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 Cassie Barmore as the workshop presenter on "Nutrition". Nutrition is important, for dancers, but can also affect our lives as students. Cassie Barmore, MS, RD is...
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 honored to announce the participation of Angelina Dwyer as the workshop presenter for "Leadership and Spirit (on Campus)". In this workshop she will share the history of the SJSU Campus and...
The University Folklorico Summit (UFS), an initiative of Danzantes Unidos, is a three-day leadership and cultural arts conference designed for collegiate folklorico groups. UFS provides a forum for university folklorico group leaders to meet, share their best practices, and strategize for their communities. UFS strives to educate the next generation of folklorico student leaders of the multiple facets and characteristics that make up an efficient and sustainable university folklorico group. REGISTRATION IS OPEN...
University Folklorico Summit To Convene Leaders in Mexican Folk Dance at UFS 2016 "Leaders Today To Create Legacies Tomorrow" on February 19-21 at San Jose State University. Registration is OPEN at: www.danzantes.org/programs/university-folklorico-summit/ The University Folklorico Summit (UFS), an initiative of Danzantes Unidos, is a three-day leadership and cultural arts conference designed for collegiate folklorico groups. UFS provides a forum for university folklorico group leaders to meet, share their best practices, and strategize for...
University Folklorico Summit To Convene Leaders in Mexican Folk Dance at UFS 2016 San Jose, CA (December 21, 2015) – The leaders of collegiate (and high school) Mexican folk dance groups in the United States will come together for the 4th Annual cultural arts conference; University Folklorico Summit UFS 2016 “Leaders Today to Create Legacies Tomorrow”. UFS 2016 will take place on February 19 to 21, 2016 at San José State University located...
University Folklorico Summit Convenes Leaders in Collegiate Mexican Folk Dance at San Jose State University February 19-21, 2016 San Jose, CA (December 17, 2015) – The leaders of collegiate (and high school) Mexican folk dance groups in the United States will come together for the 4th Annual University Folklorico Summit UFS 2016 “Leaders Today to Create Legacies Tomorrow”. UFS 2016 will take place on February 19 to 21, 2016 at San José State...
Article written by Rosa Angelica Castañeda Photographs taken by Richard Magaña and Rosa Angelica Castañeda In mid-February, collegiate folkloristas set their shoes aside as they connected through an educational and insightful conference. “It is really interesting to see, not just the challenges that we all face, despite how different we are; it is interesting how we can come together,” Jazmin Rodriguez stated, an undergraduate student at UC Irvine. “Now we have connections, and we’ve...
We are raised to aspire to be leaders, not followers, and are frequently exposed to leaders and their exemplary lives and movements. However, what qualities do we identify to emulate? How do we identify them? Do leaders lead away from, towards, or in consideration of? What movement or mass of people are leaders leading? Do leaders create their own path or retrace ancestral ways of truth? As folkloristas, we inherit a vast collection...
Hello Folklóristas! We cannot wait to meet you at UFS 2014 in a couple of weeks. We are really excited to show you the exclusive UFS 2014 t-shirt our friends at Mii Camisa designed for the participants to wear. As you can see, the folklórico dancers in the design are wearing a graduation cap and carrying a diploma to symbolize the importance of education. By placing the UFS 2014 theme, "Resurrecting the Roots, Empowering our...
“A México with bundle of tassels. And engraved silver A México with ears of corn, brown-skinned people. A México, of fairs, of candy skulls. Tame, quiet, wild, incongruous, strident, lighthearted. The México of ancient ruins, churches made of gold and shadows. And gardens of bougainvillea and tropical flowers. The México from yesterday and today, of beautiful songs and dances, born from ruins created between the black braids of the natives, screams, weeping, silence, songs. Pure expression of our...