GUADALUPE OMEXÓCHITL
What’s new to say about Mexico? It is a country that is in the heart of all spectators because its rhythms, its songs, its dances simply symbolize what one expects from a popular show. That is to say, passion, talent, costumes that are so much a treat for the eyes.
It is a territory of very old civilization that has been crossed from north to south by a multitude of peoples and tribes who have found accommodation somewhere and have left indelible traces of their culture. So that this country has become a mosaic of peoples but also of dances, music and monuments. When we know that the first occupants were already on this land at the beginning of the Christian era and that superimposed on these achievements the influences, in the 15th century, of the Spaniards who came to mix their own culture with those who already existed, one then understands better that such a diversity of origins, such a mix of rhythms and talents have given a nation that sings and dances all the time. This Mexico with a thousand facets surprises and cannot leave indifferent.
Dance in Mexico is the result of several processes of interbreeding from the conquest to our modern era. It is recognized worldwide as synonymous with magnificence and splendor. It had a very specific function in the past because it was the means of evangelizing the indigenous people and of appropriating to them the European vision of life.
"In Mexico, tradition is alive and comes before progress" according to Norma LAZCANO ARCE, a renowned Mexican ethnographer. It is one of the few countries where ancestral traditions are still alive in all their authenticity. By tradition, we mean not only the ritual that composes it, but also the devotion of the Mexicans to perpetuate it.
The folk ensemble 'Guadalupe Omexochitl' of San Luis Potosi is part of this tradition. He has already participated in numerous tours around the world and several dozen international folklore festivals, managing to accumulate many distinctions and recognitions for the dissemination of Mexican folklore. The ballet is extraordinary in terms of rhythm and talent. It is masterfully directed by Eric GOMEZ CERVANTES who created it.
And in this adventure what do the "Mariachis" become? They are twelve and form an extraordinary orchestra. Through their revolutionary or romantic songs, no one remains insensitive to their charm which makes the revolution a joyful moment of history and love the main concern of Mexicans. Once again, you will let yourself go to the seductive charm of this people and this ballet.
