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Dmitri Baltermants

Dancing is Politics too, 1959

"Dancing is Politics too", 1959. © Dmitri Baltermants.

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Introduction

At the center of the image is Mao Zedong, the undisputed leader of the People's Republic of China, immortalized in a moment of apparent leisure and lightness while dancing with a young woman dressed in traditional attire. This work transcends simple photojournalistic documentation to become a manifesto of a complex "soft power" strategy.

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