Jazz

ZooT Vintage Dance Band

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unr.edu

Tap dance, jazz, Mexican zapateado and Son Jarocho come together to tell the history of the female experience during the 1940’s Zoot Suit Riots

This December, the Performing Arts Series at the University of Nevada, Reno presents a refreshingly unexpected performance from San Francisco-based polyrhythmic dance and music ensemble, La Mezcla. On ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Zoot suit: How the bold look made history and continues to influence fashion

A suit lands in the United States on the back of an exiled king. It is copied, amended and upgraded, embraced by Hollywood actors in search of the fashionable. As it travels the country in the late ...
Jezebel

That old Mexican dancehall where zoot suits are still the rage

MEXICO CITY — In the neighborhood of Colonia Guerrero, there’s an old saying, “If you don’t know Los Angeles, you don’t know Mexico.” Residents aren’t talking about Hollywood, rather Salón Los Ángeles ...