ReCollexiónes


Featuring a reCollexion of AZTLAN work on Film.

Tuesday, December 3rd 2024 | 7:30 Reception | 8pm Film Screening

AFS Cinema, 6259 Middlefiskville Rd (In the Linc, near ACC Highland)


Our Work

The AZTLAN Dance Company presents ReFlexiónes, an intimate evening of dance on film, celebrating 50 years of cultural arts programming in Austin, Texas, and the rich heritage of Mexican-American and Chicana/o culture. This special event will take place on December 3, 2024, at AFS Cinema. The evening begins with a reception at 7:30 PM, followed by film screenings at 8:00 PM. The night will conclude with a cast and crew Q&A session, offering a deeper insight into the work and its creative process. Don’t miss this wonderful celebration of dance, culture, and commun


Contemporary Expressive Xicano/Latino Dance

We dance in spaces between here and there, somewhere and nowhere,

irrefutably in the present.

About Us

WE ARE DANCE/CULTURAL ARTS KEEPERS


AZTLAN

Aztlan is the mythical homeland of our Native American ancestors. Aztlan is considered the stretch of North America that spans from Alaska along the U.S. Pacific coast, through Colorado and Texas, to the Valley of Mexico. The indigenous peoples of this region once shared a common language and cultural beliefs. Aztlan symbolizes the cultural identity and heritage of Indigenous Native people of the U.S. Southwest and Mexico.

Our History

Founded in 1974, the AZTLAN Dance Company has enriched audiences through annual theatrical dance production seasons and creative cultural workshops. The AZTLAN Dance Company is guided by its unwavering mission to establish a stable and conducive environment for creating, preserving, and presenting dance that reflects and inspires the communities in which we work. Through our creative work, AZTLAN promotes greater intercultural and cross-generational understanding and appreciation of Indo/Xicano/Latino dance arts. AZTLAN creates dance that imagines a future informed by the past.

Our Work

Dazzling audiences in Austin and around the world, the AZTLAN Dance Company is fearless in creating bold innovative dance works that challenge tradition(s), thus expanding theatrical space to narrate our cultural experiences and expressive realities. AZTLAN’s signature blend of dance fuses indigenous, folk, and contemporary forms into rich, moving storytelling that speaks beyond the present. Whether presenting traditional pieces or the exciting AZTLAN New Works dance repertory, the AZTLAN Dance Company is committed to promoting cultural understanding and celebrating American cultural diversity.


OUR STORY / OUR AESTHETICS

OUR ART REFLECTS

OUR R/EVOLUTION


Born in the struggle of the early 1970s Austin Xicano Arts Movement

Tempered with five decades of creative passion & innovation

Today we continue illustrating the rich and vibrant contours of our community, culture, and its art.

Our Vision

We are a Movement-based Story-telling Dance Company.

Our Design

Our work is inspired by our rich 23,000+ year history of the Américas and our present continuing work to forge tomorrow's history in it.

Our Dance

We blend modern/contemporary form with traditional form to create unique artistic choreographic departures designed to provoke thought, inspire imagination, and build greater humanity.

We work with children, young adults, and senior citizens.

New AZTLAN creative departures as we head into our 50th year of work:.

  • Music Design, Composition, and Production for Company Danceworks
  • Interactive Dance/Media Development
  • Curriculum & Training
  • Community Integration as Dance Performance
  • Collaborations & Networks


AZTLAN. We Art.

Since 1974


Often we are asked what type of dance we do. We find Our Project Titles best reflect and articulate the rich, wide, and diverse range of dance styles/form(s) that we engage to present our unrivalled creative dance works.  

Performance titles include:

Echoes of the Mind

Cumbia Cruiser Chronicles, Vol 1: The Rise of EloteMan

The Xicano Cumbia Vertigo

Latino DanceScapes

Sexto Sol: A Cumbia Cruiser's Guide to the Galaxy

Loterialandia I/II

Coyote Callings: Dancing in the Moonlight

Xicano Dreams: Earth, Life, and Labors of Love

Enchilada Western, The Original

Enchilada Western: ReFried

Enchilada Western: Deep-Fried

The AZTLAN Project: Body Rituals

Land of the Feathered Serpent

Switchblade: An Eastside Story

Itzpapalotl: Obsidian Butterfly

DANZA: Modern Movimientos

Jalisco: Now & Then, a romantic lifestory

The AZTLAN Project: Echoes of the Mind

AZTLAN: Por Vida/For Life

AZTLAN: On the Rocks

Cultura… ¿Y Qúe?

AZTLAN contra Danza: La Gran Lucha Libre

El Gran Circo Aztlan

AZTLAN: Un, Dos, por Tres

AZTLAN: A Patron's Pick

Fiesta Folklórica

Veracruz: Feria de Flores

Exprexiónes: Aztlan/Barrio Stories

La Loteria

The Tango HideAway

Collexiónes: AZTLAN Short Stories

Tesoros: Seeds of Our Ancestors

AZTLAN AfterHours: An Eastside Story

AZTLAN Dance: A la Carte

ReFlexiónes

Influences: A Cinematic Showdown

...among numerous others.