The Concept of Coreo-Drama within Mexican Ballet Folclórico

In the l950s, Mexico City birthed a new concept of concert dance. Amalia Hernández combined Mexican folkloric dance with North American modern dance and created El Ballet Folclórico de México. Simultaneously in Guadalajara, choreographic narratives were being embedded into the performance dances of the son mariachi. By the end of the l960s, a full-blown coreo-drama was created by master choreographer, Rafael Zamarripa, of the Universidad de Guadalajara. Susan Cashion will track the development of the coreo-drama in Mexico and speculate on its inclusion within Chicano dance groups in the United States.