Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 29 VTMBH Article: Article Order 4 VTMBH Article: Title Salsa on the platform: Julio and Lupita in the New York subway VTMBH Article: Author Marcin Szczepanski VTMBH Article: Publication Nowy Dziennik / Polish Daily News VTMBH Article: Original Language Polish VTMBH Article: Translator Lukasz Bulka VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb It all started in Columbia with a bar owner and his unfaithful wife. That was where Julio had the idea to entertain crowds in New York Citys subway stations and parks with his salsa dancing partnera plastic doll named Lupita. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Surely, you have seen them, at least once. He leads her, and she yields, following his experienced hands. Their bodies flow to the salsa rhythms from a portable stereo. Julio Diaz has been dancing with his plastic doll partner in the subway and public parks for more than 10 years. It all started in Columbia, with a bar owner and an unfaithful wife. After she left her husband, he asked Julio Diaz to make a mannequin, which the bar owner dressed in his wifes clothes and set on fire. Its a purifying ritual in Colombia. Julio created a great mannequin, one that really resembled the bar owners wife. Julio started dancing with the doll around the tables of the bar, and the people loved it. The bar owner did burn the mannequin of his wife but Julio created a new one. Then he took on it tour, visiting other towns in Colombia. In 1990, Julio moved to New York, where he found a job delivering Coca Cola. His passion for dancing kept him up nights. He melted some Coke bottles and, from that mixture, Julio made a new doll. He bought her a wig and a dress at a thrift shop, found a plastic head with a face, and named his new dancing partner Lupita. Julio and Lupita started dancing in Flushing Park. Together, they moved to Manhattan. Every day, the couple dances for eight hours on subway platforms and in public parks. Usually, one can see them at 42nd Street, Penn Station, Union Square or Central Park. Close together, their bodies sway in sync to the music from the stereo. Their feet take the same steps. They dance faster, then faster still. Julio dips Lupitas, her blond hair glittering in the meager light of the subway station lamps. He throws her in the air, bends a little and she lands safely in his arms. A crowd of people watches them dance. They applaud loudly at some of the riskier moves. Commuters and tourists truly enjoy the show and throw one dollar bills into the basket. Julio and his plastic partner visited Morocco and Brazil, and performed at a number of private parties. He likes the public performances the most. I would never give up this energy and excitement I get from people who watch me here, a tired but smiling Julio confesses after a whole day of dancing. Lupita only nods silently. A mysterious Mona Lisa smile is frozen on her face. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-07-31 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 187 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Salsa on the platform: Julio and Lupita in the New York subway 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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