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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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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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EveAMa
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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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josesomoza
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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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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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SidewalksTV
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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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Mariachi Colima de Javier Magallón
These are the mariachi musicians that play most of the music for our Mexican folk dancers. Aquí los músicos Mexicanos que tocan la mayoria de la música para los bailarines folklóricos Mexicanos.
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About two weeks ago, we re-edited the visual part of the show´s introduction, putting in scenes from Latino communities including from important Latino cultural organizations located around the country (New York, Chicago, Texas, Colorado and California). Earlier, we had a problem with certain parts of the music but we´re now close to solving this. The San Francisco Film Society, an important organization, has now agreed to be the fiscal sponsor for the show and we´re working on getting funding to complete the show.
Hace más o menos dos semanas, hemos editado de nuevo la parte introductoria de este proyecto, añadiendo grabacciones de comunidades Latinas tanto como imagenes de organizaciones culturales de Nueva York, Chicago, Texas, Colorado y California. Antes, teníamos un problema con algunas partes de la música pero lo hemos casi solucionado. El San Francisco Film Society ha aceptado de representar el proyecto como “fiscal sponsor,” y estamos solicitando subvenciones para terminar el proyecto. |
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We´ve recently received some fine music to add to this show from a group called Mariachi Colima de Javier Magallón. We also have some new dance footage, and photos from several important Latino arts organizations from around the United States. Acabamos de recibir nueva música por este video de un grupo Mariachi Colima de Javier Magallón. También tenemos nuevas grabaciones de baile y fotos de organizaciones culturales Latinas de todas los rincones del EE.UU. |
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EveAMa posted an announcement
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For WEEKS I’ve been working on a major funding request for this show…and it’s ALMOST READY TO SUBMIT!!! Ah, life is good. Desde muchas semanas estoy escribiendo una solicitud para una subvención y está CASI listo. !Que quay! |
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| Mariachi Colima de Javier Magallón (These are the mariachi musicians that play most of the music for our Mexican folk dancers. Aquí los músicos Mexicanos que tocan la mayoria de la música para los bailarines folklóricos Mexicanos.)
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| Lalo Izquierdo, artistic director of Afro-Peruvian group "de Rompe y Raja" (The Afro-Peruvian group, "de Rompe y Raja," is one of the groups featured on our show and Lalo Izquierdo, its artistic director, lead dancer, percussionist and inspiration is an important focus of our show. Explaining the stories behind the Afro-Peruvian dances we see--many related to a period in which blacks in Peru were enslaved, reminiscent of the history of Afro-Americans--Lalo is articulate as well as a very talented artist.)
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| Afro-Peruvian group "de Rompe y Raja" (The California-based Afro-Peruvian group, "de Rompe y Raja," is composed almost entirely of Peruvian immigrants. Their lively music and dance are a real pleasure to watch--and as we learn in our show, also embody some fascinating stories.)
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| Rubén Guzmán with artwork. (The art of cartoneria (paper maché sculpture) is a Mexican artform which Rubén Guzmán uses to portray the legends and the dreams of himself and his people. A native of Mexico, Rubén moved to California more than a decade ago. In addition to his stories and his infectious love of his art, he is of interest because he's learned to create cartoneria sculpture of all sizes--from the small object we see here to works that are 10 feet tall.)
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| Skull (calavera) created by Rubén Guzmán (The skull, or calavera, is a widely used symbol in Mexican art especially for celebrations of the Day of the Dead. On these days in early November, it is believed that one's deceased family, ancestors and other loved ones return in spirit to spend a few days on earth where they are welcomed with artwork, momentos, flowers and other objects.)
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| Conjunto Romero--two musicians from this TexMex group. (The TexMex (música norteña) group on this show, Conjunto Romero, is a family affair: father, two sons, and uncle. The father and uncle grew up in Texas picking cotton and playing music. Masters, respectively, of the accordion and the drums, they passed their art on to the younger generation and then picked up the electric guitar and bajo sexto. True to the family spirit, we also have lots of family photos from the early days in Texas in our show.)
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| Grupo Folklorico Tlapalli (Led by Jose Somoza, Grupo Folklorico Tlapalli performs Mexican folk dances on our show. The dances they give us come from several diffferent Mexican states including Jalisco and Sonora. The group consists of youth as well as adults, youth who are proud to represent their Mexican heritage.)
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| Ecuadorian Folkloric Ballet (Inti-Tulpa) (Our Ecuadorian group does dances from the Andes. In their interviews, they tell us about the gorgeous, hand-embroidered costumes they wear and each costume represents a different town or village. Like the other dance groups, passing on their heritage to the next generation is important and we find that part of the group is a mother-daughter team. When we shot our show, they were called Ecuadorian Folkloric Ballet but have since changed their name to Inti-Tulpa, which means "the blazing sun.")
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| Pachamama Peruvian Arts in New York (One thing we're illustrating in this show is the geographic spread of the Latino community in the U.S.. Here is an image of a cultural organization in New York that we'll be using in the show.)
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| National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago (Here's another image of a Latino cultural organization that we'll have in the finished show. Our graphic designer is working on an image from a third organization, one located in El Paso, Texas.)
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