Among the works performed were opuses by European composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Sebastian Bach, as well as by Israelis Marc Lavry (considered to be the father of modern Israeli classical music) and Mexican Carlos Jimenez Mabarak
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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,
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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
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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} 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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By KELIN DILLON Nights of Dance, created by the Mexican Secretariat of Culture and the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature (INBAL), will bring the arts back into the comfort of people’s homes this week. The program was created to provide Mexican citizens access to the fine arts during the pandemic, allowing them to stream performances of dances, operas
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s Convexus Ballet Contemporáneo is slated to present a simultaneous live and online dance performance inspired by vanguard body movements and modern design at Mexico City’s Teatro de la Danza Guillermina Bravo on Wednesday, Oct. 21, starting at 7 p.m. The double-hitter program will include two dramatized dance performances, “The Architectural Body” and “Locomotion,”
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s most important festival of Japanese butoh dance theater will be held in Mexico City starting on Tuesday, April 30. The two-week festival, titled “Cuerpos en Revuelta” (”Bodies in Revolt”), is being sponsored by the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature (INBAL) and will be spread out across six different venues throughout the
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