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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PULSE NEWS MEXICO} Mexican choreographer Alberto de León and his Fenómeno Escénico dance troupe are slated to bring the rhythms of the Land of the Gauchos to Mexico City’s Guillermina Bravo Dance Theater over the weekend with a stunning tango and milonga extravaganza. De León’s “The Hug” will be presented on Thursday, June 30, at 8 p.m.; Friday, July 1,
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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 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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PULSE NEWS MEXICO The renowned Sonora-based Cardenchado Choir is slated to perform a one-night-only concert at Mexico’s National Center for the Arts (Cenart), a subsidiary of the Culture Secretariat, on Thursday, June 9. The concert will consist of a combination of improvisations and contemporary arrangements to some of the choir’s traditional repertoire. Under the artistic direction of Juan Pablo Villa,
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By RICH GRANT People have been buying alcoholic drinks in England for more than a thousand years at a variety of taverns, ale houses, coaching inns and grog shops, but what we think of today as a typical English pub didn’t happen until 1830. In the 1700s, to counter distilled spirits imported from Ireland and Scotland, England encouraged distilling corn
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The long-awaited premiere of “Ten Cellos, in Concert” will be presented on Saturday, June 11, at Mexico City’s University Cultural Center, with a diverse repertoire ranging from Johann Sebastian Bach to Bad Bunny. The musicians of the Philharmonic of the Arts always surprise their audience, allowing them to remain current and full of ideas that
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican soprano singer María Reyna will offer an operatic concert dedicated to the indigenous Mixe people, who live in the eastern highlands of the central state of Oaxaca, in a one-night performance at the National Center for the Arts (Cenart) on Saturday, May 21. The concert, titled “Orgullosa Soy Raíz” (“I am Proud of
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The Colombian theatrical company Teatro Vreve will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a presentation of three short plays in Mexico City’s El Chopo Museum on Friday, May 6, Saturday, May 7, and Sunday, May 8. The trio of works explore the territories of contemporary theatricalities, transitioning from text theater to action theater through the
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s National Center for the Arts (Cenart), a subsidiary of the country’s Culture Secretariat, premiered on Thursday, April 28, an abstract, multimedia production of “The Szechuan School of Human Pain,” a powerful play based on the novel with the same name by Mexican-Peruvian author Mario Bellatin. Set in imperial China, the play, which includes
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