This altar took three months of work, in which some aspects were detailed for this occasion, such as including hair and other elements to the pieces that visitors will be able to appreciate.
Mexico City, October 28 (However).- It is time for the Day of the Dead altars and offerings and Mexico City enchants and surprises with each altar, especially in the Historic Center where we can find a beautiful Altar of the Dead dedicated to the dancer, choreographer and producer Amalia Hernández, which is located at the University of the Claustro de Sor Juana (UCSJ).
“Over the years, Mexico has produced wonderful cultural managers, people committed to our traditions, to our history, to who we are as a nation. One of them, without a doubt, has been Amalia Hernández, a woman committed to Mexico, to our culture, our dance, our clothing and our colors,” said Dr. Rafael Tovar López-Portillo, rector of the University of the Cloister of Sor Juana.
The rector highlighted the collaboration of the family. “Doña Amalia had to create, coordinate and put into practice more than 40 dances, all based on an ethnographic study that she did throughout the Republic and that has danced for almost 50 million people in the Palace of Fine Arts for more than 70 years,” highlighted Rafael Tovar.
The Altar presents us with dancers on stage and in the distance Amalia sees and points her finger. It is “Las Amarillas” that is danced in the towns of Zirándaro and Altamirano, in the Tierra Caliente area of Guerrero.
Dance, part of national identity
Amalia Hernández stood out for her artistic talent, and because she changed the way of seeing traditional dance and took it back as a vehicle of national identity; Hernández founded the Ballet Folklorico de México, which became an element of the culture and image of Mexico inside and outside of it.
According to information from the Secretary of CultureAmalia Hernández focused on her school and the company, however, “generously supported the training of many dancers – granting some scholarships to take courses in New York -, teachers and choreographers of Mexican dance.”
Where, when and how much?
The altar is located in the Divino Narciso Auditorium of the University of the Claustro de Sor Juana (José María Izazaga 92, Centro Histérico de la Cdad. de México, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06080 Ciudad de México), and will be open to the public until November 7. Their hours are: Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; On November 1 and 2 the doors will be open until 8 p.m. The best thing is that entry is free.
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