The generalissimas dance

Grandeza stages the Mexican Revolution

The Ford’s communications team caught up with Grandeza Mexicana Folk Ballet and its director Jose Vences at the end of April as they rehearsed Revolucion: Tierra y Libertad (Revolution: Land and Liberty) to be premiered August 28 at the Ford. They have undertaken nothing less than capturing in dance the Mexican Revolution to mark that ten-year conflict’s one-hundredth anniversary, being commemorated throughout 2010.


One aspect that intrigues Vences is the role of women. “Juana Gallo is the heroine of the revolution,” says Vences, a native of Morelos, Mexico, and former member of the Ballet Folklorico de Mexico. “She didn’t just fight alongside the men. She led them and became a generalissima. She is one of countless women who served the revolution on the battlefield.”

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Grandeza’s show is one of five events in the Ford’s México 100 series honoring Mexican culture.

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