about
  I was born in Santiago de Chile and I started to be motivaded to dance when I was 5 years old.  My choice of dance at that time was classical ballet.  After that my family and I moved to another town called Maipu, where I spent about 8 years with a children folk group called "Los Maipucitos" where I learned about my native dances and music.  They introduced me to the guitar, harp, flutes from Los Andes, and percussion instruments.  With Los Maipucitos I enjoyed traveling to countries like  France, Germany, Ukraine, Holland, Poland, Belgica, Mexico, Argentina and others.  I also joined the Ballet Folkloric from Chile, BAFOCHI, "Arte Chile dance company".  I studied traditional Chilean culture at the Catholic University of Chile and I took theatre courses at the University of Chile.  I moved  to the USA in 2004 and have participated in music time at Studio Grow Children place space, Hola Kids, Centro Vida, Richmond  Latina Center, Duck's nest preschool ,and La Peña Cultural Center and others.  I continued learning about folkloric music and dance in groups like Araucaria dances from Chile, Jaranon y Bochinche, and De rompe y raja afroperuvian folk.
 

Groupe Folklorique les MAIPUCITOS". Le groupe folklorique Chilien est essentiellement composé d'enfants âgés de 7 à 17 ans de la commune de Maipu, ville située à deux kilomètres de Santiago du Chili.Chanteurs, danseurs et musiciens nous font partager leur héritage culturel, mélange de coutumes vieilles de cinq siècles. Ils présentent des danses et des chants traditionnels soutenus par des instruments autochtones et enrichis par des éléments scéniques, reprenant principalement le thème du folklore enfantin (Rondes, jeux, contes et légendes). Présents en 1992, la fraîcheur, la spontanéité et le talent de ces enfants du Chili "Les Maipucitos"..   
Bray-Dunes - France
Festival des Folklores du Monde

Folk group MAIPUCITOS".   The Chilean Folk group is primarily made up of older children from 7 to 17 years  of age.  This group is based out of the commune of Maipu, city located two kilometers from Santiago, Chili.    Singers, dancers and musicians express their cultural heritage and mix five centuries of old traditions.  They present dances and traditional songs supported by instruments and are enriched by scenic elements, taking again mainly the topic of the child's folklore (Rounds, plays, tales and legends).    The group was created in 1992 and still performs today with freshness and they envelope the spontaneity and the talent of these children of Chile " Maipucitos".
Bray-dunes - France
Festival of the Folklores of the World
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  picture by May-Li khoe
  picture by May-Li khoe
 La Peña Cultural Center 2009
singing "Cueca" in a benefit concert with "Los Materos"
 Holiday celebration with children from "Latina Center"  Richmond CA

 SF Carnaval 07' with "Jaranon y Bochinche" and "Good Samaritan Family Resource Center"

  picture by May-Li khoe
 
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