Ballet folkloricoTo me, dancing, music, and parties are what come to my mind when i think of mexico. Although i was born here in the US, My family raised me with tradions from mexico. so i guess you could say i get the best of both worlds. One of the things i treasure most about my mexican coulture are the traditional dances known as the moving art of ballet folklorico. I have been dancing for about four years now, and it has been the best experience of my life. Each state has more than one type of costume. Like the dress i am wearing above is from the state of jalisco, the dance my brother and i are doing there is called "El huisache" this song is a funny story about a guy trying to get a girls attention by seducing her in a dance, though she knows that he is a "Campesino" so she does not want to go with him because he is poor. yet in the end like every love story the guy gets the girl.
i agree with you. When someone says Mexico, parties, music and traditional dances comes to my mind. I wish i would be able to dance any of mexico's traditional dances but i'm NOT very good at it. i grew up in mexico and i remember having classmates in different types of dances, they all made it seem so easy until i had to try it and it was very hard. i'm glad you have the patience, courage, heart and dicipline to do this type of dances.
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ReplyDeleteHello Elizabeth!! first of all I want to let you know that I really admire the passion you have for Ballet Folklorico because you have been practicing this mexican traditional dances for about four years. Which requires alot of dicipline and dedication.
ReplyDeleteMarisela I can´t dance any kind of traditional music either. It seems that I was born with two left foots. Everytime that I go to a party I am actually one of those persons who like to see other people dance, but dont dance because I feel ashamed. Due to my lack of dancing skills.
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