Connecting through Music, Dance, Food and Storytelling in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
Meet your host Christina Johnson, Festival Creator and Director
In January 2020, The first One Heart Cultural Festival took place in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
The idea was to create more connection between people using the ancient ways we have always connected: through storytelling, dance, music, and food. Some of these connections are rare in contemporary times because of technology and using social media to connect rather than a physical presence, human voice, and enjoying experience within a group of people.
The Festival this year includes classes of dance, stage performance, an incredible internationally acclaimed tango orchestra, (QUINTANGO) Oaxacan cooking class with a celebrity Mexican poet, a concert and elegant dinner in a top quality winery, and a visionary New York Times Best Seller speaker who will speak to your heart.
Lupita Guerrero, Chief Organizer and Designer
We suggest ways to connect with neighbors and new people by attending Meet Me There, a group led by Victor Rua, our guest from Argentina. Try meeting new faces at the Festival, enjoy new friendship possibilities, and perhaps leave your cell phone for an hour to be with a real person.
Through the Festival we hope to awaken and restore hope for the future as our future unfolds tentatively due to years of COVID and the current stress of political and environmental changes. We enthusiastically respond to the world situation with respect for people and how we can manifest a kinder and more forgiving community when we know our neighbors face to face and realize we are of “one heart”.
If you cannot register for individual events, you may email visionarypower@gmail.com, or call or text Whatsapp 1-601-392-1732.
Payment may be made in cash or by Paypal or Zelle. Direct Zelle payments to visionarypower@gmail.com, Wells Fargo Bank in the USA. If space is available, you will be happily registered. We are updating the payment option online, so thanks for your understanding.
LOCATIONS of the events will be given when your registration is received.
SEPARATE TICKETS may be sold in person by Festival affiliates after Oct. 1st on a space-available basis.
| Date & Time | Event Name | MXN | USD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Oct. 28th 10 am – 11:30 am | Tango Class - Fluid exchange roles for all with Cecilia Gonzalez. *Limited to 20 Participants | 600 | 35 |
| 1 pm – 2:30 pm | Welcome Bienvenida Festival Party. Mexican cuisine, a gorgeous view of the city, and the BEST Mariachis in town! What Does the Heart Love? Opening Talk with Diana Wentworth. *Limited to 50 participants. | 530 | 30 |
| 7 pm – 9 pm | “Opening the Heart” Concert by Quintango. Special guest: Natalia Toledo (Mexican Poet), Cecilia González & Jathan Sánchez (Tango Performance), Keila Tonello (Singer). | 750 | 44 |
| Sun, Oct. 29th 10 am – 11:30 am | Tango Class (embrace (internal and external contact) with Cecilia Gonzalez | 600 | 35 |
| 11 am – 12:30 pm | Meet Me There - an experiential gathering of connection with Victor Rua | 350 | 20 |
| 11:45 am – 1:15 pm | Tango Class (creating and filing the space with small turns) with Cecilia Gonzalez | 600 | 35 |
| 2:45 pm – 4:15 pm | Tango Class Vals (exploring the rhythm and possibilities) with Cecilia Gonzalez | 600 | 35 |
| 7 pm – 9 pm | “One Heart” Concert by QuinTango. | 700 | 42 |
| Mon, Oct. 30th 11 am – 12:30 pm | Poetry Workshop - "Words Generate Words" - a literary approach to the origins of language and to Cosmovision (Zapoteca) - with Natalia Toledo (in Spanish with English translation) *Limited to 20 participants. | 2700 | 157 |
| 1 pm – 2:30 pm | Tango Class (the subtleness of crossing, profound work on connection while revisiting the cross) with Cecilia Gonzalez | 600 | 35 |
| 5 pm – 9 pm | “Vuelo del Corazon” VIP event: QuinTango Concert, Dinner and Winery tour, hosted by Viñedo San Miguel. Special guest talk - Sparking Delight: Stories of Feast and Friendship, by Diana Wentworth. *Parking is limited. This event requires carpooling or Festival transport cost of 350 MXN (21 USD) roundtrip. Viñedo event is Formal Dress. | 1700 | 100 |
| Tues, Oct. 31st 10 am – 11:30 am | Tango For Beginners - with Victor Rua | 400 | 23 |
| 11:45 am – 1 pm | Chacarera Argentine Folk Dance with Victor Rua. *We are donating this class for ten students aged 12 to 18. Register by emailing visionarypower@gmail.com to get the benefit. In the subject line, write Chacarera and your name. | 350 | 20 |
| 12:30 pm - 3 pm | Eating, Dancing, Laughing, Cooking and Poetry class with Natalia Toledo (in Spanish with English translation) | 3500 | 205 |
| 7 pm – 9 pm | “Heart Beat” Concert by QuinTango. *Limited to 120 Guests | 700 | 44 |
Special Prices for the following are available until Oct. 5:
Cecilia Gonzalez Tango Classes
Natalia Toledo's Poetry Workshop "Words Generate Words", in English and Spanish
The discount price of 3,600 pesos or 210 USD for two people, registering together.
