Lluvia de Palos is an interdisciplinary music and dance ensamble that work with both, the sound of percussion instruments and the music made with them, as well as other diverse aspects of mesoamerican cosmovision.
From sound and movement explorations, the group researches the native mesoamerican instruments and their past and present use, including the ancient nahuatl logofonetic writing sistem and world view as a way to adapt it to contemporary creation and diffusion.
The timbrical concept is based on the big mesoamerican percussion instruments: huehuetl and teponastli, However, it also makes use of the small ones, such as , turtle shell, rattles, scratcher, litophon, clay pots, bow, water sounds along with some clay and cane aerophones instruments
Musician, performer and composer. Graduated as a percussionist at “Vida y Movimiento” ´s school which is incorporated to CCOY (Centro Cultural Ollin Yoliztli). He holds a Master in composition at the Music Faculty UNAM. He´s a certified black belt from Hombu Dojo Aikikai Japan. He has been a professor and researcher at Music for Films at UNAM as well as at INBA (Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes) for more than 25 years. Co-founder of Banda Elástica music band with whom he played several times in Mexico, Norway, Peru, Spain and USA, he has produced seven CD´s. Founder and director of Lluvia de Palos / Kuauhkiauhtzintli, a contemporary music group that has released one CD. Lluvia de Palos has played in Mexico, Peru, Spain, Brazil and Canada.
Dancer, choreographer, professor and researcher. She is founder and director of “Laboratorio Escénico Teatro Ritual”, a space that has served not only as an incubator for dance and interdisciplinary projects, but also as an artistic residence and a formative space for arts, in which many generations of artists have emerged from. Currently, she has the “Creadores Escénicos con Trayectoria 2019- 2022” support. She was trained under the guardianship of the most recognized butoh dancers in Mexico, Japan and Germany. She has performed in Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Canada, Spain and Japan.
Drummer and multidirectional percussionist. He is one of the most demanded musicians in Mexico. As a drummer, he has participated around Mexico and Europe in a variated diversity of groups and ensembles of many music styles, such as: Jazz, World Music, Rock, Afro beat and Contemporary Fusion. Costero has developed his own “world percussion sets” in order to fulfill his own music expression and language. He has participated playing music for films, dance and theater. He has performed in Mexico, Germany, Spain, Peru, Brazil, Canada and USA.
Born in Mexico City in 1990, he studied percussions and piano at the EIMD School of Music (Escuela de Iniciación a la Música y a la Danza), incorporated at Ollin Yolliztli´s Cultural Center. He continued studying music at DIM School of Music (Desarrollo Integral Musical) where not only did he study jazz piano but also studied composition and drums. Manuel has been part of Kuauhkiauhtzintli (Lluvia de Palos) since 2010. Kuauhkiauhtzintli is a contemporary music ensemble that works with prehispanic percussions and has played in multiple venues in Mexico City and some other countries like Spain, Peru, Brazil and Canada. Looking for an interdisciplinary formation, he practices Aikido a Japanese no competitive martial art and Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do, the martial art created by Bruce Lee. At the present time, he is studying composition at UNAM´s Music Faculty (Facultad de Música de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México).
Born in Mexico City in 1987. She completed her higher education at CICO (Centro de Investigación Coreográfica) related to INBA (Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes). She won many scholarships such as “Jovenes Creadores”, “Salon Abierto”, “Cuerpos en Diálogo” and “Fomento” from FONCA (Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes). She also won the competition “Creación Contemporanea” and “Bailar Apantalla”. Alma Priscella has danced in multiple and important venues in Mexico and other countries such as Amsterdam, Spain, Brazil and Peru.
Multidisciplinary percussionist who has performed throughout his career with symphony orchestras, chamber groups, traditional and musical theater, opera, art installations, ballet, contemporary dance, films, among others. His work has taken him to North, Central and South America, Europe and Euro Asia.
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