Mexican Culture:Art, Dance, Music, and Theatre

Anel Vargas- DiazIAS108 -1-4-5 ProjectFall 2009

Art- “Arte”

Mexico is known for its Folk art.Comes from Spanish and Indigenous crafts

Famous Artists

• Diego Rivera

• Jose Clemente Orozco

• Frida Kahlo

• Rufino Tamayo

• Both painted murals that represented the social and political messages.

• Frida and Rufino’s painting represented more personal abstract messages

Jose Clemente Orozco

Diego Rivera- “Cargador de Flores”

Frida Kahlo- “Las Dos Fridas”

Dance- “Baile” • Mexican Dance varies by state

• The dance that is known all over the country is Ballet Folklorico

Ballet Folklorico

• Folk Danceso Each State has its own

traditional danceo Colorful Costumeso Mariachi music

• Example: • Jarabe Tapatio   from

Jalisco

Jarabe Tapatio

• Folk Dance• Love Courtship-Story

o Couples flirt through dance movements

o Hide behind a sombrero at the end, “pretend kiss”

• Created by: Felipa Lopez

Music- “Musica”

• TraditionaloMariachi oBanda oNorteño oRanchera

• ModernoSpanish PopoSpanish Rock

Trends

• North- Norteño

• Middle Mariachi- Jalisco /Charo

• South- Traditional

Mariachi

Ranchera

Spanish Pop

Spanish Rock

Theatre- “Teatro”

• Many Theatres throughout the country.

• Palacio de Bellas Artes

Teatro Morelos

“La Aventurera”

Watch this Video!• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_Y6

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”MONÓLOGOS CON LA VAGINA”

References!Arthttp://images.google.com/images?hl=en&rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS346US347&um=1&sa=3&q=frida+kahlo&btnG=Search+imageshttp://images.google.com/images?hl=en&rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS346US347&um=1&sa=1&q=diego+rivera&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g10&start=0 http://www.eyeconart.net/history/frida-y-diego.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Mexico#Art

Dancehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarabe_tapatío http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baile_Folklorico http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Mexico#Art

Musichttp://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&fkt=1347&fsdt=2809&q=mana&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&um=1&sa=1&q=Luis+Miguel&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g10&start=0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Mexico#Art http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/4003492/Alejandra+Guzman+1.jpg

Theatrehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Mexico#Art