Library EventDia de los Muertos with Ballet Folklorico Corazon Latino

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Saturday, October 13, 2018 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm

10/13/2018 3:00pm 10/13/2018 4:00pm Dia de los Muertos with Ballet Folklorico Corazon Latino We are celebrating Dia de los Muertos early at ICPL. This holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died, and help support their spiritual journey. To celebrate today we will have a dance performance and lesson with Ballet Folklorico Corazon Latino, decorate sugar skull cookies made by Pink Umbrella, and make marigold crowns and simple papel picado designs. After the performance, learn more about Latin dancing as we watch the film adaptation of Danza! by Duncan Tonatiuh, a celebration of Mexico's rich history of dance through the story of Amalia Hernandez, founder of El Ballet Folklorico de Mexico. Iowa City Public Library Iowa City Public Library America/Chicago public

Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C

We are celebrating Dia de los Muertos early at ICPL. This holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died, and help support their spiritual journey. To celebrate today we will have a dance performance and lesson with Ballet Folklorico Corazon Latino, decorate sugar skull cookies made by Pink Umbrella, and make marigold crowns and simple papel picado designs. After the performance, learn more about Latin dancing as we watch the film adaptation of
Danza! by Duncan Tonatiuh, a celebration of Mexico's rich history of dance through the story of Amalia Hernandez, founder of El Ballet Folklorico de Mexico.

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This event is open to the public.