Two decades later, the group is still student run and managed. Veracruz s traditional dance is the fandango, which includes the huapango which is meant to be danced on wooden planks and the jarocho. Using books, or pictures and descriptions, share some mexican celebrations with your. Jarocho describes the people and culture of southern veracruz. Cierra and roberto that dance is kind of fast and kind of slow and a bit of space.
The song was definitely composed in veracruz, but a strong cuban accent can be perceived in the. Its origins are in veracruz, a mix of african rhythms, spanish flamenco, and indigenous mexican influences on the music of the region. This audio cd follow thier touring from the late 90s. Reflecting on the sounds, sights, and performance skills you experience at the theater. The song features a traditional mambo latin rhythm, strongly influenced by spanish flamenco. The son includes coplas or stanzas sung by a caller who is accompanied by the harddriving rhythms of musicians playing unique regional guitars and harp. Over the course of the dance, the couple getting married would tie a knot in a red ribbon with their feet to demonstrate their new union. Son jarocho, the sound of veracruz betto arcos says the style of music is so vibrant because it comes from the caribbean side of mexico and has all the influences of that region.
Son jarocho is the traditional rural music of veracruz in the gulf region of mexico. Some say that this traditional folk song dates back to the late 17 th century and that, for the most part, its lyrics do not translate into english. Ballet folklorico universidad veracruzana sitio oficial. The son jarocho jarocho designates someone or thing from southern veracruz is the only form that has both 46 and 44 time. Adelita amalia hernandez amor ancient aristocratico australia bailan ballet begins ballet folklorico bamba bats brilliant brought canciones catholic gods cenote centuries chiapaneco chiapas chilam balam coming dawn concheros couple cross cultura dancers dancing danza folklorica dark deep eggs especially europe famous festival first dance. Sones jarochos from veracruz by various artists on. The son jarocho is the result of a mixture of spanish seguidillas for some reason this word has been deformed into seguiriyas and fandangos, with cuban zapateados and guajiras.
To see all the different versions of these dance and different regions, just go to youtube,type in ballet folklorico, and explore. Summerfest szazhalombatta, rackeve, tokol nemzetkozi folklorfesztival es nepmuveszeti vasar rackeve. After the performance i was able to purchase this 1963 lp album featuring the music from the dances i had just seen. A unique 39 string harp is the very soul of jarocho music, does not only carry the melody, but the also the harmony, the speed and the ambiance of the. Listy bestsellerow, wyroznienia zwiazek producentow audio video. As mentioned below, baile folklorico owes its inception to amalia hernandez.
It is only logical that it refers to some special event that occurred before the year 1683, when the pirates attacked the village of veracruz. I especially liked the music from the deer dance, the mexican hat dance, and the wedding dance. Jose gutierrez, felipe ochoa, and marcos ochoa, raised. All this sounds really cool, but how can i bring it into my life. And there is many many more, too many for me to put in this blog. Nov 07, 2015 mexico, arte y tradicion ballet folklorico, monterrey.
Sones jarochos from veracruz by various artists on amazon music. Many of us who love mexico have seen a ballet folklorico performance at some point. Baile folklorico, literally folkloric dance in spanish, also known as ballet folklorico, is a collective term for traditional mexican dances that emphasize local folk culture with ballet characteristics pointed toes, exaggerated movements, highly choreographed. He was dubbed the king of calypso for popularizing the caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s. Veracruz the mexican folk dance company of chicago. Bienvenidos this is a blog dedicated to the beautiful dances of ballet folklorico. It is best known from a 1958 adaptation by ritchie valens, a top 40 hit in the the u.
402 811 1056 588 43 1368 1312 539 650 1033 166 207 523 994 1174 440 1351 121 1295 1518 1037 1085 1263 275 100 1289 1402 1283 830 703 178 153 1496 585