Photography by Santiago Barreiro

Abstract

“This series is an extract of a work in progress that gives continuity to the search, record and to a personal inquiry into the world of dance. In this case, as rehearsal, I’m working on a more conceptual idea, where the aesthetics prevail as a fundamental tool to wonder about interpretations, roles and freedoms in dance. It does not sprung from an objective study, not also from a dichotomic mode of thought where we are either free or not, or where something is either true or false; neither from a palpable reality: it is a personal worry, an isolated question that, on the course of an investigation, takes the form of a photo: Who is the one who dances? Is the internal struggle, the repressed feeling of the dancer to become, at last, their own interpreter leaving the body as an instrument to represent other lives; the ones that eventually become theirs. There are many bodies, many perceptions, many features; all except their own. A face that complains, hides deeply flashes of anger”.

Santiago Barreiro (1985) trained as a photographer at the Fotoclub Uruguayo and immediately started working for local and international companies, magazines and media organizations. He has taken part in several group projects and has displayed his work both locally and overseas. As a result of a deep interest in classical dance, in 2012 he is hired by Julio Bocca to photograph the work of the Ballet Nacional del Sodre (Uruguay). In 2015, he publishes Pueblo Ballet, his first book.