Successful Presentation of the Show “México Corazón” in Los Angeles
México en el Corazón ”performed successfully at the Million Dollar Theater in Los Angeles, California thanks to the collaboration between offered by the University of Guadalajara Foundation USA (UDG Foundation USA) and the Association of Jaliscienses Unidos en Acción (AJÚA) at the Million Dollar Theater in Los Angeles, California.
México en el Corazón is a cultural initiative created in 2014 by the North American Institute for Mexican Advancement (NAIMA) with the purpose of bringing national culture to communities in the United States where the with large populations of people of Mexican origin. is large.
During this the nighttime performance, held on Saturday, May 11, the show brought together the cast of the Guadalajara Folkloric Ballet, the Mariachi Juvenil Colotlán, the northern norteño group Pepe y sus pPepillos, who presented the best of Mexican folklore with music and regional dances from the states of Nuevo León, Michoacán, Baja California and Jalisco. The show included the presentation of the charro Jesús Ortiz, who gave a rope flourish exhibition.
In his welcome speechmessage, Luis Gustavo Padilla Montes, president of the UDG Foundation USA, emphasized that throughhow through cultural initiatives such as México en el Corazón Mexico in the Heart, the Foundation reaffirms its commitment to promoting culture, traditions and national identity among the Mexican diaspora. ,He also remarked how but it is such performances also a way to promote and recognize the importance and richness of interculturality in a country like the United States.
“That …in our community interculturality and many other activities are carried out in depth, that is why this show is for you, it is for Mexico, it is for Los Angeles, it is for the United States, it is for the world! Let's enjoy a show originating fromin Jalisco!”, Padilla Montes remarked in his speech. reiterated.
For his part,Closing the initial welcome ceremony, Sergio Suárez, president of the North American Institute for Mexican Advancement, thanked the University of Guadalajara and the UDG Foundation USA for the support provided for more than a decade to this spectaclecelebration of tradition, folklore and colorculture.
“I want to thank my friend, my ally, Gustavo Padilla, president of the University of Guadalajara Foundation, it was how we started México en el Corazón 10 years ago, since then they have helped us, sponsored us and now also hereserve as hosts together with AJUA in Los Angeles, California,” said the president of NAIMA.
During The this 2024 edition of the international tour, México en el Corazón, the groupInternational Tour plans to travel the western route during the month of May, performing on May 15 at the Gerry Frank Amphitheater, in Salem, Oregon; Llater the cast will moved to Washington state, giving a performance on May 16 at the Town Toyota Center in Wenatchee.
Performances will continue in the state of Idaho with the May 19 performance at the Nampa Civic Center in Nampa; then the city of Halley will havewith a exhibitionpresentation on May 22 at Wood River High School. The western route closes its performance tour on May 24 with a performance at the Egyptian Theater.
The second route of the international tour of Mexico in the heart México en el Corazón will take place in the months of August, the date on and which the cities it will visit will be announced at a future time.
