Dance around the world

We humans are natural dancers. Dances can be celebrations, or for praise, or for an audience - or just a simple act of letting the rhythm move your body. Dancers can communicate ideas, preserve cultural identities, strengthen social bonds, or just have a lot of fun. Collected here are recent photographs of us, human beings around the world, professional and amateur, in motion for all of the reasons above and more. (39 photos total)

A dancer from the English National Ballet performing 'Ballets Russes' at Sadler's Wells poses in her 'Dying Swan' costume designed by Karl Largerfeld on June 16, 2009 in London, England. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Tommy Tucker and Sarina Robinson swing dance in Central Park to honor legendary Lindy Hop dancer Frankie Manning May 22, 2009 in New York City. More than 2,000 Lindy Hoppers from around the world gathered in New York to celebrate Manning's life and mark what would have been his 95th birthday as he passed away prior this year on April 27. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) #

People dance under the rainbow as they refuse to let the wet weather dampen their high spirits during the Bela Music 2009 rock festival at the Borovaya airfield just outside of the Belarus capital Minsk, Saturday, May 23, 2009.(AP Photo) #

Villagers dance during a ceremony for the opening of housing units in the al-Dhafir village west of Sanaa, Yemen on May 24, 2009. The houses were built by Saudi Prince al-Waleed bin Talal for victims of the December 28, 2005 landslide in al-Dhafir. The landslide killed 65 people and destroyed 27 of the village's 31 houses. (REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah) #

Honda's humanoid robot "Asimo" leads pupils in a dance at a primary school during its first appearance in Wuhan, Hubei province, China on May 26, 2009. (REUTERS/Stringer) #

A North Korean waitress dances with Chinese visitors at a North Korean restaurant in the Chinese border city of Dandong, May 28, 2009. (REUTERS/Jason Lee) #

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater members Antonio Douthit, Glenn Allen Sims and Kirven Boyd. (Andrew Eccles) #

Egyptian groom Ayman Muhammad, 32, dances with his bride Mona as they take a midnight boat trip on the Nile River on June 1, 2009 in Cairo, Egypt. (David Silverman/Getty Images) #

Festival visitors wear plastic bags around their feet as they dance during a rain shower at the music festival "Rock am Ring" (Rock at the Ring) at the Nuerburgring racetrack in Nuerburg, western Germany on June 6, 2009. (PHILIPP GUELLAND/AFP/Getty Images) #

Dancers of the Morenada participate in the entrance of Jesus del Gran Poder (Jesus of Great Power) during the festival of the same name in La Paz, Bolivia on June 6, 2009. The pagan festival, where 55 fraternities and some 35,000 folklorists participate, takes to the street of the Bolivian capital in reverence of Sr. Jesus del Gran Poder. (AIZAR RALDES/AFP/Getty Images) #

A dancer from the Argentine troupe Fuerza Bruta, or "Brute Force," performs during opening night at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami, Florida, June 10, 2009. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria) #

Employees of a marine park perform an underwater mermaid dance routine inside a giant aquarium in Manila, Philippines on June 5, 2009. (JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images) #

U.S. army soldiers dance during their time off at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan on June 6, 2009. (REUTERS/Jorge Silva) #

A dancer from the Argentine troupe Fuerza Bruta performs during opening night at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami, Florida, June 10, 2009. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria) #

People enjoy the Junkanoo parade as a dancer passes by at the Goombay Festival on June 6, 2009 in Coconut Grove, Florida. The festival is a celebration of culture expression embracing the legacy of a Bahamian-rooted community. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) #

Hindu devotees perform a ritual dance before immersing an idol of the Goddess Durga into the revered Ganges River, in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) #

Cheerleaders from the Los Angeles Lakers team dance during game two of the NBA finals against the Orlando Magic at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on June 7, 2009. (MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images) #

Dancer Tania Isaac, performing in costume. (Bill Herbert) #

Supporters of reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi dance to music coming from a speaker in the trunk of a car, right, in the streets at a night-time street rally just days before the election, in the Sadatabad district of northern Tehran, Iran, in the early hours of Tuesday, June 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) #

Spectators watch dancers from the Argentine troupe Fuerza Bruta perform in water above their heads during opening night at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami, Florida, June 10, 2009. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria) #

Dancers of the World Roma festival Khamoro dance at the Old Town square in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, May 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) #

