PULSE NEWS MEXICO Danzón, a type of synchronized, stylized ballroom dance with emphatic pauses and a definitive romantic air performed to slow Latin rhythms, is the official musical genre and dance of Cuba, rooted in colonial times and fused from a blend of habanera two-step, European waltz and African cadence. But in Mexico, it has been a vital part of
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO Mexico’s National Center for the Arts (Cenart) is slated to present “Imaginary Opera, and Ballet Too,” an comic interpretation of operatic works and classical dance aimed at children, thorough the month of July. The series, which will be performed in Cenart’s Theater of the Arts, will open with a work by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart adapted to Spanish,
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Back in 1936, German composer Carl Orff cobbled together a collection of 24 profane medieval poems and set them to music to create an original cantata which he called “Carmina Burana.” His impelling composition quickly became popular and a staple piece of Germany’s classical music repertoire. Over the years, “O Fortuna,” the opening and closing movement of
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO Chicago’s renowned Hubbard Street Dance troupe is slated to perform at Mexico City’s Guillermina Bravo Dance Theater on Monday, June 27, and Tuesday, June 28. One of the most important contemporary dance groups in the United States, Hubbard Street Dance will be performing several choreographic works along with the Mexican company Danza Visual. Founded 44 years ago,
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO The Mexico City Museum, a subsidiary of the capital’s Culture Secretariat focusing on modern art, is due to open three new exhibitions on Saturday, June 18. All three exhibits — “Lavender City, Queer Art Biennial,” “Cycles” and “Origins”– are being presented within the framework of Mexico City’s Month of Diversity celebrations and showcase art related to or
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO The Italian film “Gods of Mexico” will be presented at the National Museum of Anthropology between Monday, June 13, and Thursday, June 16. The documentary film, directed by Helmut Dosantos, delves into ancestral life in rural Mexico, showing how it has resisted the advances of modern society. “Gods of Mexico” presents an epic journey through the nation’s
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS As part of an ongoing program to promote awareness and appreciation of Indonesia in Mexico, that country’s embassy here has launched a weekly Taste-of-Indonesia bazaar, with a sampling of traditional delicacies, handcraft sales and a tour on the embassy’ on-premises cultural museum. The cultural outreach initiative, which includes a potluck cafeteria-style buffet of indigenous Indonesian food prepared
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO A stucco head of a young Maya god of corn, dating back over 1,300 years, was unearthed in the Palenque archeological zone in the southern state of Chiapas, Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) reported Tuesday, May 31. The discovery was recorded during the 2021 archeological exploration season sponsored by the U.S. State Department’s Ambassadors
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In 1882, the name Decoration Day was changed to Memorial Day, and in 1971, the date was declared a U.S. national holiday
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The restoration of the mural paintings inside the cloister of the ex-Convent of Huaquechula in the central Mexican state of Puebla was completed this week, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) announced Monday, May 23. The restoration project was co-financed by INAH, a division of Mexico’s Culture Secretariat, and the U.S. Ambassadors
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