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This painting was executed in the style of the early Santa Fe Indian School students of Dorothy Dunn. Three dancers move across the paper. They are participating in a dance which is part of a year-round, continuing cycle of rituals based on agriculture and achieving a proper balance with nature. Each dancer has a line below his feet to illustrate a ground plane; otherwise there is no indication of background or ground plane, in the style taught at The Studio of the Santa Fe Indian School. A colorful border across the bottom of the painting and clouds above the dancers also are typical of paintings from The Studio.

Pueblo dancers wear special clothing created especially for ceremonial purposes. Paintings in pre-historic kivas show dancers wearing clothing with the same designs and colors as they wear today. This painting is a representation of a Southwest tradition that is hundreds of years old.