Israeli actors dressed in illuminated outfits dance outside of Jaffa gate during the Jerusalem Festival of Light in Jerusalem's Old city, Thursday, June 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill) #

People dance in the street a day before the start of the Confederations Cup soccer tournament in Rustenburg, South Africa, Saturday, June 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul White) #

Chamara Tomlinson performs a traditional Praise Dance in front of the casket of Spc. Roberto A. Hernandez II, 21, of Far Rockaway, New York, during his funeral June 12, 2009 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Spc. Hernandez was killed of wounds sustained when his mounted patrol was attacked with an improvised explosive device and small arms fire on June 2 in Paktya, Afghanistan. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) #

Dancers dressed as Kumari, The Living Goddess, perform a traditional dance in Kathmandu, Nepal in this June 13, 2009 picture. A group of boys and girls from Vajra Kala Kunja dance troupe performed in public to showcase their learning of fast-disappearing Nepali traditional dance. (REUTERS/Gopal Chitrakar) #

Revelers dance and celebrate during the 116th Street Festival in Spanish Harlem June 13, 2009 in New York City. The 28-block festival draws around 100,000 attendees and is one of a number of weekend Puerto Rican pride festivities occurring a day before the annual Puerto Rican Day Parade. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) #

Supporters of Indonesian presidential candidate Megawati Sukarnoputri dance as a singer performs prior to her speech at Porong district in Sidoarjo, East Java province June 14, 2009. (REUTERS/Beawiharta) #

Jamaica Macdonald of Providence, Rhode Island, AKA "Jinx", works a homemade lighted hula hoop on the dance floor during Elektra's Revenge at Wonder Bar in Allston, Massachusetts on June 11, 2009. (Erik Jacobs/Boston Globe) #

Monks from the Shaolin Temple in China rehearse inside wooden boxes as part of a dance entitled "Sutra" choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui - part of the annual Singapore Arts Festival, Wednesday May 20, 2009.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) #

Monks from the Shaolin Temple in China rehearse a dance entitled "Sutra" as part of the annual Singapore Arts Festival, on Wednesday May 20, 2009.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) #

An Israeli student dances in foam during a party marking the start of gay pride events at Sapir College near the southern town of Sderot, Israel on June 8, 2009. (REUTERS/Amir Cohen) #

Melissa Conner of Boston dances with Damon Iannuzzelli of South Boston at an event named "Hearthrob vs. Thunderdome" at Puma City, a temporary event space set up on Boston's Fan Pier on May 2, 2009. (Erik Jacobs/Boston Globe) #

Doug Walker and his "New York City Float Committee" group break dance in Times Square Station (Damon Winter / The New York Times) #

A member of Australia's Tom Tom Crew performs during a photocall in central London on June 18, 2009. (SHAUN CURRY/AFP/Getty Images) #

Dancers dressed in traditional costumes perform during a street parade in central Colombo, Sri Lanka on May 22, 2009. The parade of over 200,000 people was part of continuing celebrations to commemorate the victory of government troops over the Tamil Tiger rebels in their 25-year war. (REUTERS/David Gray) #

Dancers perform during a national folk dancing competition for the wheelchair-bound in Herzliya near Tel Aviv, israel on May 19, 2009. (REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen) #

A dancer from ISIS Dance Troupe, a belly dance group in Vietnam, performs during a show called "The 1002nd Night" in Hanoi, Vietnam, Friday, May 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki) #

In this photo taken on March 21, 2009, Lawrence Carter-Long tapes up his battered feet before the a performance of GIMP in New York. In GIMP, a performance choreographed by Heidi Latsky, a troupe of abled and disabled dancers explores beauty in its many forms. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) #

Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, a young actor from the film "Slumdog Millionaire", peers from behind a curtain during a dancing session at a charity event in Hong Kong on Sunday, June 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) #

More links and information

Alvin Ailey - Dance company website

Ferza Bruta - Dance company website

Where the Hell is Matt? - Popular YouTube dance video

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Very good

Posted by Willie Wilbers June 19, 09 06:26 PM

Amazing and touching pictures!
#39 is absolutely superb!

Posted by Martin June 19, 09 06:28 PM

Bulochnichestvo.

Posted by sobaka June 19, 09 08:59 PM

#17 is the most beautiful and culturally diverse. I love it.

Posted by Biff June 19, 09 09:23 PM

I think #17 is meant to be a juxtaposition between the hot asses and the wedding ring.

