DUF 2024 “SEGUIMOS ADELANTE” – Maestra Maria Cerda
12.27.2023
Art, Danzantes Unidos, Danzantes Unidos Blog, DUF 2019, Mexican Art & Culture, Mexican Folk Dance
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[caption id="attachment_58257" align="alignleft" width="313"] Maestra Maria Cerda[/caption] Lifelong Central Valley resident, Maestra Maria de Lourdes Cerda was born in Hanford, CA, and raised in Kettleman City, CA. She currently resides in Clovis, CA. She is director for Ballet Folklorico Sol del Valle and Sol del Valle Clovis, Aguilas de Oro de CWHS and Grupo Folklórico de Kastner Intermediate School. She received her training with Grupo Folklorico Anahuac at Fresno City Community College. In...
DUF Registration FAQ’s . . . frequently asked questions
HOW DO I REGISTER MY GROUP? There are two parts to getting your dancers into classes: Register & Enroll. Directors/chaperones REGISTER dancers by entering the group members data. Registered students ENROLL in a class by selecting a class that is OPEN and then proceed through the payment at checkout. If the registration fees will be covered by the group bank account, then one person can register the entire group . . . and it does not...
PROFR. HUMBERTO DE JESUS NOVELO ASCENCIO – FSF 2023 – MERIDA, YUCATAN
08.10.2023
Ballet Folklorico, Danza Folklorica, Danzantes Unidos, Festival Sin Fronteras, folklorico, Master Class, Mexican Art & Culture, Mexican Folk Dance, Uncategorized
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Festival Sin Fronteras FSF 2023 Yucatan will take place in Merida, Yucatan from December 31, 2023 to January 5, 2024. This is Danzantes Unidos fourth foray into Mexico for a weeklong intensive immersion into Mexican folk dance, music, folk art, history & gastronomy. Registration is open to Folklorico Directors and future directors and their families. Danzantes Unidos is honored to present Maestro Humberto de Jesus Novelo Ascencio as the Festival Director for FSF...
WILFRIDO POOL OJEDA – FSF 2023 – Merida, Yucatan
Festival Sin Fronteras FSF 2023 Yucatan will take place in Merida, Yucatan from December 31, 2023 to January 5, 2024. This is Danzantes Unidos fourth foray into Mexico for a weeklong intensive immersion into Mexican folk dance, music, folk art, history & gastronomy. Registration is open to Folklorico Directors and future directors and their families. Mi nombre es Wilfrido Pool Ojeda, nací en la ciudad de Mérida Yucatán, México el 18 de octubre...
Maestra Spotlight: Amalia Viviana Basanta Hernandez at DUF 2022
03.02.2022
Amalia Hernandez, Ballet Folklorico, Danza Folklorica, Danzantes Unidos, Danzantes Unidos In The News, Master Class, Mexican Art & Culture, Mexican Folk Dance
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Danzantes Unidos is delighted to welcome back the renowned Mexican Folklorico dancer and choreographer, Amalia Viviana Basanta Hernandez to DUF 2022. Maestra Basanta Hernandez was born in Mexico City, the daughter of Mexican choreographer, Amalia Hernandez, and Argentine writer, Joaquin Basanta Crece. She began her dance training at the age of five, studying classical ballet under Nellie Happee. At age thirteen, Ms. Basanta Hernandez joined the National Ballet of Mexico under the...
DUF 2020 Spotlight on Maestra Susana Hinojosa
02.26.2020
Danzantes Unidos, Danzantes Unidos Blog, Danzantes Unidos In The News, Mexican Art & Culture, Mexican Folk Dance
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For over 40 years, Susana G. Hinojosa has dedicated her life to studying, performing and teaching Mexican folkloric dance. She began dancing as a young child and by the time she was a teen, became a member of the longest established folklorico dance ensemble, Danza Floricanto USA, directed by her mentor Gema Sandoval. Floricanto, was the unique opportunity for dance internship and performance. In 1980, Plaza de La Raza's School of Performing and...
DUF 2020 Spotlight on Maestra Rosemarie Olais Pantoja – Folklorico 101
02.25.2020
Ballet Folklorico, Danzantes Unidos, Danzantes Unidos Blog, Danzantes Unidos In The News, Mexican Folk Dance
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Rosemarie Olais Pantoja: Is a native Fresnoan who first began learning Folklorico through a City of Fresno Parks and Recreation class offered to the public. That class awakened a love for Folklorico that has stayed with her for forty-one years. At the end of that first class, try-outs were held for a local performing children’s group, Marisela's Dancers & Marimba taught by Marisela Saavedra. Not only was it a performing folklorico group,...
Maestra Spotlight: Amalia Viviana Basanta Hernandez at DUF 2020
01.04.2020
Amalia Hernandez, Ballet Folklorico, Danza Folklorica, Danzantes Unidos, Danzantes Unidos In The News, Master Class, Mexican Art & Culture, Mexican Folk Dance
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Danzantes Unidos is delighted to welcome back the renowned Mexican Folklorico dancer and choreographer, Amalia Viviana Basanta Hernandez to DUF 2020. Maestra Basanta Hernandez was born in Mexico City, the daughter of Mexican choreographer, Amalia Hernandez, and Argentine writer, Joaquin Basanta Crece. She began her dance training at the age of five, studying classical ballet under Nellie Happee. At age thirteen, Ms. Basanta Hernandez joined the National Ballet of Mexico under the...