THE ESSENCE OF MEXICO   “Escencias"  

The Mexican Folkloric Dance Company of Chicago (MFDC) and double GRAMMY® nominated Sones de Mexico Ensemble Chicago will present a spectacular show of regional Mexican dance and music on Saturday May 17, 7:00 p.m. and Sunday May 18, 2:00 p.m. at the historic Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave. Chicago. 773-871-3000, http://victorygardens.org/content/node/583

MFDC is the oldest Mexican dance company in Chicago. It has performed for presidents Reagan, Clinton, Mexican president Vicente Fox and vice president Bush. It has appeared with Mariachi Vargas de Tecatitlan and with Pepe Aguilar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK8a6fW_Ub4    It has toured Mexico where it received rave reviews and in 2007 was chosen to perform at the largest Irish Folk Festival in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland, just south of Dublin.

Sones has been nominated for a 2007 Latin GRAMMY®, a 2008 GRAMMY® and for a North American Folk Music & Dance Alliance Award for Best World Music Artist. The nominations were for its hit song “Esta Tierra es Tuya”; a Spanish version of Woodie Guthrie’s “This Land is Your land”.

The song's Spanish words are as relevant today as the English words were seven decades ago. Today the Spanish words touch on the immigration dilemma. www.sonesdemexico.com

Both groups are presently featured on WTTW11 Arts On Line : http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?erube_fh=wttw&wttw.submit.viewArtsStory=true&wttw.id=mex_folkloric                

The event is partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council.

             For tickets call 773-247-1522  or  773-871-3000

          On-Line : http://www.victorygardens.org/content/shows/29