Posted by John June 19, 09 10:37 PM

Great collection, and a nice idea too, I love these round-the-world roundups!

Posted by Miles June 19, 09 10:42 PM

#38 is my wallpaper now, thanks

Posted by Jeff June 20, 09 12:07 AM

Ahhh Fuerza Bruta

One of the greatest shows I've ever seen (twice)

Posted by Michael George June 20, 09 01:28 AM

I thought that was Ray Allen in #7 for a second there!!! Amazing collection as usual, keep up the great work.

Posted by Celtics Fan June 20, 09 02:50 AM

good!!

Posted by han June 20, 09 05:44 AM

Beautiful photos mate, ty for showing them.

Posted by human being June 20, 09 06:36 AM

just stumbled. loved it. kick arce.

Posted by Shantenu June 20, 09 06:42 AM

It's nice to see the similarities in human nature, rather than the differences that bring conflict. I only hope the future is better than the present.

Posted by AtheistCriminal June 20, 09 08:44 AM

Very interesting, and truely amazing. The photography is very impressive

Posted by Peter Day June 20, 09 08:48 AM

India has far rich heritage of traditional dances, I m disappointed by not seeing any of them in your collection otherwise its a good effort.

Posted by anima June 20, 09 09:13 AM

more than 3 pictures are from Israel. these pictures show how cute they are, however, you should go to Gaza and take few pictures and show the world the dark side of Israel.

regards

Posted by John M. Moline June 20, 09 09:45 AM

comment #59.

give us a break please. This post today is about to show some positive side of the world through dancing. We know what happens in Gaza, and other other places...previous posts on this very blog have shown that. Give us a break.

Why did you pick the Israelis for this example? Why not Sri Lanka, Russia or even America, or others, hmmm? Dark sides of nice countries are numerous.

Posted by ben June 20, 09 10:09 AM

Great collection. Loved #7, what a photo. Thanks for sharing both the happy and the sad.

Posted by Karen June 20, 09 10:37 AM

dancing is an international language, and this is beautifully, magically demonstrated in this photo essay. professionals & everyday folk alike. when dancing, there is no possibility of fighting or arguing or debating the fine distinctions between point A and point B ... there is just the body's intuitive, ancient response to beat and rhythm and the tidal pull of those dancing around you, swirling patterns and precise syncopation and pure joy! as a dancer in a practice called the 5Rhythms (google it! it happens worldwide, shiny happy flocks of people gathering in communal settings to dance their own spontaneous dance to great worldbeat & all kinds of music) ... well, as a dancer, these pics have blown me away here on a solstice saturday morning on canada's west coast.

Posted by jeffrey June 20, 09 10:56 AM

Maybe #17 and 32 belong in a different collection. Those who liked those seemed to want to see more of the female body, while the rest of us were blown away by the differences, yet similarities, in human expression around the world. The importance of dance.

Posted by Erica June 20, 09 11:36 AM

loved, but not completed. a Brazilian dance was forgotten :)

Posted by Bu June 20, 09 12:12 PM

pic #26 is just thugs flashing gang signs. worst 'dance' of the bunch. other pics are really great

Posted by PRthugs June 20, 09 12:34 PM

This is just awesome! Perfect!
Stunning captures!
I'll put some music on and see what I can dance hehe

Posted by Den June 20, 09 01:16 PM

I've always thought that the best professional wrestlers and several other martial arts are a form of dance - coordinated movement between performers. The moves are quite difficult and take years of training to make them look authentic.

Posted by Cecil June 20, 09 02:16 PM

wow.... this is even for me as a dancer quite inspiring.....
Dance is Life is Love is Laugh.......the ultimate peaceful language for everybody.
I just placed some words from Rudolf Laban at my blog with a dance illustration, saying: "Sequences of movement are the sentences of speech, the real carriers of the message emerging from the world of silence."
If you like to see it you can find me here: http://www.vkblog.nl/bericht/265426
Thank you for sharing and warm greetings from The Netherlands.......

Posted by Jeg Synes June 20, 09 02:27 PM

Amazing photos. Thank you...

Posted by Carrie-Lee June 20, 09 02:35 PM

that's amazing. I go to big picture every day and every day (or every two days) i got surprised. that's what I like whatever it is (dance, Irak, Obama's election...). I am feeling very far from my house. Photography are beautiful and intelligent (what is not very easy to make...) unfortunatly I don't understand everything is writting by Alan because I don't speak very good english.

