Lazaro Arvizu is known as "el general" among Aztec dancers. He's dedicated his life to promoting the spiritual Indigenous practice from Mexico in the U.S. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) Twenty-two ...

SEATTLE — As fear and uncertainty grow for many immigrant communities, one group in Washington is using culture as a form of resistance. For Esmael Xiutecpatl Lopez, growing up in Skagit County was ...

Danza Azteca, also known as Danza Mexica, is a cultural dance tradition practiced throughout the country. Its origins date back thousands of years to ancient Meso-American ceremonies of Mexico and ...

One of the great comeback stories in dance – with one of the longest histories – can be found right here in the Bay Area, in San Jose. On culturally significant days of the year, performers from ...

LAFAYETTE, La. — The sounds and moves of ancient Mexican culture are beating in Acadiana. At Moore Park in Lafayette, you’ll often find hundreds of soccer players; but, on Tuesdays and Fridays, you’ll ...

Danza Azteca On a Friday evening, the sound of huehuetl drums, ayoyotes (rattling ankle bands with rows of wooden shells), and ayacachtli (a handheld rattle made from gourds) beat steadily in Alberta ...

ANTIOCH, Calif. (KGO) -- A Bay Area Aztec group is dedicating this danza to Gabriel Trujillo, a UC Berkeley student killed last week in Mexico while doing plant research. Manuel Garcia said Gabriel ...

LA PUENTE, Calif. (KABC) -- At a studio in La Puente, Sergio Juarez is calling forth the ancient traditions of his ancestors. While dancers form a circle moving to the beat of the drums, Juarez is the ...

Police say it was a targeted shooting that took a man's life Thursday at Doctor Glen Dey Park. Friends, family and community members came together to honor Stewart and find healing in the wake of the ...

Danza Azteca Citlaltonac Indigenous Group and Nonprofit Organization is broadening its creative horizons. The Indigenous Coachella ceremonial group has long been on a mission to provide safe, sacred ...

Twenty-two Indigenous dancers move as one in a circle with a man dancing in the middle. They call him “el general.” Lazaro Arvizu has dedicated his life to promoting Danza Azteca, a spiritual ...