Aztec Dance Basics with Jeniffer Sanchez
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- čas přidán 14. 10. 2022
- Learn the basics of Aztec dance with Jennifer Sanchez & Lazaro Arvizu. Performed and filmed at Plaza de la Raza in Los Angeles, CA. Filmed and edited by Ruben A. Zavala for Plaza de la Raza.
Visit Jeniffer Sanchez at www.indigitalproductions.co and follow her on Instagram @jeniffersanchezz .
For more info or to book danza services please email Jeniffer at Indigitalproductions@gmail.com
Muy buena explicacion, gracias!
You should do more videos of the Aztec dance. I really want to know more of my ancestors culture especially the Aztec dance
I would like to do more Aztec dance videos in the future. It takes a lot of energy to get a group of dancers together to make a video & I don’t have a budget for that right now.
Gracias 🙏🏽
👍❤️🙂
Piyalli! Kwalli tonalli. So would you be up to doing in your videos, explaining each paso y flor by the meaning they represent? For instance some of the spins are different. Some of them mean going back some of them mean going forward in time some of them mean to call the rain down or send the rain up and away some of them are meant to call the wind etcetera etcetera. What is the story behind this danza? It looks very much like the sunrise and the sunset yeah? For tonantzin I remember each paso because I know the order of the dancer and the movements mean the planting of that seed and the way that it grows. That's of course a very generic way of putting it but still it would take me forever to explain so I'm just trying to keep it short haha
There are so many of these videos out there but no one is explaining movement for movement with the dance means and the story of it
WoW
Thank you!
I'm interested in learning my Aztec culture, can you tell me why do us Aztec wear a red belt and headband?
Hello. I'm not sure why they wear those headbands. Please feel free to contact Jeniffer Sanchez for more info. You can find her contact info in the description of this video. I only directed, filmed, edited & produced this video. Jeniffer will be glad to help you out.
More videos like this please!
Do you know any wedding dances?
Thank you. I’m a visual artist (painter & cinematographer); I’m not the talent in front of the camera. The organization that hired me to make this video (film, direct & edit), asked me to create this during the Covid lockdown as part of their online courses. To find out more about this danza group follow the links in the description. Thanks again for your feedback.
What is that flute instrument?
Hello. A tlapitzalli is a form of flute, made of ceramic, wood, clay, or bone. They are most often decorated with abstract designs or images of Aztec deities.
@zavalaRAZ thank you so much!
What is the seed shaker instrument on the legs called?
Hello. The ankle shakers are called Chachayotes, A.K.A. Ayoyotes.
@@ArtAlchemyChannel Tlazocamati.
You’re welcome.
I want to practice this dance for my school assembly for tradition days and I was wondering is there a song like this by itself to sue as audio for the performance
Hello. Please contact Jeniffer Sanchez for more info. You can find her contact info in the description of this video. I only directed, filmed, edited & produced this video. Jeniffer will be glad to help you out.
With all due respect these Aztec dances should be well kept within the Mexica or Aztec dancing communities and only taught or passed down to members of that line. Not showcased on CZcams so anyone can start learning them. Not everyone respects or believes in the culture and not everyone is of Mexica/Aztec descent.
I personally believe that all cultures have a beauty that can only enrich our global community by sharing information. These instructors have been teaching to anyone willing to learn for decades. Lazaro learned from instructors in Mexico, then came to the US to perform & teach the art. They instruct to anyone willing to learn. How is that disrespectful? What do you fear, that danza traditions will spread? Isn’t that a good thing? Doesn’t that mean that only people from Mexico should speak Spanish? Information expands human consciousness. And what about descendants of Aztec people that do want to learn how to perform but for whatever reason can’t attend classes in person? You can’t prevent anyone from being disrespectful towards anyone or anything, anywhere at anytime. I love this art form & am paying it my upmost respect by championing the beauty of it here on CZcams.
Danza is of aztec or Mexica origin. It derives from the bajio region and the conchero dances. Likewise the man there is first general Lazaro who has full say. You're obviously not a danzante.
@zavalaraz @diegofonesca
If I may interject, I get where Diego is coming from. That last sentence about not everyone respecting the culture is the fear he is expressing. It's why dream catchers and the word Namasté are capitalist products. It's why whyte folks all though the 80s and 90s were visiting open indigineous ceremonies to recieve medicine, then taking the medicine and selling it for profit, while not giving a damn about the people.
In that retrospect I GET IT.
However, it would be hypocritical of me to say it is something that shouldn't be taught to outsiders. I myself am a foreigner to this culture and it's traditions. I do not percieve to be entitled Danza Azteca. It is an honor and a privilege to have the opportunity to perform these dances for Creator along side my brothers and sisters of different blood. I am grateful.
This is not my culture. This is not my tradition. It is there's. This medicine has saved my life when I thought I would lose my mind.
I am grateful.
I am happy to have found this and other videos online. I will learn this and bring it to our next Ensayo. I am excited to share with my teachers that I devoted and learning from other sources as well.
I’m Mexican and my parents never taught me about my culture. And this video helped me. Do with all due respect shut up
Ofcoursw it should be passed down but not all mexica people have the privilege of having that my family was forced to assimilate and we lost this form of dance and learning it is really important to me from someone of the mexica tribe