VIP Event Vuelo del Corazon
Meet QuinTango
The main concert, Opening the Heart, with QuinTango, a sizzling prize-winning orchestra. Quintango has performed in large venues – Kennedy Center, Kravis Center (Palm Beach), Lincoln Center Plaza, Gaillard Auditorium (Charleston, SC), and Stanford’s Dinkelspiel Auditorium in Palo Alto; in historic venues – The White House (State dinner), etc. See more at https://www.quintango.com
Meet great San Miguel residents:
Chipper Roth Talking about One Heart
Chelo Agundis, personalidad de San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
Diana Wentworth
Do You Believe In Magic? I always have.
But that belief has transformed over the years. I now don’t just believe in it, I know how to call in the limitless magic of the universe that resides just beyond our everyday experience.
Youwill learn how to draw back the curtain that keeps them from experiencing their connection with the all, how to access the divine power that is waiting to uplift them, and how to live in an awareness of the presence of those who have passed. You will learn how to feel their oneness with all that is and bring the magic of that oneness into their lives.
I’ve been blessed by miracles all my life. And while some might say that I’ve been the fortunate recipient of a great deal of synchronicity, I’m confident that the magic I’ve experienced was not related to luck. I attribute it to my curiosity about the human connection to the divine mystery. This curiosity has led me to great introspection about the meaning of my own existence, and to an ever-deepening knowing of that meaning.
Cecilia Gonzalez
Well respected by the tango community in Buenos Aires, Cecilia is an exceptional dancer who has worked with the most renowned Argentine dancers of her generation since 1995. She combines strong movements with wise softness getting, without effort, the most powerful synthesis.
The technical precision, fluidity of her movements and notable capacity of improvisation characterize her dance.
Cecilia shares her extensive knowledge and passion with her students. She is a very appreciated and requested tango teacher and has been continually invited to give workshops and participate in festivals around the world. Since its inception in 1999, she has been a member of the teaching faculty of the Argentine International Tango Congress (C.I.T.A) held annually in Buenos Aires.
Natalia Toledo Paz
Is a Mexican poet who writes in Spanish and Zapotec. Her work helped to revive interest in the Zapotec language. Ida Kozlowska-Day states that Toledo is “one of the most recognized contemporary poets in the native languages of Mexico.”
Toledo Paz’s writing has been concerned with women and their relationship to the environment. Her writing, along with other writers’ use of the Zapotec language in their work, has helped boost demand in Mexico to make indigenous cultures more visible. Toledo Paz enjoys using the Zapotec language because she feels that it has “a great aesthetic sensibility for creating images and beauty.”
She is the president of Patronato de la Casa de la Cultura de Juchitán (Fund of the House of Culture of Juchitán).
Victor Rua
Teacher educated in traditional tango, folklore, and in Therapeutic Dance. Dance teacher Victor Rua will be coming from Buenos Aires Argentina to teach tango and also Argentine Folklore, folk dancing. Tango is the ultimate dance of connection, both inwardly as a meditation and outwardly as an art. If you are intimidated by tango, feel heartened that folklore is easy to learn and a joy to dance.
https://www.facebook.com/victor.rua.tango
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drw2rNuLekE
Keila Tonello
Jathan Sanchez
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