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The Three Witches and The Owl
Alma Llanera-Spirit of the Plains
# of Dancers: 12
Length of Work: 2 hours
Date Work Will be Premiered: March, 2011
Alma Llanera-Spirit of the Plains is a full evening dance work inspired by Chicano writer, Rudolfo Anaya's novel, Bless Me Ultima, about a young boy's rite of passage into manhood, the straddling of two cultures and the importance of the values that span across our cultural divide. Blending the vocabulary of traditional Mexican folk dance-indigenous, African, influenced and contemporary movement expressions, choreographer Gema Sandoval and her company Danza Floricanto/USA bring to the stage a vibrant dance rendition of a boy's coming of age story.
Photos by Frank Sandoval
Edgar Colunga
Michelle Aispuro
