Educational Performances
​in Oregon and SW Washington

Beaverton Performance 2018

We have a depth of experience in performing a variety of educational presentations depending on the age-group of the audience.  Most presentations include music, quick introductions to Nahuatl (indigenous language), dancing, and interactive teaching with the audience. In past years, we have presented at:

• Ten Tiny Dances
• CCRLS libraries
• The World Beat Festival (Salem)
• Central Catholic High School
• Beaverton International Festival
• Oregon State University
• DayBreak Cultural Center (Seattle, WA)
• Silverton Arts Assoc.
• Lane Community College
• Portland Community College
• Chehalem Cultural Center (Newberg, OR)
•  Washington Elementary
• Woodburn Library
• French Praire Middle School
• Chemeketa Community Co
• Marion County Literary Conference
• OEA Conference (Portland)
• Mid-Valley Literacy Center
• Tualatin Library
• Cinco de Mayo celebrations
• Day of the Child celebrations
• Día de los Muertos celebrations
• OSU 4-H Youth Camp
• The Dalles School District 
• and more

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Tax-deductable Presentations

One of our ways to fundraise as a public charity non-profit, is to present our dances and traditions throughout the Northwest.  These donations help us to cover the costs of gas, regalia (native wear), instruments, and community celebrations.  
For a 1-hour interactive presentation, we ask for the following donations:
$450  Woodburn 
$575  Salem or Portland area
$700+  Beyond 45 miles of Woodburn
*some discounts are given to libraries that book 2+ performances in a day
**presentations are a minimum of 1-hour.  Discounts are not given for 1/2 hour presentations.
*** we may ask for an additional gas stipend if the presentation is beyond 60 miles from Woodburn
READ more about us on the Portland Tribune here

What to expect from a Danza Azteca performance:
Most presentations last one hour and include:

• live pre-hispanic music (standing drums, lying drum, rattles, flutes)
• dance stories symbolic of something in nature
• explanations of the dance stories
• viewing of traditional regalia (native dress)
• elaborate headdresses
• *audience participation (instruments provided for audience to participate)

MECHA Presentation in Hood River, OR 2022

Beaverton performance 2022

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Setting up community altar for Dia de los Muertos, October 2016.

Nuestro futuros guerreros, danza del aniversario 2016.