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National Auditorium Presents Jarocho-Riverdance Fusion Ballet

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Twenty years ago, British-born dance director Richard O’Neal, who spent five years as the assistant director of “Riverdance,” the internationally acclaimed dance phenomenon based on Irish folk traditions, decided to use his stage and choreographic knowhow to create a Riverdance-like spectacle that showcased Mexican ballet based on the rousing, foot-stomping dance style known as jarocho, native to

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Guillermina 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

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Mexican Soprano to Perform in Indigenous Mixe Opera

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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