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Dancers in the dark: Psicoballet in Mexico

 

“To dance is to express with my movements what is within me.” — Itary

Psicoballet is a Cuban psychotherapeutic dance method founded by Georgina Fariñas Garcia in 1973.

Founded upon the idea that dance is rooted in our biology, it claims to boost self-esteem, decrease anxiety and depression, and improve the body’s balance and mobility.


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This project explores the work of Psicoballet instructor Lorena Nieva and a group of blind and visually impaired dancers in Mexico.

In 2016, after spending time at Lorena’s dance studio in Mexico City, I travelled with them on a 500-mile journey to the southernmost state of Chiapas, where they were performing a ballet, to learn more about this Cuban dance therapy.

Read the full article here.

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“Dance cannot be reduced to a single sense. It has to come from the whole body, from its limitations, too.” — Lorena Nieva

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