Thousands Boogie to Springtime Rhythms at Mexico City Zócalo
Mexico City’s downtown Zócalo was transformed into a giant disco party
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Renounced Japanese Dancer Maintains Early Butoh Tradition
By MELISSA T. CASTRO Mexico’s Guillermina Bravo Dance Theater is slated to host a one-night-only performance of renowned Japanese dancer and choreographer Yumiko Yoshioka, a member of the first generation of Butoh dancers, on Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 8 p.m. Yoshioka will perform “Before the Dawn,” a scenic introspection on human transformation. Butoh, also known as the Japanese Dance of
Read moreElderly Danzón Dancers Show They Still Got What It Takes
PULSE NEWS MEXICO Sunday, Aug. 28, was Mexico’s National Day for the Elderly, and while many of the country’s 12 million-plus over-60 citizens suffer from a barrage of health limitations such as diabetes, hypertension and glaucoma, a large segment of the gray-is-beautiful set turned out at the capital’s iconic Monumento de la Revolución to strut their stuff and show that
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Read moreDance Troupe to Perform Earth-Friendly Ballet
PULSE NEWS MEXICO Mexico’s MdMar Danza troupe will preform the choreographic theatrical presentation of its new work, “Micelio,” at the National Fine Arts Palace on Tuesday. Aug. 9, at 8:00 p.m. Now in its 30th year, MdMar, led by choreographer Myrna de la Garza, is known for its intertwining of the playful with the aesthetic, the metaphor with the body,
Read moreScience-Based Dance Comes to Mexico’s Bellas Artes Palace
PULSE NEWS MEXICO The Mexican dance troupe Lagú Danza will present a modern ballet inspired by contemporary science and technology at Mexico’s Palacio de Bellas Artes (Palace of Fine Arts) on Thursday, Aug. 4, at 8 p.m. Based on theories of quantum physics. Lagú Danza dancer and choreographer Érika Méndez has created scenic proposals that demonstrate the link between science
Read moreJewish Dance Company Celebrates 50 Years with Gala Performance
PULSE NEWS MEXICO The Mexican Jewish dance company Anajnu Veatem (which, in Hebrew, means “We and You”) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month, and to commemorate the occasion, the group will perform a powerful kaleidoscope of traditional Israeli dances at Mexico City’s Guillermina Bravo Dance Theater from from Thursday, July 28, to Sunday, July 31. The performances will constitute
Read moreGuillermina Bravo Theater to Present History of Danzón
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
Read moreCenart Offers Kid-Suitable Opera and Ballet Fest
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,
Read moreContemporary Dance Troupe Marks 30th Anniversary with Gala Performance
PULSE NEWS MEXICO A gala dance performance of Mexico’s Aksenti dance troupe, directed by Detroit-native Duane Cochran, will be presented at the main auditorium of Mexico City’s Fine Arts Palace on Tuesday, Aug. 16. The performance, titled “Traces D1 History,” will mark the 30th anniversary of independent contemporary dance company, which skyrocketed to fame as winner of Mexico’s National Fine
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