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DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS
INSPIRATION FOR THE STORY
Using both folk and classical music and dance, Calpulli Mexican Dance Company’s Dia de los Muertos explores a love story that spans the boundary between the living and the departed. A loving couple falls victim to treachery and is separated, seemingly forever. The young woman enters Mictlán- the underworld of Aztec mythology- where the mesmerizing Catrina reigns as queen.
The original concept for "Dia de los Muertos" was a show by Calpulli premiered in 2004 at Queens Theatre in the Park named "Tiempo de Cempazuchitl/ Time of the Marigold." Then Artistic Director Noemy Hernandez created Calpulli's first story-based production of "Dia de los Muertos" in 2012 premiered at the Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University. The final production of story was premiered at Queens Theatre in 2016 under the Artistic Direction of Alberto Lopez Herrera, Dramaturg and co-story writer Roberto Lara, with Music Direction by George Saenz. Read the letter from the Artistic Director.
reviews
“The dance numbers keep coming — feet stamping, skirts swirling — as narrative turns are woven in with easy-to-follow clarity. The lines of female dead, crossing one another to the same accelerating music to which the Wilis cross, have the same effect as the original, heightened by richer colors...Too generous and innocent to be pretentious, with its subversion of gender norms wrapped up in its sincerity, “Dia de los Muertos” might expand your idea of what is traditional.”.
– Brian Seibert, New York Times
“What a wonderful show!...If you haven’t seen the amazing work of this company, you are missing out!”
- BroadwayWorld.com
“It cannot be emphasized enough how special this production is, providing an educational experience to those not fully aware of the depth and diversity of Mexican culture and dance.”
-NY Examiner
THE COMMUNITY THAT MADE IT POSSIBLE
STORY WRITTEN BY
Alberto Lopez Herrera
Roberto Lara
MUSIC DIRECTION & COMPOSITION
George Saenz
CHOREOGRAPHY
Alberto Lopez
Roberto Lara
Noemy Hernandez
DRAMATURG
Roberto Lara
COSTUME DESIGN & CREATION
Alberto Lopez Herrera
Elias Roldan
LIGHTING DESIGN & ANIMATION
Carolina Ortiz
Ariel Rodriguez
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