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Aztec Dance Part of the Dedication of the Latino Cultural Center,
September 16, 2003

 
  • Written guidelines to direct student research.
  • Oral guidelines to direct student observation of dance.
  • Rubrics to direct evaluation process
  • Video Resources
  • Library/Media Center Resources
  • The Internet
  • Community Concheros groups 

 

  Dances

Danza del Nuevo Fuego performed every 18,980 nights followed the cycle of Tianquiztli, Pleiades temple of Huitziloochtli Hummingbird on the left, god of the sun and of war and patron diety of the Mexica

Águila Blanca also called Iztacuahtli (research on the significance of this ritual song and dance is incomplete at this time). 

Ma Oc On Icniuhtiua / Let us Leave Some Songs  An example of an interpretive poem.

 

  Other Video Resources
  • Clase 10 DVD Series: Danzas de Mexico, Volume II Guanajuato, available through the Mariachi Connection and La Rosa Dance Supply contact information listed below under resorces
  • Asociación Nacional de Groups Folklóricos 2001 Conference Video for contact information visit www.alegria.org
  • Video of Amalia Hernandez’s Ballet Folklorico de Mexico
  • Video of the University of Aguascalinetes
  • Video of the University of Guadalajara
  • ANGF 1997 Conference Video
  • Student practice video for analysis
  • Student performance video for evaluation

 

  Music

www.yxayotl.com/

martinprehispanic@yahoo.com
Business Information:
Phone: 562-946-4448

Costume and Supplies Resources

IZTLI Designs
Rosa Isela Flores
2112 Shea Rd.
Dallas, Texas 75235
214-357-3387

La Rosa Dance Supply
4907 Flores St.
San Antonio, Texas 78214
210-921-9966
210-921-9919
dancesales@larosadancesupply.com

www.larosadancesupply.com

Curiosidades "El Profe" Prop. Raul Vaquez, Mercado Juarez, Local 40 , Matoamoros, Tamualipas

Ruben Lopez's Curios Shop, Mercado Juarez Local 59 and 65 Matamoros Tamaulipas

The Mariachi Connection 2106 W. Commerce, San Antonio, Texas 78207 1-877-565-5222

Folklorico, Etc. Anna Marie Silvas PO Box 879 Beeville, Texas 78102 361-358-4440

  Media Center Resources

Media center director

Books on Aztecs

Especially helpful is Daily Life of the Aztecs: People of the Sun and Earth by David Carrasco with Scott sessions, the Greenwood Press, 1998.

Fifteen Poets of the Aztec World by Miguel León Portilla available at www.ou.edu/oupress ISBN 0-8061-3291-4

 

 

Resources on the internet

The number of resources on the internet are overwhelming.  The resources that follow were helpful.

www.alegria.org 

www.folklorico.com

www.elcharro1.com

www.anmbf.org

//anthropology.about.com/science/anthropology/cs/aztecs/index.htm

//.belizeone.com/pages/mayan/aztec.html

www.rose-hulman.edu/~delacova/aztec (gorgeous drum)

http://www.corona.bell.k12.ca.us/student/adrian/

http://www.mexica-movement.org/A1.html

http://www.aguila-blanca.com/Danza-Hierarchy.htm

links to Mexican art and culture, popular culture, newspapers, political organizations and movements http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/Mexico/

 

 

Resource Organizations

Asociación de Grupos Folklóricos (ANGF)
www.angf.org
ANGF c/o Rey Cuestas, Treasurer
STAAR Program 23AE
California State University, Bakersfield
9001 Stockdale Ave
Bakersfield, CA 93311- 1099

Texas Association for Hispanic Dance and Culture
c/o Liz Gallego, President
PO Box 227406
Dallas, Texas 75222-7496
lizgallego@hawkpci.net

Grupo Cualli Tepec Danza Azteca Chichimeca Conchera
Teresa Ybarra
214-766-7648
Casa Guanajuato, Centro Civico 214-946-4771
1002 W. Brooilyn St.
Dallas, Texas 75208

Kalpalli Tonal Teokalli
Grupo Yaoyollohtli
Mexihca-Nahualt Danza y Cultura Azacena Y Evelio Flores
7205 Calymont
Dallas, Texas 75227
214-388-3547
evelioflores@yahoo.com

AZTECS OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Henry Guzman Villalobos (Aztec/Yaqui)
President and Chief Executive Officer
A California Non-Profit Corporation
P.O. Box 325
Hayward, California 94543-0325 U.S.A.
Voice/Fax:(510) 582-3880
E-Mail:aztecs1237@aol.com