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Calpulli Mexican Dance Company Tells Great American Stories in Mexican Folkloric Dance

Calpulli Mexican Dance Company is a strong New York Mexican folkloric dance company. A “calpulli” is a traditional Aztec community.

This is a community dance company that performs like professionals with world-class storytelling. Calpulli has a touring company; dance, music, and costume design programs; and teaching artists who do community outreach across Metro New York.

It’s incredible what Calpulli does with a small professional core. This is the power of the New York Mexican community.

Calpulli Mexican Dance Company “Monarcas” Celebrates the Contributions and Sacrifices Mexican Immigrants Make for the USA

These are the first stories in a new Mexican folkloric dance series celebrating immigrant contributions. “Company E” celebrates Mexican American soldiers in the US Army. “Viñedos” celebrates Mexican American families who helped build California’s wine industry.

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Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
Saturday-Sunday, May 27-28, 2023
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Summer Streets 2019

Sat, August 3, 10 & 17, 2019
MANHATTAN ~ Seven miles of city streets become a long pedestrian mall with rest stops that offer free African, Brazilian, Disability, French, Indigenous, Mexican, Peruvian and Puerto Rican entertainment and family activities

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The Calpulli Mexican Dance Company Creative Team is Exceptional

The company was founded in New York in 2003.

Calpulli Mexican Dance Company Artistic Director and Co-Founder Alberto Lopez Herrera has been named one of Time Magazine’s great “American Voices.” He is a world-class storyteller.

Executive Director and Co-Founder Juan Castaño has built an impressive community arts organization.

Associate Artistic Director Grisel Pren gets community dancers to perform like professionals by mixing classical ballet and Mexican folk dance technique. A classical ballerina told us that Calpulli dancers perform like professional ballet dancers. Pren is the heart of the company.

Musical Director George Saenz is a graduate of Berklee College of Music, which produces an endless stream of successful jazz and Latin music stars.

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