THANK'S A LOT!

Posted by Cl�mentine Schneidermann June 20, 09 03:06 PM

Sweet Nepal is there!! :)

Posted by Wow June 20, 09 06:27 PM

after seeing so many pictures, and now videos from this morning, of the iranian election aftermath, i really thought to myself "it would be nice to see something up beat" from this photo blog. and i clicked the link and is once again amazed by the photos presented on this site. its rare to find a place on the internet (or anywhere for that matter) that managed to consistently take my breathe away, and send shivers down my spines. photography is a powerful tool for expressing and conveying emotion. thank you for bring together amazing sets of photos every week

Posted by Anonymous June 20, 09 06:29 PM

WAUW! SUPER MOOI !
thanx for these inspiring photo's

Posted by Just in time June 20, 09 06:35 PM

pic 7 # simply superb

Posted by Anonymous June 20, 09 07:41 PM

Beautiful.... I am in awe......thanks!

Posted by Marilyn Nelson June 20, 09 08:22 PM

i thought that these photos where awesome thank you for sharing......

Posted by karen mclemore June 20, 09 11:26 PM

That was all class putting #2 up there. Frankie Manning is a hero, having touched so many. Could light up a room -- just youtube him, and you'll see. RIP Frankie, Shim Shammin' in Heaven.

Posted by Mike Marcotte June 20, 09 11:39 PM

Thanks. Beautiful indeed.

Posted by Jude June 21, 09 12:53 AM

bien jou� d'envoyer quelques fleurs entre les bombes

Posted by uatio June 21, 09 01:57 AM

SRI LANKA is back on the map after all these years!

The Big Picture is an amazing idea. Never stop!

Posted by Mark June 21, 09 03:14 AM

I needed that! Thank you!

Posted by Nile June 21, 09 03:59 AM

wonderfull pictures! some made me really laugh. Is there a book with such collection? I really love world dances....

Posted by Rena Milgrom June 21, 09 09:27 AM

beautiffull pics,
I'm from Panam�, Rep. of Panam�, and the dress used by the woman in the pic # 24 is a panamenian dress named "Pollera", it would be nice if you can put it in the description of the pic!...

awsome photos
thx!

Posted by Armando June 21, 09 11:54 AM

Stunning. That Alvin Ailey photograph is sublime. Just sublime.

Posted by Cynthia June 21, 09 02:58 PM

Sometimes we seems to forget that we just needs our spirits (and a little big of music) to free ourself just a minute.

Nice collection! Keep the amazing work!

Posted by Cess007 June 21, 09 03:07 PM

Great pics ... where are the Greeks? They dance all the time!

Posted by Joanne June 21, 09 03:21 PM

Gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.

Posted by Isa June 21, 09 06:59 PM

# 19 sure takes on a special meaning now.

Posted by Michael Rawluk June 21, 09 07:32 PM

#21 is just amazing to me

Posted by beautiful June 21, 09 09:39 PM

what can i say, thru all these amazing shots was a ride of a lifetime.
loved them all - PERFECT!

Posted by humanhand June 22, 09 12:11 AM

Amazing as always mate. Keep up the good work .

Posted by Alok D June 22, 09 12:22 AM

Watch children. All children move to rhythms. It is in born the need to take the music to the muscles.

Posted by cherie hanson June 22, 09 12:46 AM

just fantastic, a world's celebration!!!!

Posted by dennis June 22, 09 04:02 AM

Thank you! Beautiful work, amazing collection....Thank you for sharing.

Posted by Anonymous June 22, 09 04:03 AM

so interesting your post...

Posted by ary santosa yudha June 22, 09 04:53 AM

You miss the world's biggest dance festival "Garba".

Posted by Pranav Bhavsar June 22, 09 05:18 AM

Absolutely Awesome pics, as always, a nice collection of human dance form all over the world!!

Bahut accha hai!!

Posted by Brahmin June 22, 09 05:53 AM

Photo #15 is disturbing to me. The man dancing in the festival seems to be having a good time but the bystanders are complete idiots. Like the stereotypical juice drinkin' - stockin' hat wearin' (it's FLORIDA PEOPLE...HOT HOT HOT) and holdin' onto his d*ck dumbass that's watching the parade. Just the sight of that makes me want to hop a boat and get outta the USA!

