Ibrahim Aldosaimani Luis Valdez 1940- Considered the originator of modern Chicano theater, Valdez is best known as the founding director of El Teatro Campesino, a seminal grassroots theater group initially formed to convince California migrant farmworkers of the value of unionization. Valdez, who writes some works in English and others in a blend of English and Spanish, is credited with having provided momentum to the Chicano theater movement through his highly vivid style and his ability to place the Chicano experience within a universal American framework. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Born into a family of migrant farmworkers in Delano, California, Valdez began working in the fields at six years of age. Although his education was frequently interrupted by his family 's constant travel, Valdez finished high school and subsequently attended San Jose State College. After graduating in 1964 Valdez joined the San Francisco Mime Troupe, from which he gained an appreciation of agitprop theater, which makes use of political agitation and propaganda to protest social injustice. Valdez returned to Delano in 1965 to assist César Chávez and the United Farmworkers Union in their efforts to unionize migrant workers. There Valdez organized the strikers into a performing group to dramatize the exploitation of farmworkers and to demonstrate the necessity of unionization for their financial survival. In 1967 Valdez and El Teatro Campesino began touring nationally, expanding their focus on the
One reason Cesar Chavez was an effective leader was because he created a union known as the United Farm Workers. Chavez’s goal was to organize the farmers to receive better pay and better working conditions. He was not the first to attempt, others have tried but failed due to the power of growers. He was different, he gained support through encouragement. His exact words were “si se puede”(Doc A) meaning “it can be done”. He encouraged his supporters to seek their rights as farmers. “ The strongest act of manliness, is to sacrifice ourselves for other in a totally nonviolent struggle for justice”(Doc C). Chavez along
Vicente Fernández es un actor mexicano, productor y cantante, Vicente es conocido como el rey de la música ranchera en todo el mundo. Vicente empezó a cantar en las calles cuando era un muchacho joven para dinero, Vicente venía de una familia muy pobre, él fue obligado a abandonar el quinto grado para sostener a su familia. Él consiguió pequeños trabajos alrededor de su ciudad original .él Dice que paraba los coches y ofrecía a cantar para ellos por unos pocos pesos en Guadalajara, pero ahora ha ganado siete premios Grammy y un Latín Grammy .
On Sunday, October 29, 2017 at 2:30 P.M. I attended Ballet Hispanico at the Detroit Opera House. Ballet Hispanico was founded in 1970 by Venezuelan born dancer, Tina Ramiez after identifying the need to provide Latino dancers with access to training and performance opportunities. Ballet Hispanico is recognized as one of the country’s top Latino dance organizations. Over the past 40+ years, it has provided dance education and outreach programs to New York communities to engage interested residents in a guided exploration of dance and Latino cultures by expanding their knowledge in aesthetic awareness, cultural appreciation, and self-expression.
The speaker, a second-generation American, Cesar Chavez was born on March 31, 1927, in Yuma, Arizona. His family lost their farm during the Great Depression, urging them to become migrant workers. With an eighth-grade education, Chavez left school to work in the fields full-time to support his family. Despite his formal education ending, he still possessed an insatiable intellectual curiosity, and when he could, educated himself further. (ChavezFoundation.org)
In English, El Teatro Campesino means The Farmer Theater. In 1965 with the support of Cesar Chavez, the theater was founded as “the cultural arm of the United Farm Workers” (Wikipedia). The actors were farmworkers that preformed on truck flat beds. In addition, the performances were held in the middle of fields in Delano, California. San Juan Bautista, California is the home of the theater as of 1971. One of the people to help get the theater going is Luis Valdez. Valdez comes from a family of migrant farmworker. He is a Mexican American that attended San Jose State University and briefly worked with San Francisco Mime Troupe. Early production focused on different traditions, Mexican folk humor, and religious dramas. El Teatro Campesino originally
Cesar E. Chavez was born in 1927, in Arizona. Chavez worked as a migrant farm worker when he was young. He has the experience of working in the scorching hot weather. His family had lived with his grandmother, where he learned all if his values, morals, and beliefs. As Chavez grew older, his father would teach him how to be respectful, and how he should always stand up for what he believes in. His father lost their land and was forced to work as migrant farm workers. After a month, the Chavez family moved away in search of more farms. Cesar rarely went to school, and would never stay at one school for a long time. Cesar dealt with poverty and racisms at a young age. Later, his father had got hurt in an accident and was forced to leave school to support himself and his family (Valbuena1-3).
