Saturday, December 15, 2012

El Baile


El baile “Flor de Piña

During the month of December, often there are performances by school and university groups on stages in the Zocalo or on Cinco de Mayo and Constitución where these performances took place last week.  The first four pictures are of the dance "Flor de Pina", the dance that represents the region of San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec in the celebrations of the Guelaguetza.  Particularly noteworthy is the age of the band which you can see in the 4th from the last picture.  They appear to be middle school age.  Due to the strong frontal stage lights and only having a pocket camera at the time I have turned them into faux paintings.  A few are in larger format.  If you like you can visit my Picasa Web Album where you can use the magnifying glass icon to enlarge them or view them as a slideshow.

El baile “Flor de Piña

El baile “Flor de Piña

El baile “Flor de Piña

























2 comments:

  1. Dave, I think the painterly interpretation works beautifully. Very nice.

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  2. hi! I'm one of the dancers ! It's amazing the way you took the pics! i'm wondering if you have more, in that occasion was our first anniversary & on december 14 it's the second and would be a placer for ours show your pics please send me a msn, samanthasalazar26@hotmail.com or look for us on facebook https://www.facebook.com/CF.RDR?fref=ts

    Thank you so much, you made ours happy when we found them cuz we didn´t have so much pics from that day! :D

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