Members of the BFA Company are dedicted performers who give back to the community through their dance. Please offer your support to them as they continue in the BFA tradition of sharing our culture through dance.

Audition

If you are interested in auditioning to become a member please fill out our audition form. You must be 18 years or above, preferably with experience.

On occassion youth from the BFA Academy will perform with the adult Company.

If you are interested in classes,

Ballet Folklorico Kids Classes for 4-17 years old, are Monday and Wednesdays 6-7pm,

Ballet Folklorico Adult Classes for 18 years and older are Saturdays at 11am -12pm. Classes are held at:

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Muevete Dance Studio

3338 Main St.

Lemon Grove, CA 91945

Please fill a class request form.

Thanks to Miguel Arreola for the donation of the photography.

Dancers

Rebeca Lopez Rodriguez began her training in dance at the age of 7 in San Antonio, Texas. Her earliest dance training was in Western Ballet.  Over the past three years she has been studying and performing Ballet Folklorico dance and Son Jarocho music and dance.  She has performed all over Southern California and in Tijuana.  Locally she has performed at The Centro Cultural de La Raza, Balboa Park Organ Pavilion, Petco Park, Fiesta del Sol Festival, Chicano Park, several rallies, schools, and universities.  She is an artist-teacher with the Center for World Music, a mosaic artist with Kim Emerson Mosaics, Inc. and the owner and marketing director of Muévete Dance Studio.

Cynthia Cox is a 2nd grade bilingual teacher in the Cajon Valley School District.  She was born and raised in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and moved to the states when she was 10 years old.  Her love of Mexican culture and language lead her to a career in teaching Spanish and English.  Several years later, after nearly a 20 year hiatus from Mexican folkloric dancing, she joined a ballet folklorico troupe.  She also took her new teachings into the classroom and started a dance group for the school.  After two years of dancing with the troupe she once again took a break to complete her master's degree in education at UCSD.  Almost immediately upon graduating she joined Viviana A. Enrique Ballet Folklorico en Aztlan. The group has afforded her opportunities and experiences to dance in diverse locations and meet many people.  She considers herself very fortunate to have the privilege of dancing with this group and sharing time and space with this amazing group of dancers and directors.

Ana Robles is a graduate from La Jolla High School. She enjoys singing and dancing during her free time. She was involved in three clubs at her school. Jazz ensemble, mariners and is a cofounder of a book club. She shares her culture as often as she can by dancing.

Francisca Vargas grew up in Tecate, Baja California and lives in San Diego.  Her parents are from San Francisco Uricho, Michoacan.  Her father is a caretaker of the Danza de los Viejitos tradition and Franscica  grew up around traditional dancers and musicians.  Francisca joined the House of Mexico and served as “Princess” for 4 years. Her responsibilities included talking to visitors in Balboa park about her Mexican culture. This year she serves as “Queen” for the House of Mexico and her duties include training the younger girls about Mexican culture and continuing to offer visitors and tourist information about House of Mexico and the Mexican culture. She has been dancing since she was 15 and is proud to be a member of BFA.

Bernadine Marie Hernandez began her dance training at the age of 5 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was trained in Russian Classical Ballet then transitioned into many different forms of dance, including: Jazz, Tap, Hip-Hop, and Ballet Folkorico.  For the past 8 years she has been dancing with Ballet Folkorico Lumbre de UNM and has performed with different folkoristas across the Southwest.  She is currently a PhD candidate in Literature at UCSD and teaches college-level English composition courses.  Besides her passion for dance, she is a fiction and non-fiction writer.