Cesar Chavez fought for other migrant farmers because he had experienced what they were experiencing, and thought he should make a difference when Chavez started leading the UFW, United Farm Workers, is when his movement really started. Lots of things happened during Chavez’s childhood “At age 11, his family lost their farm during the Great Depression and became migrant farm workers”(Cesar Chavez Foundation). That is the main reason for why Chavez noticed the issues that were surfacing with workers, this is what got him into the farms. Cesar taught many unforgettable lessons “Cesar learned and taught others how commitment and sacrifice can set you free from the constraints imposed by depending entirely on money and material things”(Cesar Chavez Foundation). The citation shows how Cesar made a big impact on others even if only teaching them. Cesar did many
Cesar Chavez was an American civil rights activists. He was born on March 31, 1927, in Yuma, Arizona. Cesar Chavez was the son of Juana Estrada and Librado Chavez. He was named after his grandfather.He lived in a Mexican-American family which had six children. Cesar Chavez lived in the same small house that he was born in. Chavez lost his land during the Great Depression. It was taken away because Chavez’s father made an agreement that was soon broken. His father tried to buy the house but he couldn’t because he wasn’t able to pay the loan. Their house was soon sold to the original owner. Cesar Chavez and his family then had to move to California to become migrant farm workers. The Chavez family had to work really hard. They did not live in the same place for so long. They would pick peas and lettuce in the winter. In the spring, they had to picks cherries and beans. For Summer, they picked corn and grapes. Lastly, for Fall, they would pick cotton. Chavez went to 30 different schools in California because his family kept moving from place to place to find work. In 1942, Chavez dropped out of seventh grade. It would have been his last year but he didn’t want his mother to work in the fields. Chavez soon became full-time migrant farm worker. At the time, farm workers weren’t paid enough and lived horrible conditions. Chavez and his older sister Rita helped farm workers and neighbors when they were sick. They would drive those who couldn’t drive to the hospital to see a
Based on the biography of Jose Limon, he was born on January 12, 1908, in Mexico. Jose Limon is the eldest of eleven children in his family. The Limon family emigrated from Mexico to Los Angelas, California in 1915 due to the Mexican Revolution of 1910. After he graduated from High School, he first attended the art program of UCLA. In 1928, he moved to New York; later, Limon got a chance to the dance performance by Harald Kreutzberg and Yvonne Georgi. This dance performance is the inspiration for Limon to decide get into
Chavez was a Latino farmer. He migrated to Arizona. Cesar Chavez was working in the South in hot fields and vineyards. After his forceful speech, he was known as a religious and spiritual person. From Chavez’s background, he understands the hard workers
During the Chicano Movement, there were many different key leaders that helped the movement. These key leaders were Rodolfo ‘‘Corky’’ Gonzales, Reies Tijerina,
Cesar Chavez fought for other migrant farmers because he had experienced what they were experiencing and thought he should make a difference when Chavez
The portrayal and the representation of the Chicano Art Movements are entrenched by the Mexican-American artist who institute artistic personalities and identities in the United States. The plenteous amount of the artist is massively influenced by the immense Chicano Movement (El Movimiento) which, was established in the 1960’s. The influence of Chicano Art was due to the Mexican- Revolution philosophy, art of Pre-Columbia and indubitably European techniques of painting, cultural, social, political issues. The movement took a stand to fight against stereotypes of Mexican- Americans conducive and to resist typical social norms. The movement to concentrate on awareness of collective history, equal opportunity, grants and social mobility. Chicanos have used the movement in pursuit of expressing their cultural values. Ever since it first appeared in America the art of Chicanos has matured to illustrate common struggle and social issues in conjunction with uniting the youth of the Chicano people to their culture and history. Chicano Art is not only Mexican- American artwork; it further emphasizes and accentuates the histories of the Chicano people in a superb and sublime way of American art.
During his lifetime, Cesar Chavez and his followers made many changes and contributions to society. While he was alive, he had the privilege to see what his non-violence actions produced; what they transpired. It is recorded that Chavez began actively organizing workers in the fields in 1952. The California-based Community Service Organization (CSO) recruited and trained for his work. Chavez built new chapters of CSO, led voter registration drives, and helped Mexican-Americans confront issues of police and immigration abuse during the next ten years. In 1958 he became general director of CSO. With $1,200 of his own savings, Chavez resigned four years later, to found the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) in 1962. (Gale Encyclopedia) He was a very determined man; strived in everything he put his mind to. Russell declares that by
Chavez’s life started in a small adobe home, near Yuma Arizona on March 31, 1927. His parents