Danzantes Unidos DUF 2026 “Nurturing the Light” welcomes Laura Rebolloso teaching Son Jarocho Integral-Música danza y poesía for Teens & Adults; ages 13+. Please bring your own instruments and a notebook.

Laura began to play the jarana and the guitarra de son as a child with her teachers Gonzalo Camacho and Guillermo Contreras. She was part of a children’s group that participated in wakes, feast days, popular events, concert halls, theaters, radio and television programs in towns and cities, in rural and urban contexts, as well as, nationally in Mexico, and internationally in France, Spain, and Canada.
In the ‘90s Laura was a cofounder of the group Son de Madera with whom she worked for 15 years in collecting and playing sones jarochos, playing in fandangos and popular festivals, concerts in theaters and festivals, as well touring Venezuela, Canada, and the
United States.

Mexican music has been her passion and son jarocho her musical, dance, and poetic discipline. After cultivating this traditional genre for 15 years, beginning 10 years ago she began to compose music for cinema, theater, and for her new concerts and albums. She has obtained various grants for musical composition in Seattle, the Maria Grever grant for composers awarded by the National Auditorium, a grant from the FONCA for compositions based on traditional music, and a 2013 INBA/Conaculta grant for composition and production, among others.

Laura Rebolloso graduated from the Faculty of Music of the Universidad Veracruzana and there met teacher Alonso Blanco with whom she consolidated an experimental and creative resonant world. This includes all of her experiences with popular music from Veracruz, reclaiming the syncopations and musical forms of the fandango, thesyncopations of the dance of zapateado jarocho, and the lyrical forms of the world of son.  In 2010, Laura Rebolloso was the artist in residence at the University of Washington. She has also given classes, workshops, and concerts in different places such as the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago, the Latino Arts Program of the United Community Center, for art students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, UCLA, UC Santa Cruz, UC Santa Barbara, Ethos music center in Portland, OR, and in forums and universities in San Francisco, San Diego, and Tijuana, among many others. She has participated in the Fandango Fronterizo and with these experiences she composed various pieces about the theme of migration, as well as thematic versions of sones like “La Bamba Migrante” from her latest compact disc.

In 2011 Laura’s album “Cascabel en mis Venas” was released in which she included all of the instruments she masters: jarana, leona, zapateado, as well as piano, double bass, cajón, violin, and chorus. On this disc there are new compositions and sones arranged for ensembles in Mexico and the United States. The disc was recorded in Veracruz, Seattle, and Los Angeles, and mastered in San Francisco. The lyrical themes begin with maternity such as “Natalia-El parto”, “El Rebozo”, and “Tres Niños”, existential themes like “Cascabel Existencial,”and death with “Fandanguito para mi Padre.” As well, there is a very beautiful version of “La Bruja por Mexico” that has a video made by Scott Macklin of the University of Washington (accessible on Youtube). It tells part of the story and reality of Mexico and its women, full of colors, traditions, sadness, nostalgia, and happiness. In 2013 Laura Rebolloso made another album, “…por la Esperanza de México” that includes a percussion ensemble given that the rhythmic cells, polyrhythms, flavor and swing are an essential part of the pieces. This disc was made by Greg Landau from San Francisco, who has made a innumerable amount of albums of jazz and world music such as his various productions of the Peruvian singer Susana Baca. On this disc, Laura Rebolloso expresses the aural richness of the leona and the jarana and the ancient beats of the afro-jarocho dance where the feet are the percussion. All of these
ancestral rhythms she translated to the piano, double bass, voices and poetry, violins, percussions, and musical concepts…The lyrics speak of Mexico, corn, migration, spiritual quest, and the poverty and richness of this country. Arturo Márquez, the composer of symphonic danzones who presented some of her discs, commented that “the roots are not lost, they are heard all the time.” “The music
is elaborate and the treatment of the ensemble very precise” and “the musicians of the ensemble are marvelous accomplices of Laura.” He commented that he found it “To be a fusion of son with elements of jazz and chamber music with a philosophical
and creative lyrical stance.”

Laura Rebolloso has an extensive catalogue of her own recordings as well as world-wide collaborations with artists which can be found on all musical platforms.  We encourage you to investigate independently to discover the treasure that Danzantes Unidos is bringing to you.  Whether or not you have previously played Son Jarocho, you will leave this class singing, dancing & with a seed for composition.

Cultura illuminates LIFE . . . nurture the light.

Danzantes Unidos Festival DUF 2026 “Nurturing the Light” will take place March 27, 28 & 29 in Fresno, CA.
Registration is OPEN at www.danzantes.org.  Early Registration ends on January 23, 2026.
Click here to register for this class: Son Jarocho Integral; ages 13+