Chris Coles

Spanish Dancer Chris Coles

In the summer of 1969, I spent an afternoon at a dance studio in Geneva's Old Town, taking a series of photos of a beautiful woman named Eva Inoue performing a wonderful set of Spanish Dances. Spanish Dancing is so intense, passionate, proud, full use of the arms, hands and fingers as well as very intricate and loud use of the feet hard against the floor. A powerful dancing style with ancient roots going all the way back to the Spanish Gypsies who had settled in Andalusia and before that all the way back to India. Total control yet wildly free. I tried my best to capture the moment. The ferocity. The timelessness, Beauty.