by Magdy Zara
The musical: La Muerte Baila is a fun journey into the afterlife, filled with laughter and song. It is a moving story about forgiveness, remembrance, and choosing how to live our lives.
La Muerte Baila is a work by Rebecca Martínez and the Milagro ensemble, which fuses traditional Jarocho music and dance.
It is about a recently deceased soul named Alejandro who has just arrived in Mictlán, the land of the dead, on the eve of the Day of the Dead. But death notices something is different about this soul’s arrival: he can’t remember anything about his past, and there begins a funny story.
On Sundays, October 12 and 19, the performance will be at 2 p.m., with American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation.
The venue selected for the presentation of this masterful work is the Mexican Heritage Plaza Theater, located at 1700 Alum Rock Ave., San José. Tickets range from $10 to $40.
Latino Film Festival Reaches Its 17th Edition
Cine+Más SF announces the start of the 17th San Francisco Latino Film Festival, which this year features a selection of feature films with a powerful narrative thrust, as well as documentaries from across the Americas and the diaspora.
Some of this year’s feature films include: A House with Two Dogs (Argentina); American Agitators (USA); The Dog, My Father, and Us (Ecuador); Angel Falls (Venezuela); and Violent Butterflies (Mexico), among others.
The festival will run from October 23rd to November 6th. Screenings will take place in San Francisco at the Roxie Theatre, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Apple Cinemas, Artists’ Television Access, SPARK Social, and the Ninth Street Film Center. For more information on the schedule, visit https://cinemas17.eventive.org.
Cirque du Soleil ECHO Returns to San Francisco
The magic of Cirque du Soleil ECHO returns to San Francisco, where poetry, scenography, daring acrobatics, and cutting-edge technology come together to explore the delicate balance between people, animals, and the world we share.
This show, offered under the Big Top, offers bold visuals, a unique aesthetic, and vibrant characters that bring to life a universe of color and wonder. Inspired by youthful optimism, inventiveness, and the value of empathy.
ECHO is about Future, a young woman who invites you into a fantasy world where she meets animal and human characters, who, driven by a spirit of collaboration, join forces to slowly rebuild their planet and create a better world.
Cirque du Soleil will perform in San Francisco from November 20th to January 18th. The Big Top will be located in Oracle Park – Parking Lot A. Tickets are now on sale.
