Jean Paul Salcedo Cuentas danced life for 30 years, but yesterday, just beginning March, death took him away.
He ripped it from planet earth, from Cartagena who always enjoyed his raucous dance… his art, joy and life.
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For Jean Paul, dance was an art form in which the movement of her body was a way of feeling and communicating.
In addition to being a folkloric dancer, he was a business administrator and worked in the tourism sector for many years. In his last years he worked for a health entity.
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“Today the dance is in mourning. A great dancer has left, who for more than 10 years participated in the Folkloric Parade of Independence and other city events. Jean Paul was the bearer and defender of our Cartagena cultural identity”, commented Oscar Uriza Pérez, director of the Institute of Heritage and Culture of Cartagena (IPCC), IPCC. The artist’s house.
A flare that raises dry twigs as it burns. That is the joy. That was Jean Paul.
His beginnings in dance were in the Cumbalí group, and later he was part of the Ekobios National Folkloric Ensemble.
Similarly, she danced in the Afrobatata group, which significantly marked her growth process in dance. He eventually served as the captain of the B’jembe group for 8 years.
Colon cancer won the battle.
Peace in his grave.
Cartagena.
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