One of the great comeback stories in dance – with one of the longest histories – can be found right here in the Bay Area, in San Jose. On culturally significant days of the year, performers from ...

Lazaro Arvizu is known as "el general" among Aztec dancers. He's dedicated his life to promoting the spiritual Indigenous practice from Mexico in the U.S. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) Twenty-two ...

Danza Azteca, also known as Danza Mexica, is a cultural dance tradition practiced throughout the country. Its origins date back thousands of years to ancient Meso-American ceremonies of Mexico and ...

SEATTLE — As fear and uncertainty grow for many immigrant communities, one group in Washington is using culture as a form of resistance. For Esmael Xiutecpatl Lopez, growing up in Skagit County was ...

Danza Azteca de Anáhuac has invited danzantes from near and far to celebrate our Tlatoani, Defender of the Americas Cuauhtémoctzin, our young grandfather his birth February 23 and death/assassination/ ...

LAFAYETTE, La. — The sounds and moves of ancient Mexican culture are beating in Acadiana. At Moore Park in Lafayette, you’ll often find hundreds of soccer players; but, on Tuesdays and Fridays, you’ll ...

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. The Bay Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and ...

Danza Azteca On a Friday evening, the sound of huehuetl drums, ayoyotes (rattling ankle bands with rows of wooden shells), and ayacachtli (a handheld rattle made from gourds) beat steadily in Alberta ...

SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO — An exhibit chronicling Aztec dancing in San Diego will be on display Saturday at Balboa Park’s Centro Cultural de la Raza. The tradition, officially known as Danza Azteca, is a ...

ANTIOCH, Calif. (KGO) -- A Bay Area Aztec group is dedicating this danza to Gabriel Trujillo, a UC Berkeley student killed last week in Mexico while doing plant research. Manuel Garcia said Gabriel ...

Police say it was a targeted shooting that took a man's life Thursday at Doctor Glen Dey Park. Friends, family and community members came together to honor Stewart and find healing in the wake of the ...