Flamenco a la Mexicana: Presenting María Aliaga

See "Flamenco a la Mexicana" Friday, Sept. 9 at the Multicultural Arts Center. Created in 2014, this show has been presented in Mexico City and New York. Now, for the first time, it will be presented to commemorate the independence of Mexico. In September, Mexico and Mexican people across the world commemorate Mexican independence. However, through the heart of Mexico runs Prehispanic and Spanish blood, because Mexico is the result of a “mestizaje,” a very deep cultural mixture. "Flamenco a la Mexicana" is a celebration of that miscegenation of which all Mexicans are a product. It is a show created by the Mexican flamenco dancer María Aliaga, where music, costumes, dances and traditions fuse with flamenco and Spanish art. Mexican boleros meet the chords of the Andalusian guitar, Mexican textiles turn into a flamenco dress and La Catrina, the Mexican skull, dances flamenco.