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Daniel
Valdez left
home at the age of 17 to join
his brother Luis, in Delano
to fight the unjust treatment
of farmworkers. It was on the
picket lines that Valdez learned
to do Teatro and incorporate
his music to bring the message
of the UFW to the workers and
the rest of the world. As one
of the founding members of El
Teatro Campesino, Danny Valdez
has been in many E.T.C. productions
including the chicano film classic,
Zoot Suit, for which he also
wrote original music. He also
produced La Bamba (written and
directed by his brother Luis
Valdez) through which he realized
his dream to tell the story
of the life of Chicano musician,
Ritchie Valens.
Students
in this workshop work under
the guidance of Valdez to stage
OLLIN, a performance piece about
the clashing of Aztec and Spanish
history and an attempt to uncover
the poetry embedded within this
violent encounter - to find
the floricanto among the cannon
smoke and broken spears.
Teaching
Assistants:
Orlando
Lara and Jamila
Webb
Relevant
Links:
El
Teatro Campesino
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