Dance -- Mexico

Souvenir program for the Ballet Folclórico Nacional de México's performance in 1978. Presented by: Columbia Aritists Festivals Corp. in association with Fonapas, D.D.F. and Teatro de la Ciudad.

This box contains souvenir programs from Ballet Folklorico de Mexico. Ballet Folklorico de Mexico was founded in 1952 by Amalia Hernandez. Programs with variations of the company's name are also included such as: Ballet Folklorico de Bellas Artes.

This box contains souvenir and house programs from Jose Greco and his company of Spanish Dancers.

One castanet, made in Mexico. Valerie Schreiber, Dorothy Bercu's daughter, remembers her bringing the castanets out to dance and play them for her grandchildren who were dazzled by them (see note from Valerie in collection file).

The collection includes papers, records, correspondence, photographs, photograph albums, scrapbooks, newspapers and newspaper clippings, framed photographs, documents, quilts and needlework, Vaudeville costumes and instruments, books, and record albums.

Black and white negative depicting two dancers in traditional Mexican costumes at a Cinco de Mayo celebration at the University of Denver.

Black and white negative depicting two dancers in traditional Mexican costumes at a Cinco de Mayo celebration at the University of Denver.

Interview with Jeanette Trujillo-Lucero conducted by Darlene Handler.

Interview with Jeanette Trujillo-Lucero conducted by Darlene Handler.

Interview with Rene Heredia conducted by Michelle O'Byan Hamel.