Educational Performances
​in Oregon and SW Washington

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Beaverton Performance 2022
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

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 
$525  Salem or Portland area
$650+  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
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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)
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Mecha Presentation in Hood River, OR September 17th, 2022
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Setting up community altar for Dia de los Muertos, October 2016.
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Nuestro futuros guerreros, danza del aniversario 2016.