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The Aurora-based Mexican folk ball affiliation Ballet Folklorico Quetzalcoatl has been in actuality for 32 years. The troupe's constancy is partially due to its characteristic nature.
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Paramount Theatre - 67 Photos | Paramount Theater Aurora Dress Code"I accept that what we do is article actual uncommon," said Alberto Reynaga, a ballerina and the abettor administrator for Ballet Folklorico Quetzalcoatl. "There aren't abounding allegorical ball groups in the area, and best bodies from Mexico who alive actuality wouldn't apprehend to see their ability actuality preserved in the way that we do through dance."
Ballet Folklorico Quetzalcoatl will be presented at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora.
The ball affiliation additionally instills pride in the Hispanic youths.
"Most of the kids who are in the accumulation are second- or third-generation immigrants, and the affiliation aback to their ability is sometimes actual difficult to brainwash with the adjustment of the American culture," Reynaga said. "Through dancing, kids acquisition a fun way to accomplish this affiliation aback to their heritage."
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Paramount Theatre - 67 Photos | Paramount Theater Aurora Dress CodeWith added than 110 performers from 5 to 45 years of age, Ballet Folklorico Quetzalcoatl presents altered dances application its own date decorations and accurate Mexican wardrobe. Company associates dress in the archetypal abrasion of celebrated and accepted times and accomplish dances from altered regions of Mexico. The apparel are capital to the show, according to Reynaga.
"Each accompaniment of Mexico about has its own culture, in a sense," he said. "Each ball has its own variations in apparel that are specific to that region. All of our apparel are handmade, the majority of which are fabricated in Mexico. The alone barring is that a few of them were fabricated by one of the mothers of the dancers in the accumulation who is a clothier in Aurora."
This year's ball presentation at the Paramount appearance the affair El Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead.
"We will accept a adumbrative ball allotment that portrays the celebrations of El Dia de los Muertos in Mexico," Reynaga said. "And we will accept a acceptable chantry that is apparent at El Dia de los Muertos celebrations on affectation in the antechamber at the Paramount, as able-bodied as some treats for kids who appear to our appearance with their Halloween costumes."
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Paramount Theatre - 67 Photos | Paramount Theater Aurora Dress CodeReynaga, who has been a ballerina in the affiliation for 12 years, is accomplished in a cardinal of means by his accord in the group.
"I absolutely adore seeing the joy on the kids' faces afterwards assuming and seeing how appreciative they feel as the admirers applauds their performance," he said. "Also, one of my admired satisfactions is when, afterwards a performance, addition acknowledgment us for, symbolically, demography them aback to Mexico through our performance."
Randall G. Mielke is a freelance anchorman for The Beacon-News.
Ballet Folklorico Quetzalcoatl
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Broadway-Musical Package - Broadway Series | Groupon | Paramount Theater Aurora Dress CodeWhen: Saturday
Where: Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora
Tickets: $18-$28
Information: 630-896-6666 or paramountaurora.com
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