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Body painting has been traced thousands of years back and was a staple of ancient cultures and rituals. Some cultures still use body painting in modern times for ceremonial purposes.
In many Indian cultures it is still in use today using a variety of pigments.
Staining the nails, skin and hair with henna is the favorite way of enhancing beauty among women in the Middle East and is becoming increasingly popular in the United States. Mehndi, commonly referred to as henna, is the powder form. Henna is the dye that comes from mixing the powder with catechu, an astringent substance, obtained from various trees and shrubs. The red powder form of henna can be obtained by crushing the berries from a certain plant. Henna is a popular way to make semi-permanent decorative designs on the skin. There are two types of henna: black and red.
The Tlingit of southeast Alaska used face painting at gatherings.These face stamps carved with the emblems of clans, were dipped into paint and pressed onto the cheeks of women before going to a potlatch, a type of annual community feast. At the feast, it was easy to identify the clan a woman belonged to by looking at her face.
The most common form of body painting in America is also the easiest to overlook: cosmetics. A daily ritual for most women and the envy of small girls, wearing cosmetics is undoubtedly the most prevalent type of body painting in the world today. It’s a multi-billion dollar industry — with an increasing male market as well.
Artists and dancers have taken advantage of the artistic points of body painting and using it as an art media to highlight the dance shows.
They use body paint and art as painted on costumes for an extreme look that is just an amazing illusion. They use colorfull body paint to create a sick awsome look that probably cannot be achieved through traditional costumes
Here is a bit about the show and dancers:
Art Color Ballet - Contemporary Dance Company was founded in 1998 in Krakow by a dancer and choreographer Agnieszka Gli?ska. Her long - term experience in dance combined with plastic imagination let her create such an unusual company connecting three elements: colour, sound and Movement.
The Company cooperate with talented dancers, artists and stylists.
Dance of Art Colour Ballet is a new approach to a modern style; it is the choreography varying from classical ballet through modern jazz to ethnic elements.
The whole choreography is adapted to the best body painting presentation, usage of special lights type such as ‘moving heads’ type and ’scanners’ which
makes a reception of a performance more unusual.
It is the only dance company in Poland which wins many awards on International Festivals thanks to body painting. 
It also makes body painting sessions, during which body painting techniques are presented.
In its repertoire there are choreographies to classical and film music and also styling to cabaret pieces of music such as: Moulin Rouge, Kankan, Chicago and other.
In its newly - open head office at the Main Square (Rynek G?ówny) in Krakow , the company organizes dance workshops: modern, eoclassic ballet, afro-dance.
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To check out the website of this artistic dance group click here
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