Oakland Ballet’s ‘Luna Mexicana’ celebrates Latino culture, pays respect to pandemic loss

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) — The Oakland Ballet Company took its show on the road Wednesday, to a Hayward elementary school with a preview performance of “Luna Mexicana,” a dance show designed to celebrate Latino culture, while also recognizing the deep impact the COVID pandemic has had on that community.

“It’s about a girl, Luna, who on Dia de los Muertos, she goes to a graveyard with an audience of young students reveling in their every move, dancers from the Oakland Ballet Company brought their production of Luna Mexicana to Hayward’s Park School.

“Watching them and getting their reactions, their clapping, their applause makes me so happy because I wish I had seen more of it growing up,” said Quezada,
The dance is inspired by Dia de los Muertos, but in the age of COVID, it’s also meant to raise awareness about the pandemic’s deep impact on the Latino community.
she thinks about her family members and her past,” explained lead dancer Jazmine Quezada.

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