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dancing from the
Heart
Ballet Folklorico De La Rosa
Story by Bianca Rawlings Photos by Felicia Frazar & The Seguin Gazette
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eatro De Artes De Juan Seguin provides more than just dance lessons in their adult and youth programs. The organization offers a strong sense of community, connection, and culture for all ages and races. Teatro prides itself on offering an experience that stays with someone long after the practices and performances are over. A heart and mind is moved by what is learned at Teatro whether they’re a beginning performer, toe-tapping spectator, or a proud parent. The staff at Teatro are educators, before all else seek to share their histories with others through art. This inviting form of education started through Folklorico and other beautiful tradi16 SEGUIN ~ GUADALUPE COUNTY LIVING
tional dances. The dresses and costumes used for these dances are truly lovely, but it is the culture and the strong desire to share it with others that shine the brightest at Teatro. Things have a way of growing when given love and shared. So it is no surprise Teatro has now expanded its lessons to include agriculture and culinary arts, literature and storytelling, and has their sights set on even more expansion and inclusion of all art forms. Teatro’s current Executive Director, Yvonne De La Rosa, said the organization chooses their dances carefully and consider the lessons that will go along with each program they design. “We will have a directors meeting,
