SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) — Music, dance and storytelling of the dead, are once again coming alive on stage.
Teatro Visión‘s 13th annual Día de los Muertos play, called “La Muerte Baila,” is back at the Mexican Heritage Plaza in San Jose.
On Wednesday, we captured the final dress rehearsal.
Artistic Director Rodrigo Garcia spoke to us about the importance of uplifting this tradition during a time so many Latinos may feel isolated.
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“While we try to navigate the adversity of the current times, what we can control is how much we let that to affect us. So we hope that by coming here and sharing laughter, because laughter is healing and when it is done in a community it is more powerful,” Garcia said.
We spoke with Ugho Badú who plays the main character Alejandro.
He said it’s about being able to say, “Here we continue telling our stories, here we have a space for you.”
Badú said it’s more than just a performance, La Muerte Baila is about forgiveness, opening your hearts and not carrying past sorrows. A feeling that can resonate across cultures.
“Pero es healing, cura el alma,” Badú said.
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He said it heals the soul.
Blanca Sanchez-Cruz showed us the costumes that are inspired by the state of Vera Cruz.
“This is just the window of a way of people being able to visually start cataloging the fact that sometimes there’s a lot more diversity that comes from Mexico,” Sanchez-Cruz said.
La Muerta Baila debut’s Thursday and runs until October 19.
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