Festival 2007
DANCE
- Limón! Classical + Contemporary at The Dance Theatre Workshop Studios: Mexican-born Geraldine Cardiel offers a distinctly contemporary take on Limón movement in her class and choreography. (Manhattan)
FILM
- 4th Morelia International Film Festival Short Winners at The School of Visual Arts: (Manhattan)
La Palomilla Salvaje by Gustavo Gamou (Documentary)
En el Cielo Como en la Tierra by Natalia López (Experimental)
Ver Llover by Elisa Miller Encinas (Fiction)
GASTRONOMY
- A Taste of Michoacan at Restaurant Maya: Guest chef Rubi Silva, of Los Mirasoles restaurant, collaborates with Maya’s Executive Chef Josefina Santacruz for a special dinner featuring traditional Purépecha cuisine.(Manhattan)
LITERATURE
- Book Presentation of “MEXICO: A Traveler’s Literary Companion” at The King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center / NYU: A travel anthology of Mexican short stories by some of Mexico’s best-known authors. With editor CM Mayo, writers Dr. Pedro Angel Palou and Monica Lavin. (Manhattan)
MUSIC
- “Mexican Mix” with DJ Nativo at Carlitos Café y Galería: Tapping the extraordinary diversity of traditional Mexican music DJ Nativo fuses Mexican rhythms with the sounds of Cuba, Colombia and the Dominican Republic.(Manhattan)
- Los Fancy Free, Post-Pastel, and Maniqui Lazer at Glasslands Gallery: Featuring the rock and electronic punk sounds of Los Fancy Free, Post-Pastel, and Maniqui Lazer, with projections of artwork by Gustavo Abascal, Balam Bartolome, Nacho Chincoya, Amor Muñoz, and others.(Brooklyn)
- Celso Duarte at Joe’s Pub: Internationally recognized harp virtuoso who plays with Lila Downs, opens Celebrate México Now 2007. (Manhattan)
- Sonido Changorama at Joe ‘s Pub: An experimental cumbia-sonidero band from Puebla, plumbs the depths of musical and literary cynicism to reduce current and historical events of Mexico. (Manhattan)
THEATER
- Mayan Women Playwrights at The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian: Two outstanding Mayan women dramatists Petrona de la Cruz and Isabel Juárez Espinosa take center stage and present a brief Spanish-language play that revolves around Indigenous women’s struggles in Highland Chiapas. (Manhattan)
- Jumbie Camp at 24th Street: A street parade-performance created by mx-lab member Laura Anderson Barbata featuring the stilt-walking Brooklyn Moko Jumbies in fabulous costumes designed by Barbata. (Manhattan)
VISUAL ARTS
- “Absence – Presence” at Casa Puebla: Antonia Guerrero explores the Mexican immigrant experience in two simultaneous exhibitions that reframe the process of adapting to a different culture. (Manhattan)
- Plutón at The 3LD Art & Technology Center: Exploring the myth and magic surrounding the former planet Pluto, 3LD presents a multidisciplinary scenic installation created in collaboration between artists from 3-Legged Dog and the Mexican collective Antarctica. (Manhattan)
- Book Presentation of “Perros Negros” at Art in General: Led by artists/curators Agustina Ferreira, Adriana Lara and Fernando Mesta, Perros Negros thrives on generating new contexts for artistic practices and diverse modes of presentation. (Manhattan)