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''Kukers'' dancers durring the festival of the masquerade games “ Surva” in town of Pernik, Bulgaria. Wearing impressive self-made wooden masks of animals and costumes covered with woollen tassels, ribbons and large bells, the “Kukers” perform a ritual dance to scare away sickness and evil spirits.

Every day talented individuals strive to achieve their goals. In the backstreet of Melbourne Lanes, creative energy inspires dancers to come alive.

The Whirling Dervishes of Konya Turkey performing their Sema ceremony.

Reggeton Party. Arica Beach. Feb 2010.

The old guys that didn't forget what dance means in our life's. Bosnia and hercegovina band "Furaunska Krv" which means: The blood of a white gypsy on E, didnt want to miss the opportunity to put them on air for everybody to see what living means.

Billy from New York, 85 years old, dancing with a belly dancer in Istanbul, Turkey.

A breakdancer performs a 'headspin' move at a hip hop show in Adelaide, South Australia.

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The Danza de los Viejitos (dance of the old men) is a dance in the state of Michoacan, Mexico. I took these images when I visited my grandparents in the beautiful city of Morelia, Michoacan. The Danza de los Viejitos is a light hearted dance where the dancers wear masks of old people along with their campesino clothing. The Viejitos start the dance as old men, aching and hunched over with minimal movements. These movements turn into dancing combined with trembling and falling over by the "old men".