Mexican Folk Dance

Children of all ethnic backgrounds will enjoy learning Mexican Folk Dances from Ballet Folklorico of SSF. Students may wear any leather soled shoes. See instructor for costume requirements. Students registering in Level 1B must have had at least 2 sessions of prior experience to enroll. Students registered in Level 1A must have instructor approval to advance to 1B. Students must have permission from instructors to advance from Level 1A - Level IX. Martin Cruz, who is the folklorico dance teacher at South San Francisco High School in the Performing Arts Department, is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Ballet Folklorico Alma de Mexico SSFHS & Community. He has extensive experience in choreography and staging performances. He will be teaching Level IV-Leve IX, Along with Alexis Lopez as an Assistant Teacher on occasion as instructor in Recreation and veteran of the Alma de Mexico program. Marianna Roman has many years’ experience in multi-cultural dance. She will be teaching Level IA-Level III.