Brava Presents
Ballet Nepantla’s Nacimiento
December 14 & 15, 2024
December 14 @ 8pm
December 15 @ 3pm
Brava Main Stage
Feel the magical warmth of Christmas and Mexican traditions with Ballet Nepantla’s NACIMIENTO at Brava Theater Center!
Nacimiento fuses the history of the birth of the mestizaje with the emergence of Christianity and Christmas in the New World. It explores pre-Hispanic rituals and the impact of colonization on the Americas. Nacimiento examines stories of La Malinche, Juan Diego and the Virgen de Guadalupe, and other historical characters whose stories are seminal to the identities of the New World. Act II of Nacimiento demonstrates the festive nature of how Mexican Christmas traditions are celebrated today in Mexico and in North America, through the Posadas: celebratory dances and retelling of the Nativity scene.
TICKETs
$20-50, sliding scale
$50 tickets come with 1 free drink
ABOUT the artist
Ballet Nepantla fuses contemporary dance with Mexican Folklorico to explore new, interpretive ways of delving into cultural, historical, and political "in-between-ness."