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Oregon Humanities and Dance for a Dollar: Across Bordes
In conjunction with the World Premiere of Dancefor a Dollar and sponsored by Oregon Humanities, we are offering a series of FREE conversations following each Sunday matinee at El Centro Milagro (525 SE Stark St.,Portland). In these conversation series we will talk about art, culture and the immigrant experience • Sunday, May 5, 3:30 p.m.: Birth of a Motion Dance/Theatre is a hybrid art form in which the narrative and textual properties of theatre are fused with the expressionistic qualities of dance. This process of crossing the borders...
read moreGala Milagro’s Music and Mescal Tasting Party
Kildem Soto A little bit indie, a mixture of Latin and folk sound equates to a wondrous event filled with exuberant music and dance called Gala Milagro, ¡Celebrando Argentina! at The Scottish Rite Lounge & Ballroom on May 31st, 6-9pm. Milagro Theatre is elated to have live music from Kildem Soto and Alfredo “Tito” Higueras at the Music and Mescal Tasting Party at an elegant and captivating hacienda style Casa del Cielo in Southeast Portland. Kildem Soto plays the quena flute, the drone flute, the pan flute and the charango....
read moreThe Making of DANCE FOR A DOLLAR
Dance for a Dollar is a dance theatre project co-created by Daniel Jáquez and Mariana Carreño-King with much assistance from several composers, choreographers and performers. The story came together from various personal interviews and onsite visits to a variety of businesses that during the day were Mexican restaurants and at night became dance halls. The places visited resided in New York City, particularly the boroughs of Queens and The Bronx. Left to right Maria de los Angeles Sanchez Soultaire,...
read moreToday: International Visitor Leadership Program at Milagro
This afternoon we have the visit of a group through the International Visitor Leadership Program to meet with Milagro MainStage Artistic director Olga Sanchez. The group of visitors are coming from China looking at NGO Management in the United States. Several of the visitors focus areas include poverty alleviation, education improvement and self-sufficiency programs in rural communities.
read moreSon Real, Bajo Salario and Joaquín Lopez
Last Friday on April 19, Son Real and Joaquin Lopez performed to a sold-out crowd at the Zócalo. Here is a little panorama of what the event looked like that magical evening.
read moreNurys Herrera’s On Camera Interview with Univision
The lovely and enchanting Nurys Herrera graced Milagro’s floor today for an On Camera Interview with Univision’s Multimedia Journalists, Delia Hernández and Enrique Caizero Don’t miss her and the rest of the cast at Dance for a Dollar, May 2-25.
read moreLAX IdeAL 2013!
Bienvenidos! So… what exactly will be happening at the LAX IdeAL on Saturday, April 27, 2013? The day begins with registration and morning coffee, thanks to Pambiche restaurant. At 9:30am our honored guest Eva Castellanoz, award-winning advocate of Pre-hispanic culture, artisanry and healing arts, will lead a welcoming ceremony accompanied by university instructor and Aztec dancer Willan “Yaotekpatl” Cervantes. Then we move into the professional development workshops that will take place simultaneously in different...
read moreIn Dance for a Dollar cumbia is part of the repertory!
Dance for a Dollar uses three different types of music to tell its story: current dance hall music, traditional Mexican folkloric music, and some original compositions. The traditional music is intended to take the characters back into their memory while the original compositions reflect on the human experience that still weighs on the characters shoulders. The dance hall music ranges from rancheras to cumbias, and the popular pasito duranguense and cumbia norteña. A cumbia is a Colombian dance that dates back to colonial times on Colombia’s...
read moreClud Las Palmas, the house of Dance for a Dollar
With a few weeks to go before the opening of Dance for a Dollar, we keep working on make of the Club Las Palmas the perfect place for check your worries at the door! Dance for a Dollar at Milagro MainStage May 2 – 25, 2013. For tickets and information www.milagro.org / 503-236-7253
read moreMeet the rest of the cast of Dance for a Dollar
Getting closer to the World Premiere of our next —and last production for this season—“Dance for a dollar” a danceá— theatre created by Mariana Carreño King and Daniel Jáquez opening May 2, 2013. Meet the rest of the assembled of fantastic actors featuring a mix of familiar faces and performers making their Milagro debut. *** Anna Cristina Cano is thrilled to be involved in her second show at Miracle Theater and is forever grateful for the community and family she has developed working with such a rich and...
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