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Maestra Spotlight: Blanca Soto

11.19.2016 Art, Danza Folklorica, Danzantes Unidos, Danzantes Unidos Blog, Danzantes Unidos In The News, DUF 2017, folklorico, Mexican Art & Culture 0
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Maestra Blanca Araceli Soto is a veteran and accomplished actress, choreographer, director, producer and dancer. Her passion for the performing arts led her to study theater and dance at the University of Guadalajara, in her home-town.  As a dancer, she has 40 years of experience working with international dance companies such as: Ballet Folklorico del Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Ballet Folklorico de Mexico de Amalia Hernandez, Floricanto U.S.A., Los Angeles Mexican Dance Company,...

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Maestra Spotlight: Rosemarie Olais Pantoja

02.08.2016 Danzantes Unidos, Danzantes Unidos Blog, DUF 2016, DUF 2016 Maestros, Mexican Art & Culture, Uncategorized 0
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Rosemarie Olais Pantoja is a Fresno native who first began to learn Folklorico through a City of Fresno Parks and Recreation class offered to the public. That class awakened a love for Folklorico that now manifests in her thirty-seven years practicing this cultural and traditional art. 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...

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UFS 2016 Meet Your Hosts At San Jose State University

02.03.2016 folklorico, Mexican Art & Culture, San Jose State University, University Folklorico Summit 0
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University Folklorico Summit UFS 2016: Leaders Today to Create Legacies Tomorrow UFS 2016 will take place at San Jose State University on February 19-21 and is being hosted by Grupo Folklorico Luna y Sol de San Jose State.  Of course, nothing occurs in a vacuum and it is the leadership and diligence of the following students that will make this event a success.  Meet your hosts at San Jose State University!   UFS Committee Irma Guardado...

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UFS 2016 Presenter Itza Sanchez

02.03.2016 folklorico, Mexican Art & Culture, San Jose State University, University Folklorico Summit 0
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UFS 2016 will take place at San Jose State University on February 19-21 and is being hosted by Grupo Folklorico Luna y Sol de San Jose State.  The organizing committee is pleased to announce the participation of Itza Sanchez presenting the workshop "Leadership & Organization Management".  In this session, participants will about the importance of goal setting and campus outreach. Itza Sanchez is an SJSU Alumni (Cultural Anthropology, 2004) working as Program and...

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UFS 2016 Presenter Dr. Olga Najera-Ramirez

02.02.2016 Danzantes Unidos, folklorico, Mexican Art & Culture, San Jose State University, University Folklorico Summit 0
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University Folklorico Summit UFS 2016: Leaders Today to Create Legacies Tomorrow UFS 2016 will take place at San Jose State University on February 19-21 and is being hosted by Grupo Folklorico Luna y Sol de San Jose State.  The organizing committee is proud to announce the participation of Dr. Olga Nájera-Ramírez as the workshop presenter on "Channeling Your Folklórico Interest into a Career".  Learn how you can carry folkloric traditions forward into your...

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Maestro Spotlight: Rudy Garcia

01.20.2016 Danzantes Unidos, Danzantes Unidos Blog, DUF 2016, DUF 2016 Maestros, Mexican Art & Culture, Uncategorized 0
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Dancer and musician, Rudy F. Garcia began his dance training while a student at Stanford University. His expansive career has been formed through his experience as a member of various San Francisco Bay Area performing art groups: Ballet Folklorico de Stanford, Flor de la Esperanza, Los Lupeños de San Jose, Xochipilli de San Jose and Jubilee American Dance Theater. He has served as Artistic Director for Alegria de San Jose and Los...

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Maestra Spotlight: Cindy Padilla

01.16.2016 Danzantes Unidos, Danzantes Unidos Blog, DUF 2016, DUF 2016 Maestros, Mexican Art & Culture, Uncategorized 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...

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Maestro Spotlight: Marcela Cardenas

01.16.2016 Danzantes Unidos, Danzantes Unidos Blog, DUF 2016, DUF 2016 Maestros, Mexican Art & Culture 0
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Marcela Cardenas has been dancing folklorico for many years, practically all her life. She was introduced to dancing at a young age in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. It then became her passion. This passion led her to join the Real Ballet Charro, Grupo Folklorico del H. Ayuntamiento de Guadalajara and later Grupo Folklorico de la Universidad de Guadalajara under the direction of Rafael Zamarripa. She earned her degree in dance from the University...

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Maestra Spotlight: Yolanda Chacon Beniquez

01.15.2016 Danzantes Unidos, Danzantes Unidos Blog, DUF 2016, DUF 2016 Maestros, Mexican Art & Culture 0
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Yolanda Chacon Beniquez researched through Summer-long intensive courses at the Instituto de la Investigacion del Folklor y la Danza in Mexico, Artes y Ciencias in Tijuana, Mexico, and at Mazochoquim in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. These intensive Summer-long courses were comprised of instructors teaching at institutions across Mexico. Maestra Beniquez has been teaching at Chula Vista Park and Recreation Centers since 1983. She has taught Folklorico curriculum courses at Palomar College, Eastlake and Olympian High Schools...

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Maestro Spotlight: Alejandro Rey

01.15.2016 Danzantes Unidos, Danzantes Unidos Blog, DUF 2016, DUF 2016 Maestros, Mexican Art & Culture 0
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Alejandro Rey, a.k.a. "The Biggest Mexican" is the 6-time Los Angeles Area Bachata Dance Champion. He is the Director of Paso De Oro Dance Company Latin Dance division. Alejandro has headlined as a performer and choreographer of the top Latin Dance Festivals throughout the United States, Europe, Russia, China, Mexico, Canada and Brazil. He has performed live in concert with Bachata recording artists such as Toby Love, Xtreme, Carlos y Alejandra, Andy Andy,...

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