Past Events at the Center
Updated 08 August 2009
Special Presentation held at the Center
on Sunday, July 26, 2009
The beautiful costumes and head dress made for an impressive dance presentation enjoyed by all in attendance.
Photographs can not show the perfectly synchronized dancing or the wonderful music of the performance
There was a fair crowd, with people attending from around the state to watch the Azteca dance performers. It was a hot July day, around 100 degrees F, but the audience knew it was worse for the performers with those heavy costumes and head dresses in the direct sun!
The Danza de la Pluma dancers seemed to perform tirelessly for over an hour in the blazing 100 degree sun
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This Special Event was sponsored by:
New Mexico State Monuments
New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs
El Camino
Real International Heritage Center Foundation
Museums of New Mexico Foundation
City of Socorro
Grupo de Promesa from Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico.
A traditional Sapotec and Mixtec dance ritual originating under early Spanish
colonists that portrays the struggle between Moxtezuma and Cortez, Christianity and paganism, with several variations to the ultimate
victor.
