Gotipua

Photographer

Lucas Dragone

Category

People Photography - Culture

Company

Submission Group

Professional

Year

2025

Country / Region:

Belgium

Gotipua is the poetry of devotion woven into movement, where boys, adorned as the divine feminine, transcend their own form to become vessels of grace. It is not mere dance; it is surrender—body bending, soul soaring, echoing the eternal rhythm of Radha and Krishna. In its fluidity lies a truth: the self is not fixed, identity is a dance, and beauty is found in the dissolution of boundaries. Gotipua whispers that art is not just seen; it is felt, lived, and ultimately, a path to the divine. This series is part of a long-term research and archival work, to reflect a diversity in performing arts that is disappearing.