The Ballet Folklorico was the one of the most brilliant performances i've seen. Entertaining and beautiful, the dancers were full of energy and vitality and their costumes colourful and stunning - it made you smile the whole way through. Amalia Hernandez, dancer & choreographer, founded the ballet in 1952 to keep the dancing tradions of Mexico alive. The ballet took us on a journey from religous dances of The Matachines in the north, The Michoacan village fiesta, through to the 1910 Revolution and womens power, the celebration of the Candelaria Virgin, the aboriginal Deer Dance of the Yagui (Pete liked this one) to the amazing Charria of Jalisco (the Mexican Hat dance was brilliant and they finished by covering the audience in paper streamers - Fiesta!).The musicians were incredibly talented, treating us to several 'solo' performances too. The company tour the world so we were really lucky to see them at the Anthropology Museum in their home town.
We also went to Camino Real, Mexico City - a really cool 1960's hotel built for the Olympics, angular, bright and arty, it has a funky 'blue' bar with a slighty scary water feature floor. We had a delicous pre-show martini and dinner there. What a brilliant evening!
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