Musical spectacle - Jarocho.

Jarocho is the national one granted to the original people of Veracruz, in the East of Mexico. But on having heard this word, the Mexicans frequently think about a musical style and dancístico known as the sound uncouth, which for more than 200 years has been the sound paragraph of the Mexican tropic.



Veracruz is the first crucible of the Americas. Together with his religion and his African slaves, the Spanish enter to the continent from here, influencing the former nations that were living (inhabiting) these lands. In this aspect, the history of Veracruz reflects the history of the sound jarocho: Africans, Europeans, and aborigens fuse his race, traditions and music; black, white and red in a joint expression. Pace. Passion. Magic.

Inspired by the world-famous Riverdance, the Government of Veracruz commissions the production of a scenic spectacle as honoring to the sound uncouth. Richard O'Neal, the director assistant in Riverdance, was sent as adviser. On having noticed the artistic potential of the project, it suggested it itself directed it. O'Neal assembles (brings together) the most distinguished profesionistas of the music, design and scenic arts in Mexico to turn the idea into a fact.

The result of these efforts is Jarocho, a magnificent production that visualizes the sound jarocho in past, present and imaginary incarnations. The spectacle is a series of musical emblems that show off to be very different between if, then to reveal that they all count the same history. The music is a combination of original compositions and traditional songs (as the world-famous one The Bamba). Folklore Mexican, Fleming, Afro-Cuban, contemporary and classic they are the styles that compose the program. The press calls to Jarocho " more ambitious " and " more relevant " original Mexican production of last decades. Jarocho is an unexpected Mexico.