Posted by Aunt JaMima June 22, 09 07:13 AM

awesome photos

Posted by conrad June 22, 09 10:09 AM

thants you for this moment of life

Posted by hnawelhik June 22, 09 10:21 AM

"Wheelchair-bound"?? (#36)

I don't think so! Obviously these dancers are anything but bound/

PUH-leeze, can we lose this tired, irritating and obviously incorrect clich�?

As this picture provesd, wheelchairs give disabled people freedom of motion they'd otherwise not have. Bed-bound? Sure. House-bound? Absolutely. But wheelchair-bound? No way.

Posted by RDanca June 22, 09 01:03 PM

Really beautiful collection. I think that it is quite wonderful that you, Alan, are manning this site. As someone else said, you're a great human.
Also, no post on dancing would be complete without "Where the hell is Matt?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY

Posted by Mircea Botez June 22, 09 02:36 PM

#59: "more than 3 pictures are from Israel. these pictures show how cute they are, however, you should go to Gaza and take few pictures and show the world the dark side of Israel."

Mr Moline, you might want to take a look at the last installment here on The Big Picture. It was about Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/06/israeli_settlements_in_the_wes.html

It doesn't show much of the way the Palestinians in Gaza live, but it shows something we outsiders seldom see -- the Israeli settlers and their determination to live there even when their own government actually admits the settlements are illegal and has them evicted. It's clearly not a problem that will be easily solved.

Posted by Calli Arcale June 22, 09 03:11 PM

hey, it's me! neat!
#28

thanks!
-Jinx

Posted by hijinx hooping June 22, 09 03:41 PM

People always used to make fun of me when I tried dancing in Clubs, so now I hate dancing, might be beautiful with the right costumes (the Sri Lankans are awesome), but it's not a useful activity - as a whole overrated (known too many airheads and drug addicts doing "Full Monn Parites" on beaches...)

Posted by lionel June 23, 09 05:42 AM

It's nice to see the Panama's "pollera" thrown in there. Amazing photos!

Posted by Alamosh June 23, 09 08:33 AM

#35 --awesome !!!!!!!!

Posted by Lionel June 23, 09 02:48 PM

Great images. Thanks for sharing!

Posted by Steve Lew June 23, 09 08:52 PM

these photos are awesomely up to date! I loved seeing the South African Confederations Cup (I live in Cape Town) YES Dancing is the purest expression of joy. And Nia (fitness that's dances www.nianow.com) is unifying people all over the world.

Posted by kathy wolstenholme June 24, 09 03:39 AM

21 rocks...

Posted by venkatesh June 24, 09 05:56 AM

Why don't have photos from Brazil???

Posted by Igor Ara�jo June 24, 09 06:25 AM

I love this album and I'm glad to see it. I have this site bookmarked for good reason.

Dance photography is probably my favorite thing to do. Promoting the arts is a good thing, especially in a time of budget cuts and the arts often being the first to go...for example in education (hence why I tend to shy towards that genre of photography)
http://www.christopherhuang.com/dance
http://www.christopherhuang.com

Posted by Christopher Huang June 24, 09 09:22 AM

Those are really nice pictures...
But its missing a picture of Brazil's carnaval :)

Posted by MF June 24, 09 01:04 PM

One of the best photo collections in the past few weeks
Thank you!

Posted by Gavin June 24, 09 02:09 PM

Thank you for including the celebration of the life of Frankie Manning. Few people embody the life of dance the way he did. He was absolutely and legend and a beautiful person. RIP Frankie Manning and thank you so much for your life and love of dance.

Posted by Thorin Brentmar June 25, 09 12:28 AM

Awesome!

Posted by cjsavvy June 25, 09 02:33 AM

Great photos!!

How about some Tango? Hula? Vogue!

You always have such amazing photos!

Posted by Stephen June 25, 09 10:21 AM

Awesome visions of dance!!!!
Thanks Lance!

Posted by emile hassan dyer June 25, 09 01:05 PM

The spirit of dance is universal and knows no limits. Thanks for sharing.

Posted by Rita Robinson Brown June 25, 09 05:23 PM

Hello, I am a dancer and dance ethnologist. I am so deeply moved, grateful, astounded, delighted, encouraged, and hopeful from remembering that DANCE is HUMAN culture at its edge always. No matter what.

Today I was fortunate to give a session in San Jose ., CA with pre schoolers and their moms in creative dance. It was a room of the heart, of joy, and deeply moving to see the thrill of being in a body!

