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)
ABOUT
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 community.
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.
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.
