Mexican Folk Dance has been performed for centuries, Ballet Folklorico Queztalli is keeping the culture alive one step, and one story at a time. “The dance tells the story.

Mexican folk dates back to the 1500s. It has Indigenous, African and European elements and influences from all over the world. Folklorico is a term that is often associated with dance but it ...

Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated Sept. 15 - Oct. 15. Sol de Mexico is a Nashville-based Mexican folk dance group intent on preserving tradition. Rubi Rodriguez and other dancers spent lonh ...

The Georgetown Americas Institute hosted Amalia Viviana Basanta Hernández, the artistic director of Ballet Folklórico de México, at the Gonda Theater on Aug. 28 to discuss the importance of dance as a ...

When most Americans think of Mexican folk dance, or baile folklórico, the most popular image might include stomping boots and swooping skirts in reds, pinks, and purples set to mariachi music. But, ...

With a twirl of his skirt, Jacob Soto taps his strappy high-heels in time to the music, the very image of his all-gay dance company's bold reinvention of ...

For Virginia Diediker celebrating Mexican heritage is a year-round passion sparked 30 years ago during college. But on Cinco de Mayo, Diediker, who directs a group of Mexican folk dancers, would ...

Students walking by Pauley Pavilion after sundown can often see dancers tapping and swinging their feet to the rhythm of Mexican folk music. For the dancers, members of Grupo Folklórico de UCLA ...

At a small dance studio in Baltimore's Patterson High School, people of all ages are using dance and music to make Mexico feel closer to home while more than 1,000 miles away. "My mom is from ...

Gianna has been dancing with the Bailes de Mi Tierra Mexican Folk Dance group since she was a young girl. "It's not something I know a lot of people do outside of my group, so it makes me feel ...

Grecia Chavez has been dancing Mexican folk dance her whole life. “Ballet folclórico has always been very important to me,” Chavez, 18, said. “Growing up, it’s always been something that ...

The CSI Community Education Center is offering “Introduction to Mexican Folk Dance” from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 19 and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20. The class will meet in the CSI ...