Leticia Xochitl Varela
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Leticia was born and raised in Mexico City. At the age of four her mother began taking her to dance classes and by age twelve she was attending professional school for Mexican folk dace, ballet folklorico. She attended the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes (National School of Fine Arts) for ten years and majored in ballet folklorico as well as classical ballet. After graduating, she danced with several well-known dance troupes—Compañia Tradicional de Mexico and Ananauc—performing around the world. In 2001 she came to the United States and performed for four months with a Texas company doing shows mostly along the East coast that emphasized the arts as a means of cultural exchange. She now lives in Portland and teaches dance at Clear Creek School.
Area: Within 2 hours of Portland Ballet Folklorico (workshop) Leticia teaches dance steps from regions across Mexico and some other Latin American countries. She teaches about the history of the dances and the regions they come from as well. Ballet Folklorico (solo performance) This is an engaging performance of traditional Mexican folk dance in which Leticia combines her performance of dances from regions across Mexico with cultural information and also teaches a few steps to the students. CONTENT STANDARD CONNECTIONS: The Arts: Aesthetics & Art Criticism; Historical & Cultural Connections; Creating, Presenting & Performing Social Sciences: World History; Geography |