Manifest

To me, femininity is a sublime harmony of strength and elegance. What is strength? A furious waterfall, maybe. And elegance? Perhaps the rainbow that is dusted on the mist which surrounds it.

Women often feel obliged to decide between being strong or being elegant, and we aren’t used to uniting those two elements with the incredible grace and facility that Nature does.

This series, through expressing the art of Flamenco in natural settings, speaks to the strength and elegance that lives within each woman, and how they can unite to become one fluid force instead of a dichotomy of conflicting forces, in a constant struggle within our souls. Just as Nature has her soft and gentle moments, she also has her moments of raging passion and brute force, and so do we—and that’s something we should be proud of and loved for. Let’s love ourselves wild.

Virgina Abril is a renowned Flamenco dancer from Granada, Spain.