Organizations Filed Purposes:
Calpulli Mexican Dance Company's mission is to teach and produce dance based programming to promote the rich diversity of Mexican culture heritage
Calpulli Mexican Dance Company's mission is to celebrate the rich diversity of Mexican cultural heritage through dance-based programming including live music
Performances: Calpulli Mexican Dance Company's performances are like the traditions of Mexico: colorful, passionate and inviting. The organization produces performances and tours via its international touring company of Dancers, Musicians and Choreographers. The elaborate productions tell Mexican-American stories with universal messages that celebrate Mexico and its people. The Company has favorable reviews from the NY Times, Houston Chronicle and Queens Tribune among others for its stories including "Boda Mexicana," "Dia del los Muertos," "Navidid:A Mexican-American Christmas, and its most current production "Puebla:The Story of Cinco de Mayo." which received the National Dance Project Award from the New England Foundation for the Arts. Calpulli made its international debut in the Kingdom of Bahrain in 2013 and then its European debut in Instanbul, Turkey in 2019. Visit Calpulidance.org/performances/production to learn more.
Arts-in-Education-Calpulli Mexican Dance Company designs immersive arts-in-education experiences for individuals of all ages, physical abilities, and backgrounds using the rich artistic works of its touring company as the basis for learning. Passionate teaching artists-most of whom are Directors, Choreographers, and Performers with the company-lead workshops, residencies, and on-site performances that seek to elucidate on Mexican culture, traditions, dance and music,while at the same time customizing to meet the host's goals and cirriculum. Calpulli reaches over 80K students each year with its educational services and is sought after by schools, educators, colleges and universities, nursing centers, and performing arts venues. Visit calpuillidance.org/education to learn more and to read countless testimonials about the value of Calpulli's arts-in-education knowledge.
Community Outreach-As an extension of its arts-in-education services, Calpulli Mexican Dance Company created "Calpulli Community" in 2006 as a response to requests to provide continual access to the organization's expertise in the performing arts. With the same Teaching Artists that work in schools, Calpulli designs year round programming in New York and New Jersey that improve the lives of people, especially young students, through the power of the arts. Now, over 200 students at 5 different sites, each week learn about Mexican traditions in dance and music culminating with performances and events. To ensure access to the program, Calpulli Community is based entirely on voluntary donations for youth. Visit calpullidance.org/community to learn more and to visit a site near you. Please consider a donation to support Calpulli and any of its programs.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Juan Castano | Executive director | 35 | $69,102 |
| George Saenz | Music Director | 15 | $0 |
| Grisel Pren Monje | Rehearsal Director | 35 | $0 |
| Naomi Hernandez | Managing Director | 35 | $0 |
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