Thank y ou for your time. Patricia Bulitt, Berkeley, CA

Posted by Patricia Bulitt June 25, 09 08:51 PM

So beatiful. Whoever put this collection together is a genius! I am a dancer and actually a performer in the show Fuerza Bruta. I am sending this collection to the Director and cast right now. Also, # 8 brought me to tears. They are so in Love!

Posted by Gwyneth Larsen June 26, 09 04:38 PM

realy nice pictures. You showed one from the Philippines in a fish tank but the Philippines has the most beautiful dance groups on this earth, you should take pictures of those, especially in their native costumes.

Posted by Manny Pacquiao June 26, 09 10:23 PM

Where's biggest Lebanese Dabke in the world that entered Guiness Book ? it's also in June 2009 !

Posted by Suzanne June 27, 09 07:43 AM

Amazing photography

Posted by kendra June 27, 09 08:25 PM

#16 is not a "ritual dance" - its just a bunch of guys dancing - probably moves out of a bollywood movie.
Indian ritual dances tend to be fairly complex - with lots of stylised hand gestures (mudra) and elaborate costumes.

I googled this image to give you some idea of what a real ritual dance looks like: http://lh4.ggpht.com/_k3N0BQZTffI/SYl1dG6CguI/AAAAAAAAAEk/Nx95qjaOcxk/bharata_natyam_1.jpg

Posted by pradeep June 28, 09 04:28 AM

Very nice pictures! But i agree with those who said Brazil couldn't have been forgotten! :)

Posted by Laura June 29, 09 12:18 AM

after #16, #17 is like a bomb ... meanwhile that shows every contrast between east and west .. :) ...

Posted by chan June 29, 09 04:24 AM

number 7 is my favorite! My bf will be jealous :)

Posted by Karen Myers June 29, 09 09:07 AM

WONDERFUL PEOPLE . I like the mermaids the most.

Posted by ching June 29, 09 01:05 PM

wht a amazing pictures specially 37 th pic.
thanks

Posted by tapas banerjee June 29, 09 03:43 PM

thanks for sharing beutifu photos

Posted by deepak June 29, 09 06:04 PM

Espetacular!!!

Posted by Whelington Marnet June 30, 09 09:16 PM

Amazing photos! Great Job!

Posted by Francisco Arlindo Alves July 2, 09 10:40 PM

most amazing! i love dance and the photographs are spectacular!

Posted by djn July 3, 09 04:39 PM

amazing pics

Posted by Shahd July 7, 09 12:31 AM

great photos,
but i have a comment to 59,60 and 103.
Don't talk about what you don't know. Somehow you ajust talk about aughfull things that Israeli's do but you never been theire, and you never eat your lunch when you here the voice of closing explosion and you need to run to some shelter, you just don't know how this feels.
� am quite sure that if your own home have been under bomb attack and other people wanted to take you our of your own home, you would talk differently. So untill then don;t judge others if you really don't know haw it is in real life.

Posted by julia July 7, 09 09:46 AM

Dance is the universal language! Fabulous photos!
www.smuinballet.org

Posted by Celia Fushille July 8, 09 04:32 PM

Wow! I'm speachless!

Posted by anise July 11, 09 03:15 PM

These photographs are beautiful and are a taste of the many forms and people who are dancing around the world. I love the diversity of peoples and reasons people dance depicted in these photographs. As a dance movement therapist, I heartily believe that as a world community we need to dance more ~ it is deeply healing. . See http://www.adta.org/ if you'd like to learn more about dance therapy.

Posted by Donna Newman-Bluestein July 12, 09 08:02 AM

muito massa , tem brasileiiro nessa budega aqui ?

Posted by clariinha July 17, 09 01:24 PM

Watching these amazing pictures makes me hearing music and feeling the movement and wanting to laugh out in joy!

Posted by Ashema Wierowski July 26, 09 04:30 AM

check out some of the south eastern hardcore scene's dancing if you get a chance... that's beautiful destruction truly.

Posted by scott rob August 10, 09 03:56 AM

Wow... Its amazing how so many different types of dancing can capture an emotion. A lot of people do not recognize how much people use dancing to show a feeling. I love how theses pictures show that diversity. We all know that professional dancing captures a feeling, fot it is a performance. But, take little things, such as a wedding father daughter dance. This captures emotion through dance as well.
This is my blog

Posted by Samantha September 13, 09 05:41 PM