Viva Mexico! The Music, Dance, And Poetry of Mexico

All songs and poems will be presented in the original Spanish, with English translations projected above the stage.

¡Viva Mexico!features a large cast jointly directed by Thelma Arguello (music), Xochitl Ehrl (dance), James Stake (poetry), including actors and singers, Alex Streeper, Ali Esmeralda Marin, Cristina Vigil, Elsa Lopez, Jonathan Harrell, Miranda Arteaga, Mónica Arteaga, Paola Vengoechea Martini, Roxanne Tapia, Antonia Chavez, Ilana Burke, and musicians, David Garcia, Mario Reynolds, and Dan Burke.

¡Viva Mexico! is in collaboration with the wonderful dance groups Ballet Folclórico Xóchitl, which includes Xóchitl Ehrl (director), Rafael Escamilla, Analicia Guitrón, Daisy Vargas, Mykayla Trujillo, Elizabeth Zambrano, Luis Ontiveros, Jocelyn Flores, Alex Streeper, Paola Vengoechea, Zulema Chavero, Stevany Aguirre, Armanee Gallegos, and Inés Carrillo, & Los Niños de Santa Fe with Antonina Valdéz Romp (director), Ariana Romp, Carmelita Archuleta, Cassandra Petrofes, Colleen Felderwert, Gabriela Chavez, Pilar Maez, Savannah Salbidrez, Vanessa Salbidrez, Kenneth Romp, Diego Lonardoni, Juan Carlos Rodriguez, Remigio Torres, and Víctor Palma.

¡Viva Mexico! features works from poets Alberto Blanco, Eduardo Hurtado, Efrain Bartolome, Fabio Morabito, Francisco Segovia, Heriberto Yepez, Luis Miguel Aguilar, Rafael Vargas, Ricardo Yanez, Silvia Tomasa Rivera, and Veronica Volkow.

This presentation is generously supported by the Friends of Folk Art (FOFA).