African Dance. Photography by Neisa Guerra. Luanda, Angola, 2007

The African Dancer

August 12, 2020
Neisa Guerra
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Regularly, artists find their inspiration in simple moments or things. Others may dismiss these moments or things, but we become fixated on them and create a connection with them through our art.

I had one of these experiences in Luanda, Angola, where I lived in 2007. I was preparing for an art showing at the Celamar Gallery in Luanda, there was a group of dancers practicing on a stage outside the gallery.

During this time, I was struggling to decide what pieces I was going to show at my own show later that year. The exhibition was going to be held at that same gallery where I saw the girls practicing. One of the dancers stuck out to me and I immediately created a composition in my head.

Later that year, in the same place where my inspiration to create the African Dancer was born, I held my solo exhibition and showed the painting.