane from Indonesia. ROME – 24 April 2017

Pinkan, dancer from Indonesia. ROME – 21 June 2017

Batak dancer from Indonesia. PENANG – 2 April 2019 

Dancer from Malaysia. KELANTAN – 21 July 2018

Kaoru Kobayashi from Japan. ROME – 24 April 2017

Dancer from Korea. ROME – 22 April 2017

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