Danzantes Unidos Festival DUF 2023 “BAILAR ES VIVIR” will take place on March 31, April 1 & 2 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 Tuesday, December 27, 2022.

Maestra 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. She received two undergraduate B.A. degrees in Journalism and Chicana/o Studies and two graduate degrees from California State University, Northridge. Her graduate degrees include a Masters of Arts in Chicana/o Studies with an emphasis in Music, Dance, and Folklore and a Masters of Science in Dance/Kinesiology.

She currently is a professor of Chicana/o Studies at CSU Northridge where she teaches Chicana/o in the Arts and Dance of Mexico courses. She has also served as part-time faculty in the ELAC Dance Department where she has taught Latin American dance culture and folklórico specialty courses. When Ms. Padilla is not teaching university courses, she is directing the Ballet Folklórico Joyas Divinas del Valle, juvenil folklórico group in Pacoima, CA.

Her most recent written publications include her Master’s theses entitled: A Mexicana/Chicana Testimonio Addressing Tradition and Authenticity in Folklórico Dance, Folklórico Performativity Project: Transferring Cultural Embodiment from Stage to Community Performance Space and Mexican Dance Origins in the Encyclopedia of Latino Popular Culture.

“Performing Mexican folklórico has always been one of those exhilarating feelings for me, but watching my students perform in choreography on stage is phenomenal. Bringing these beautiful Mexican regional dances to life is only possible with the instructors and students who will continue to commit to teaching, researching, and performing this beautiful folklórico art form in our surrounding communities and our local high schools, colleges, and universities.”-Cindy Padilla, M.A., M.S.

DUF 2023 (ages 13 to 18) – Folklorico High: Guerrero (Costa Chica) & Jalisco Int/Adv Level

This course will amplify the student’s understanding of the movement and footwork technique from the states of Jalisco and the Costa Chica region of Guerrero. This course will introduce the student to more complex and intricate dance steps and movements that accompany the beautiful music from both states. Required: Practice skirt and rebozos for Jalisco and “waist to knee” practice skirt and paliacates (handkerchiefs) for Guerrero (Costa Chica). -Cindy Padilla, M.A., M.S.

Repertoire–Jalisco: El Jalisciense, Los Arrieros, Virgencita de Zapopan & Guerrero: (Costa Chica) El Alingo Lingo, El Palomo, La Malagueña Curreña

DUF 2023 will take place on March 31, April 1 & 2 in Fresno, CA.

Regular Registration ends on December 27, 2022

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