Under the stars in the Crocker’s courtyard plaza, Sacramento’s Calidanza Dance Company will commemorate the sacred Day of the Dead. This popular evening will include the favorite 2013 “Noche de Muertos,” a modernistic piece commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony; an edgy choreography of traditional dance entitled “La Viejada;” the famous Deer dance.
New this year is featured live music from Vinic-Kay, a five piece, award-winning experimental group of Folkloric Music. Founded in the
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Under the stars in the Crocker’s courtyard plaza, Sacramento’s Calidanza Dance Company will commemorate the sacred Day of the Dead. This popular evening will include the favorite 2013 “Noche de Muertos,” a modernistic piece commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony; an edgy choreography of traditional dance entitled “La Viejada;” the famous Deer dance.
New this year is featured live music from Vinic-Kay, a five piece, award-winning experimental group of Folkloric Music. Founded in the 1980s by Musical Director, Jose Roberto Hernandez, Vinic-Kay’s mission is to bring to life the diverse roots of Latin America using each culture’s traditional instruments, and preserving the rich musical traditions that exist throughout the Latin American continent.
And also new this year is designer Rory Castillo’s theme for his Catrinas. He calls it “Live, Love and The Dead: The Mexican Storybook of Famous Women.” His models dressed in custom-designed outfits will portray (as Catrinas) legendary, historical figures such as Isabella of Spain, La Malinche, Empress Carlota of Mexico, and many more. He creates dazzling individual fashion pieces — as one woman said — “it’s time travel — each piece has it’s own story –it is like wearing a piece of art pulled from Picasso or Michelangelo.”
George Holden’s Light Show and Live Cinema will provide spectacular lights and live cinema on the three story white plaza wall.
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