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UFS 2018 PRESENTER – DR. OLGA NAJERA-RAMIREZ

01.20.2018 Art, Danza Folklorica, Danzantes Unidos, Danzantes Unidos Blog, Danzantes Unidos In The News, Mexican Art & Culture, Uncategorized, University Folklorico Summit, University Folklorico Summit: Everything and Anything Folklorico, University Folklorico Summit: Running your Folklorico Group 0
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UFS 2018 "Bailando Sin Fronteras" will take place at the University of California, Santa Cruz on February 2, 3 & 4 and is being hosted by Los Mejicas de UC Santa Cruz.  The organizing committee is proud to announce the participation of Dr. Olga Nájera-Ramírez as the workshop presenter on the  “Foundations of Folklórico Dance”. Olga Nájera-Ramírez Professor Emerita, Anthropology at UC Santa Cruz Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Texas, Austin M.A. Latin American Studies, University of Texas,...

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RIP Maestro Hugo Betancourt Morales . . .

01.12.2018 Art, Danzantes Unidos, In memoriam, Mexican Art & Culture, Uncategorized 0
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We are greatly saddened to hear of the recent passing of Maestro Hugo Betancourt Morales of Quetzalli. We met several decades ago when his group was touring California and I was teaching Danzantes del Alma de UC Davis. In the late 1980's, the request came from the university to help promote the performance and to buy tickets to see them. My response was, how about if we organize a reception to welcome them, organize...

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DUF 2018 Featured Workshop – FOLKLORICO FOR VETERAN ADULTS AGES 40+

01.01.2018 Dance for Seniors, Danza Folklorica, Danzantes Unidos, Danzantes Unidos Blog, Danzantes Unidos In The News, folklorico, Folklorico Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree, Mexican Art & Culture, Uncategorized 0
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Danzantes Unidos Festival DUF 2018 "Cultura Sin Fronteras" will take place on March 23, 24 & 25 in Fresno, CA and honors the ongoing work of folklorico artists sharing culture and traditions across the United States and in Mexico. Registration is OPEN at www.danzantes.org . Early Registration ends January 14, 2018. INSTRUCTOR: DR. MARIA GUADALUPE CASTRO PARAMO Born and raised in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico, Maestra Guadalupe Castro Paramo began dancing classic ballet at the age nine....

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Festival Sin Fronteras NAYARIT 2017

08.03.2017 Art, Danza Folklorica, Danzantes Unidos, Danzantes Unidos Blog, Danzantes Unidos In The News, Festival Sin Fronteras, Mexican Art & Culture, Uncategorized 0
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Danzantes Unidos in collaboration with the Fundación Cultural Decanos de la Danza “Jaime Buentello Bazán” present a Fall seminar in music and dance in Tepic, Nayarit from September 20th to 24th. Festival Sin Fronteras NAYARIT 2017 will include movement sessions, folk handicrafts, evening performances, and excursions to neighboring towns of Pantanal, Nayarit, and a day trip to the Island of Mexcaltitan. The focal point of the research will be “Sones y danzas tradicionales de la...

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Maestro Spotlight – Eleazar Rodarte

01.26.2017 Art, Danza Folklorica, Danzantes Unidos, Danzantes Unidos Blog, DUF 2017, Mexican Art & Culture 0
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Eleazar Rodarte is originally from Tepic, Nayarit.  At the age of seven he began his studies at the Escuela de Danza del Casa de la Cultura..  He ultimately joined the Grupo de Danza Nayar, first as a dancer and later as an instructor.  Since then, his interest has been to disseminate the beauty of culture through dance. He was fortunate to have as teachers and role models the famous Maestros Angel Andrade and...

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Maestro Spotlight – Cesar Alejandro Orta Aldaba

01.25.2017 Baja California Sur, Danza Folklorica, Danzantes Unidos, Danzantes Unidos Blog, DUF 2017, folklorico, Mexican Art & Culture 0
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Maestro Cesar Alejandro Orta began his dance career in the year 1989 under the direction of Maestra Rita Cobos Lugo.   Afterward, he became a member of the Ballet Folklórico Rarajipame directed by Maestro Victor Barriga Gallegos. He is a graduate of the Escuela Superior de Danza Folklorica in Chihuahua, where he studied under Maestro Marcelo Torreblanca.  He is also alumni from the Escuela de la Danza Mexicana in Tepic, Nayarit where he...

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Maestra Spotlight – Irene Hernandez

12.01.2016 Art, Danzantes Unidos, Danzantes Unidos Blog, DUF 2017, folklorico, Mexican Art & Culture 0
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Irene Hernández has over 35 years of experience as a dancer and instructor. She has taught workshops in Italy, Hawaii, Mexico, Wyoming, Las Vegas and New Mexico. She has studied with over 30 Maestros from Mexico and the USA. She received a Key to The City of Carson, CA and was featured on K-ABC’s TV SHOW, “Vista LA” for all her accomplishments in folklorico. In June 2016 she received: At DUF 2017 Folklorico High: Durango...

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Maestro Spotlight: Oscar Hernandez

12.01.2016 Art, Danza Folklorica, Danzantes Unidos, Danzantes Unidos Blog, Danzantes Unidos In The News, DUF 2017, folklorico, Mexican Art & Culture 0
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  My name is Oscar Hernandez. I was born in Fresno, CA and raised just south of there in the small town of Selma, CA. My parents migrated here from Linares, Nuevo Leon, Mexico and worked the fields of the Central Valley. My folklorico path began my sophomore year in high school when I  joined Los Paisanos de Selma High School under the direction of Vicki Filgas and after high school, where I...

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Maestro Spotlight – Cecilio DeCastro

11.29.2016 Art, Danza Folklorica, Danzantes Unidos, Danzantes Unidos Blog, DUF 2017, folklorico, Mexican Art & Culture 0
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“Intricate and always eager to share his knowledge of dance with his students,” is how his students describe him. Dancing and teaching for the past 40 years, Maestro Cecilio De Castro was first introduced to Folklorico in Michoacan, Mexico in 1977. The richness of Folklorico motivated him to continue its practice. He has performed in Mexico, throughout the United States and in Europe. He began dancing in Los Angeles at the age...

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Maestra Spotlight – Cindy Padilla

11.29.2016 Art, Danza Folklorica, Danzantes Unidos, Danzantes Unidos Blog, DUF 2017, folklorico, Mexican Art & Culture 0
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Cindy Padilla began her dance career at the age of eighteen with the Ballet Folklórico Aztlan de CSUN dance organization on the CSU Northridge campus. The need to re-charter the resident Northridge group, Ballet Folklórico Aztlan in fall of 1996 after the 1994 Northridge earthquake, was a goal for Cindy and other members who helped reinstate the forty-five year old student and community based dance troupe to what it is today. She received...

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