Rehearsals are about to culminate Wednesday, Oct. 25, on stage at the Moore Theatre in Seattle for a 50th anniversary celebration of Bailadores de Bronce.
A group of UW students created Bailadores de Bronce in 1972 to demonstrate pride in their Mexican heritage through music and dance.SEATTLE — Nearly a year's worth of rehearsals are about to culminate Wednesday, Oct. 25, on stage at the Moore Theatre in Seattle for a
"They all decided that art with something that would represent the culture and open up peoples' minds to see that we were more than just Mexicans or Chicanos," said Adrian Olivas, current executive director of Bailadores de Bronce."It was a way to express ourselves and let the people know what we were all about."
"I just want people who live here in Washington who may not be able to go back home to feel a connection and say maybe I’m not in Mexico anymore but there’s a part of Mexico here with me," Christina said.Several of Mexico’s states will be represented including Jalisco, Zacatecas, Yucatán, Guerrero, Nuevo León, and Sinaloa.
"The second I stepped on the dance floor. It was just a whole different feeling and I'm very glad I did it," said Andrea Cantinca Gonzalez."The energy... The passion one brings for representing their culture and you know part of their lives in their history." "It's not just representing my culture and coming from there and remembering what I saw in Mexico, but also have a new generation of kids who are third or fourth generation that have never been to Mexico, don't even speak the language," Adrian said."It makes me so proud that they want to learn it, and once they get hooked on dancing, they even do more research themselves...
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