Vamos a Bailar/ Let’s Dance Son Jarocho Dance and Music ...
[Pages:4]"Vamos a Bailar/ Let's Dance: Son Jarocho Dance and Music for Kids"
By: Dava D. Hern?ndez, MA Ph.D. Student, Critical Dance Studies
Department of Dance University of California, Riverside
This workshop will provide students the opportunity to expand their knowledge of dance and culture through an active participation and exploration of son jarocho dance and music from the Mexican state of Veracruz. Son Jarocho is an Afro Mexican folk tradition that originates in the southern part of Veracruz, but can now be found in many parts of the world. In this workshop, students will view a video, learn about the dance form's historical context and geographical location, musical instrumentation, as well as engage in the dance practice of zapateado. Zapateado is a dance style that uses the feet as a percussive accompaniment to the music. In addition to executing fundamental dance steps and learning about the traditional instruments of this form, students will also learn about the fandango, the community creation of son jarocho.
Suggested Grade Levels: 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th
Country of Origin: Mexico
Region: Veracruz
Genre of Dance: Folk and Social Dance
Keywords: Son jarocho, Zapateado, Fandango, Tarima, Jarana, Veracruz
Son jarocho is an Afro-diasporic dance and music culture whose origins have been traced to the seventeenth century sotavento region of southern Veracruz, M?xico. Zapateado is intricate, percussive dancing that occurs on top of a wooden platform known as a tarima. Dancers stomp, strike, pause, slide, and shuffle their feet in rhythmic syncopation to the son, or music connected to zapateado. Zapateado is a fundamental element of the fandango which is a gathering of musicians, singers, and dancers in son jarocho culture. Son jarocho music is accompanied by the rhythms of musicians playing unique regional instruments like the guitars: jarana and the guittarra de son, and a quijada de burro or jaw bone of a donkey. "La Bamba" is among the best known son jarocho songs inside and outside Mexico. Practitioners form a circle around the tarima to perform sones all through the night. The fandangos of Veracruz are communal festivities that have their roots in rural campesino or countryside traditions. Family and friends of all ages come together in celebration of a special event or occasion, such as a religious holiday or birthday.
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In the videos showcased below, musicians can be seen rhythmically plucking their guitars while dancers primarily use their feet for dancing and for accompaniment to the music.
Son Jarocho Fandango Video Links:
FANDANGO SANTIAGO TUXTLA "La Bamba" 2014 HD. Link: .
Santiago Tuxtla 1991 fandango . yo utube.co m/wa tc h? v= BmO xRF7 fFUc
fandango - buscando al mono blanco
Son Jarocho Fandango
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Jaranas in various sizes.
Guitarra de son, also known as a requinto jarocho
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Quijada de burro
Map of Mexico
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