USA "The Dances of Polo Garcia, Chicago" Jay Dunn 43 images Created 5 Oct 2009
USA, Chicago, July 2nd - 23rd, 2009.
For more than 20 years, Polo Garcia, a professional dance teacher from "America Baila," has been giving traditional South American dance lessons at various Pilsen and Little Village schools, including Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy, whose turn-of-the-century auditorium is featured here.
Garcia, who is Mexican, does the research for these dances in-person, makes the costumes himself, and provides free summer classes. He works with Claudio Rabadan, a former Saucedo student, and professional instructor Ruben Pachas from Peru.
Photographs commissioned by the Chicago Tribune's HOY Spanish-language newspaper as the first of a special two-part feature story.
For more than 20 years, Polo Garcia, a professional dance teacher from "America Baila," has been giving traditional South American dance lessons at various Pilsen and Little Village schools, including Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy, whose turn-of-the-century auditorium is featured here.
Garcia, who is Mexican, does the research for these dances in-person, makes the costumes himself, and provides free summer classes. He works with Claudio Rabadan, a former Saucedo student, and professional instructor Ruben Pachas from Peru.
Photographs commissioned by the Chicago Tribune's HOY Spanish-language newspaper as the first of a special two-part feature story.
