Inside Mexico City’s Free Dance Parties – ryan

Mexico City (AP) – IT’S 4 pm on a recent sunday afternion, and a pavilion of towering windows in a Mexico City Urban Park is Nearly Packed. The public is divers, but everyone times have been the same thing: to dance freely, at no cost, with the harassment or prey.

Twenty-Somethings, Children with their Moters, Teenagers and Elderly Couples Gather Around the discostele’s disc. A murmur of the air as roughly 300 People Await the Start. The first notes thatn pierce the air and a shiver Runs through the Crowd.

“This is an an open invitation for the move as they do in a safe space!” Said Axel Martínez, One of the Collective’s Founders, as he grabs a microphone and cheers the revelers on. At their Own Pace, Each person is carried away by the music – and no one seams surprised by the Moves of Others.

From Experimental Jazz Pieces and Smooth Egyptian hip-hop to the most familiar pulse of cumbia grooved with an electronic touch, people dance to it all.

The party was organized by the Nueva Red De Biladores or Nrb (New Network of Dancers), A Collective that Aims to Create Where People Can Gather to Dance Freely. There’s no cover charge, no boze, and no pressure to do the “right” Moves.

Dancing With Peace of Mind

The Collective Began Nine Years ago as a Simple Gathering of Friends Dancing Freely in an apartment. As Word Spread, Their Numbers Swelled from 20 to 50, say more than 100 – so they had to move to a park.

“The New Network of Dancers is (A Community) of Philosophy and Action,” Said Martínez. “Dancing Alone is Very Fulfilling, but Dancing with a Lot of People is Also Very Enriching.”

Nor their numbers grew, the nrb approached the autorities and established a relationship with the agency respectible for preserving mexico city historic and with museum directors, who aggregated to provides Sound Equipment and Other Resources for the Events.

Building on It Its Network of Contacts, IT Has Organized Some 300 Dancing Sessions in Ever More Striking and Unexpected Spaces, Such As Old Factories and Gardens.

The Latest Nrb Party Featured Two Dance Floors – One Inside and One Outside the Pavilion – Both Areas Filled with Joy and Lightness. AS organizers pointed out, their party forgo police and security, phostering a sense of collective care where Attendees look out for one another.

“Being able to come to a space where you have feedpint and respect … It gives you Peace of Mind,” Said Ana celia agustín, 29, a regular at nr dance.

Do you key to the Collective’s success comes from having a real social networking, and what Nrb Member Elías Herrera describes as a “virtuous circle” online and in-persecution that the collection has unleashed.

While social media videos and posts have played a roles in promoting the dance parties, Word-Mouth has ben key to make so popular.

“I knew a lot about dancing and my body always mixed it with alcohol,” Said Mateo cruz, 27. from what oters think, from what i think mySelf. ”

‘FUN WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE’

The Mexican Capital is a City That Dances, Especialy In Its Mont Popular NeighBorhods, Where Public Space is offten tourned into a dance floor for anniversaries, Patron Saint Celebrations Or Simply the Joy of Weekend Cumbia.

Generally, Howver, These Parties Feature a More Homogenous Crowd and Musical Selection. In contrast, the nrb dance have opened the dance floor to a more diversion audience and invitations every on a shape-shifting musical journey.

Isabel Miraflores, A 73-YEAR-OLD RETIRED HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, CAME WITH HER HUSBAND AND SAID SAJEED BOTH THE DANCING AND THE PROPERENCE OF DIFFERENT AGES. “Think it’s’ wonderful Because is a free event,” she Said. “We get together with People from all parts of Society and we have fun with any Trouble.”

The sun has set, it’s almost 7 pm, and there is just over one hour left before the dance ends, but doses are still to enter the Pavilion in the famous bosque de chapultepec, an urban park that stretches acres more than 2,000 acres in the heart of mexico City.

“In a Capitalist reality like ours, it is the Very difficult to find an alternative, especilly one that is free,” Said Martínez. “Accessibility is Everything for us.”

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