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.
Drummer and multidirectional percussionist. He is one of the most demanded musicians in Mexico. As a drummer, he has participated in Mexico and Europe in a variety of groups and ensembles of many music styles, such as Jazz, World Music, Rock, Afrobeat, and Contemporary Fusion. Costero has developed his own “world percussion sets” in order to fulfill his own musical expression and language. He has participated in playing music for films, dance, and theater. He has performed in Mexico, Germany, Spain, Peru, Brazil, Canada, and the USA.
Born in Mexico City in 1990, he studied percussion 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 percussion and has played in multiple venues in Mexico City and some other countries like Spain, Peru, Brazil, and Canada.
Percussionist born in Mexico City. At age 8, he began studying at the Ollin Yolliztli music school. He graduated with a degree in Percussion from the Faculty of Music at UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico). He participates in various projects, including "Yolotecuani," "Sonaranda," "Grupo Chéjere," and "Tecuan," a project for which he is also a composer. He has performed at numerous music festivals in Mexico, Colombia, the United States, and other countries.
Dancer, choreographer, professor, and researcher. She is the 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 the arts, in which many generations of artists have emerged. 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.
She pursued higher education at the Center for Choreographic Research (CICO) of the National Institute of Fine Arts (INBA), earned a Bachelor degree in Choreography from the National School of Classical and Contemporary Dance at the National Center for the Arts, and a Master degree in Live Arts from the National University of Colombia. She has received grants from the FONCA (National Fund for Culture and the Arts) programs for Young Creators, Open Salon, Bodies in Dialogue, and Promotion. She won the Best Contemporary Creation Competition and the Bailar Apantalla competition. She has performed and presented her artistic work in prominent theaters in Mexico and on international tours in Amsterdam, Spain, Brazil, and Peru.
A visual artist, his work is based on the exploration of Mesoamerican folk art and ideography from a contemporary perspective. He has collaborated on urban art intervention projects with various collectives and museums and has exhibited his work in several cities in Mexico and in countries such as Slovenia, Poland, Germany, and Spain. Since 2010, he has worked on stage productions with music and dance companies and groups.
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He earned a Bachelors degree in Electronic Engineering with a specialization in Communications from the Autonomous Metropolitan University. In recent years, he has worked with the contemporary music group "Lluvia de Palos" as a logistics and stagecraft assistant on projects such as "Ojos de Tierra" and "Xochicuicatl Cuecuechtli." He also holds a diploma in Interdisciplinary Sound at the National School of Cinematographic Arts of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
A multidisciplinary percussionist who has performed throughout his career with symphony orchestras, chamber groups, traditional and musical theater, opera, art installations, ballet, contemporary dance, film, and more. His work has taken him to North, Central, and South America, Europe, and Eurasia.
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Collaboration with the "Los Ingrávidos Collective" on the short films Tonalli (2021) and Xiuhtecutli (2023). The latter was awarded at the Oberhausen Film Festival 2023 and at the Umbrales section of the FICUNAM Festival 2023.
Performance of the group at the Gabriel García Márquez Cultural Center of the Fondo de Cultura Económica in Bogotá, Colombia.
Screening of two video dances made in collaboration with the Los Ingrávidos Collective: Luna de Piedra and Una danza hacia el Tzompantli, within the framework of the Colloquium on spatial audio, image and movement of the National School of Cinematographic Arts of the UNAM.
