Author: Staff
Alianza Latinoamerica Y Caribena's QuinceaÒera, named after the coming of age ceremony of fifteen year old girls, was a diverse performance extravaganza that celebrated the fifteenth birthday of the ALC. The ALC's mission is "to learn more about Latino cultures and to share that knowledge with the Middlebury College community through such events as lectures, panels, films, and social activities." Fifteen was the age when many young women left their family homes to become wives and then mothers. The symbolic nature of the original ceremony was reflected in Saturday evening's performance in McCollough. Miosotis Perez '07 choreographed the tango dance pictured left. The Omulu Guanabara Capoiera group, who reside in the San Francisco bay area and specialize in the popular Afro-Brazilian martial art Capoiera, performed the finale. Capoiera, which originated in the 16th century, is performed in a circle and is interpreted as a complex and technical game.
ALC turns the big 1-5
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