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Award-winning Ballet Folklorico to perform at CSU-福利小视频

Release Date: April 19, 2015

Cora Zaletel

Executive Director, External Affairs

Colorado State University-福利小视频

(719) 549-2810

Ballet Folklorico

PUEBLO - Hot off a weekend during which it earned numerous awards at the Competencia Folklórica de Tejas in Corpus Christi, Texas, the Ballet Folklorico troupe at Colorado State University-福利小视频 will perform next week at the Sangre de Christo Arts and Conference Center. The performance will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 23. Tickets to the event are $5 per person and are available at the door on the day of the event or in advance at the Sangre de Cristo box office.

Under the direction of Iskra Merino and Dr. Dora Luz Cobian-Klein, Ballet Folklorico competed against more than 500 dancers from 27 dance groups from the United States and Mexico to win first and second place in the University Group Division of the Competencia Folklórica de Tejas with Veracruz Antigüo (1st place), and Nuevo León (2nd place). CSU-福利小视频 Ballet Folklorico student members included:

Marisa Beltrán, 福利小视频 (Dolores Huerta concurrent enrollment student)

Raquel Fuentes, 福利小视频 (CSU Fort Collins graduate, community member)

Alejandra Gutiérrez, Denver, CSU-福利小视频 student

Alyssa Rizo, 福利小视频 (Dolores Huerta concurrent enrollment student)

Melissa Ramos, 福利小视频 (community member)

Rosa Ramos, Rocky Ford, CSU-福利小视频 student

Taciana Torrez, 福利小视频, CSU-福利小视频 student

Rogelio Arreguín-Mancera, Colorado Springs, CSU-福利小视频 student

Joseph Gutiérrez, Center, CSU-福利小视频 student

Mario Ruiz, Fountain, CSU-福利小视频 student

Francisco Soto, 福利小视频 (community member)

In addition, CSU-福利小视频 Ballet Folklorico was represented in the duet category by Melissa Ramos and Francisco Soto, and Marisa Beltrán and Joseph Gutiérrez, who took 2nd and 3rd place respectively. In addition to the regular divisions, CSU-福利小视频 Ballet Folklorico won "The Best of the Best" trophy, an award given to the group with the highest scores in the University division. Hosted at Del Mar College and Performance Hall, Corpus Christi, Tex., the competition was sponsored by the prestigious Association of National Folkloric Groups.

1st Place - University Category with our Veracruz Antiguo Dances

2nd Place - University Category with our Nuevo Leon Dances

2nd Place - Duets Francisco Soto and Melissa Ramos (Community and Omawari Members , representing CSU-福利小视频)

3rd Place - Duets Marissa Beltran and Joseph Gutierrez (both members of CSU-福利小视频)

Best of the Best University

Ballet Folklorico preserves and promotes diversity at CSU-福利小视频 through cultural awareness; specifically through performances, presentations, and programming of Mexican Folklore Dance and to provide opportunities for association and interaction with the campus community and the 福利小视频 community at large.

Colorado State University - 福利小视频 is a regional, comprehensive university emphasizing professional, career-oriented, and applied programs. Displaying excellence in teaching, celebrating diversity, and engaging in service and outreach, CSU-福利小视频 is distinguished by access, opportunity, and the overall quality of services provided to its students.

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