HOW TO LEARN MEXICAN BALLET FOLKLORICO ZAPATEADO Did you ever wondered how to dance ballet folklorico? One of the steps you will first learn how to dance is zapateado. There are 3 different types of basic zapateado step. The standard zapateado, the zapateado de punta which is performed on the ball of the feet and the zapateado plano, which is performed making full shoe-sole-contact. In this article we will first show how to do the zapateado standard. At the end of the article we will include videos of all 3 zapateados. Please note that once you learn how to do zapateado standard you can easily switch to dancing it on your toes (The full ball of your feet) or plano (flat zapateado. HOW TO - ZAPATEADO INSTRUCTIONS: Stand with your feet apart (equal length of your shoe size) Observe your posture Pull up the body Bend the knee a little Flat strike with right foot Heel strike with left foot Flat strike with right foot Flat strike with left foot Heel strike with right foot Flat strike with right foot (This concludes a right and left zapateado cycle or count) READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE FOR DETAILS. Continue reading ...

OH! It is almost time for that show you really want to be part of and you are still short of “performance ready”. What can you do now? You can give up and tell your self there is always that next show or you can fight the last few weeks before the show and memorize and correct the flaws your teacher told you to correct. We all been there. I still remember under pressure feeling more nervous as the time came close. Maybe I was too young but the closer to the show the more my nerves got the better of me. This article will help you to maximize improvement. The key is just a little memorization. This article will only focus on Choreography memorization. Continue reading ...

Ballet Folklorico is the interpretation of mexican traditional dances. Mexican Folk Dancing represents dancistic anthropology and it is recognized as a world dance genre. In essence, Ballet Folklorico represents Mexico’s traditions and culture through dances that originated through centuries of Mexican history. With this said, teaching Ballet Folklorico to children is not just dressing them in long skirts or big Sombreros and have them stomp their feet away. There is a certain level of responsibility that every instructor should take upon themselves before teaching toddlers. Is a toddler class just catering to expose kids to dance and it is a form of recreational activity close to a “child care hour”? Or is it structured and academically sound as it should. There is a balance between the abilities of a toddler and what the dance should look like. That is the focus of this article. Continue reading ...

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This performance was held at the Santa Barbara Bowl featuring award winning mexican singer Pedro Fernandez and his Mariachi who entertained the roaring crowd with a very interactive show. There where other Mariachis like Mariachi Los Toros and Mariachi Estrella de Mexico and Ballet Folklorico LEYENDA Dancing to their live interpretation of traditional mexican music classics like "La Negra" and even songs from Veracruz like "Tilingo". During the closing song, a champion roper charro performer dazzled the crowd with intricate rope tricks and all the mariachi groups played at the same time the last 2 songs in which LEYENDA dance company can be seen in this video giving the grand finale to this amazing evening of Mexican culture and music regional mexicana. Continue reading ...