{"id":10049,"date":"2019-04-05T17:53:45","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T17:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=10049"},"modified":"2019-04-05T17:53:45","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T17:53:45","slug":"new-york-fusion-ballet-delights-audience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=10049","title":{"rendered":"New York Fusion Ballet Delights Audience"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two dancers with the New York Ballet Neplanta during La Valentina show dance to Las Adelitas. Photo: Tony Vindell\/LFN<\/p><\/div>\n

by Tony Vindell\/LFN<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Thirteen young adults from a New York dancing team that fuses classical ballet and contemporary, West African and Mexican folkloric dances was the highlight of a noche de gala at Los Fresnos high school auditorium.<\/p>\n

Called Ballet Nepantla, the group danced to 19 songs as part of Valentina, a collection of songs related to the roles women played during Mexico\u2019s pre and revolutionary life.<\/p>\n

The songs included El Pueblo del Sol, Viva Mi Desgracia, La Malaguena, Las Adelitas, Juana Gallo, Coronelas, La Negra Noche and Yo Me Muero Donde Quiera.<\/p>\n

Nepantla takes is name after a word used by the Nahuatl-speaking people of Mexico to describe how they were caught in between two worlds, meaning in the middle of the Spanish and the Mexican culture.<\/p>\n

The evening of dance and music, which also included superb presentations by dancing teams from the school district performing arts, brought people to their feet.<\/p>\n

\u201cBravo! Bravo!\u201d could be heard repeatedly by those in the audience, as well as \u201cArriba! Arriba!\u201d<\/p>\n

Gonzalo Salazar, the district\u2019s superintendent, said this was the first time they bring a ballet team from New York City.<\/p>\n

\u201cEnjoy the show,\u201d he told the audience,\u201d as you are going to be treated to something very special.\u201d<\/p>\n

Salazar said he was proud to know that two members of the team came from the Rio Grande Valley.<\/p>\n

He was referring to Francesca Iannelli of McAllen and Andrea Guajardo of Edinburg.<\/p>\n

Guajardo is the founder and artistic director of Ballet Nepantla.<\/p>\n

For Yolanda Castillo Ruiz and Maria Elena Olvera, the concert was above and beyond what they expected.<\/p>\n

\u201cWow!\u201d Olvera, a graduate from the class of 59 of Los Fresnos high school, said. \u201cI love it!\u201d<\/p>\n

Castillo Ruiz, a former resident who now lives in Brownsville, said she also glad for watching the ballet.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very proud of the school district for bringing this show tonight,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy hat is off to the young lady from Edinburg (who founded the ballet).\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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