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With dancers imitating prancing horses, percussionists creating rhythms with a donkey’s jaw, images of pyramids and feathered serpents, gorgeously hand-embroidered costumes, accordion music borrowed from the Poles and turned to a Mexican beat…we let the artists tell us about some of the rich art forms that Latinos have brought into the United States.
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Eve Ma
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Producer-director, host, editor...creator. But Richard R. Lee of Sidewalks TV was the studio director. And did I mention that this show is a supplement in our series, "The Languages of Sound & Movement?"
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jose somoza
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José Somoza is the founder & artistic director of Grupo Folklórico Talpalli, one of the performing grouops featured on this show. HIs goal is to spread Mexican culture through dance. Focused on youth, the members range from four to thirty years in age. They’ve performed in many venues from schools (principally in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Hayward) to television programs. They do dances from 12 different Mexican states including Jalisco, Sonora and Chihuahua.
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Valentin Romero Jr.
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Val Romero, Jr. is one of four members of the TexMex musical group. Conjunto Romero. The group includes Val's father (Val Romero, Sr.) an uncle (Lauro Guajardo), Val Jr.and for the fourth, his brother or sometimes a cousin. Val Sr. & Lauro grew up in the South Rio Grande Valley of Texas, birthplace of TexMex music. Lauro & Val Sr.'s parents are from Mexico and Spanish was the language spoken in the home. Val Jr., his brother & cousin are from California and are proud of their Mexican roots.
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Richard Lee
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Richard R. Lee of Sidewalks TV was the studio director for most of the performance seen in this show. He also did the camera work for most of the interviews. Long associated with San Francisco Bay Area television stations (from PBS to local cable stations) he also has his own interactive web site, Sidewalks TV, featuring fresh faces in the perfomance arts. You can check out his link belos.
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