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“Leyendas de México
Legends of Mexico”
By Nuestro Canto
Nelda Reyes & Gerardo Calderon
About Nuestro Canto
Nelda Reyes, from Mexico, is co-founder of Nuestro Canto, She has been
a professional actress from the last ten years and has specialized in
physical theatre and in Latin American and Mexican cultural expressions.
She holds a MA degree in Theatre Arts from Portland State University
and also has studied in the Moscow Art Theatre School at Harvard
University, with Luis de Tavira, and with Teatro Línea de Sombra in Mexico
City. In addition to from her acting experience and education, she has
studied language, literature, and classical and folk dance from different
cultures, specifically those of Spain and the Caribbean. She has been a
performer in ongoing projects at the Company of Theatre of the University
of Guadalajara, assisted in the direction of diverse theatrical and opera
productions in Mexico, and while in Portland, she has participated in
several productions at PSU, Theatre! Theater! and Miracle Theatre Group,
both as a performer, singer and educator.
Gerardo Calderon, from Mexico, is Musical Director of Grupo Condor and
Nuestro Canto, studied classical guitar at the Escuela Superior de Musica
in Mexico City and Theory and Composition at the Portland Community
College in Oregon. As a professional musician, Gerardo has pursued his
interest in traditional Mexican music, Latin American folk music and PreColombian music by performing with folk ensembles in Mexico, Canada,
New England, and the Pacific Northwest. He has also toured with choir
and world music ensembles, and composed music and design sound for
dance and theater companies. Gerardo is on the “Young Audiences of
Oregon and SW Washington” roster guide since 1993, “Oregon Historical
Society” since 2001, Oregon “Multnomah County Library System” since
2001.
Pre-Columbian Instruments:
Shells, Flutes, Water Drum.
Where are they from? How are
they used?
Mexico is very well known for its legends, myths
and tales. We have legends since the time of the Aztecs, Mayans, Toltecs,
Hucholes, as well as legends after the arrival of the Europeans to the
American Continent. We have legends that talk about love, nature and
everyday life. Nuestro Canto has gathered legends from all over Mexico
and has composed music especially for the legends we narrate during our
performances.
Leyendas de México- Legends of Mexico is an original Bilingual
performance with Masks, Movement and Dance, Songs and Music. During
the program, participants will learn about Geography, History, Traditional
ancestral music and the different languages still spoken in Mexico.
Los primeros cuatro dioses Mexicas o Aztecas, the
first Mexica or Aztec gods made out of corn, hechos de
maíz. Xico Tepec el rojo, the red; Tezcatlipoca el negro,
the black; Quetzalcóatl (who created our human kind),
el blanco, the white and Huichilopotztli el azul, the blue.
“¿Quieren saber cómo
es que nacieron los
cacahuates?”
La Abuelita
contándonos la leyenda
Huichola de los
Cacahuates.
“Do you want to know
how the peanuts were
created?”
Grandma telling the
Huichol Legend of the
Peanuts.
Listen to live music with Pre-Colombian instruments such
as Clay Flutes (single,double & triple chamber), Chaj-chas,
Teponaztle and Huehuetl. All participants are allowed to
touch and ask questions after the performance.
Specifications
Audience age level:
Appropriate for all ages.
Audience size:
Any size.
Length of performance:
1 hour
Equipment needs:
1 table. (We provide own Sound System)
Space needs:
Ideal 10 x 8 feet. (We can also perform on smaller space)
Indoor & Outdoors.
Languages:
Our program can be offer in English, Spanish or Bilingual.
Travel range:
Anywhere in the United States
Seasonal availability:
Year round
The giant and colorful snake…the
cause of the Earthquakes.
“Aztecas or Mexicas”
Warriors and Dancers
Booking contact
Gerardo Calderon
Nuestro Canto
Address: PO BOX 1573,
Beaverton, OR 97075
Telephone: 503.805.0914
Email: [email protected]
www.myspace.com/nuestrocantopdx
Mayan Leyend.