Folklorico-Contemporanea: the Roots & Spirit of Mexican Dance March 28, 2009

Dancers from Mexico's Delfos Danza Contemporanea and Chicago dancers explore the links, tensions and movements of Mexican folkloric and contemporary dance. How do these dance forms intersect and diverge? How is artistic expression impacted by identity, both personal and global? Panelists will include Claudia Lavista, cofounder of Delfos Danza Contemporanea; Olivia Rodriguez, modern and contemporary dancer and Columbia College Chicago graduate; Anabel Tapia of the Chicago-based Mexican performance group Tarima Son; and facilitator Jorge Valdivia, director of performing arts at the National Museum of Mexican Art.