Protest Marches in Mexico City Mark International Labor Day
While the workers’ protest marches filled the capital, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador offered a three-hour speech from the National Palace
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Israel, Mexico Mark 70 Years of Diplomacy with Magna Concert
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
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 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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By RICARDO CASTILLO Snafu over Gay Zapata Painting Mexican revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata was murdered 100 years ago, on April 10, 1919. Over the last century, he became a Mexican Revolution icon, a magic figure with a holy aura. But all hell broke loose this week at Mexico’s Palacio de Bellas Artes (Fine Arts Palace) when, in an exhibit to
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