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Around 20,000 spectators packed the Plaza de la Liberation to see the multimedia/acrobatic spectacle “Afrodita y el juicio de París” performed by Catalan company La Fura dels Baus, with the help of 100 local extras.
TlaquepArte, the annual crafts fair hosting more than 200 exhibitors from all over Latin America, opens at the Centro Cultural El Refugio in Tlaquepaque on Thursday, October 13 and runs until Monday, October 17, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
Members of the Jalisco State Choir are wearing red ribbons on their right shoulders during performances to demonstrate unhappiness over tactics used against them by the state Secretary of Culture (Secretaria de la Cultura).
UdG Ballet Folklorico
The renowned Universidad de Guadalajara folk dance troupe continues its summer/fall season with four more shows in October. There’s never a dull moment watching these accomplished dancers. Patrons will see new chorography and costumes to mark the troupe’s 50th anniversary.
Teatro Degollado, Sunday, October 9, 23 and 30. 80-350 pesos.
Canadian circus arts troupe Cirque du Soleil brings “Toruk – The First Flight” – a multi-media spectacle inspired by James Cameron’s film “Avatar” – to the VFG Arena for four shows February 10, 11 and 12, 2017. The story revolves around three young characters on a quest to find talismans that allow them to save their culture. Tickets from 400 to 1,800 pesos will soon be available through Ticketmaster. The VFG Arena is on the Guadalajara-Chapala highway, midway between the two locations.
A series of terror classics from Universal Studios is on the bill each Friday in October at the Ex-Convento del Carmen (Avenida Juarez 635, one block from Federalismo). Show times are 4, 6 and 8 p.m. Tickets at 25 pesos.
An eight-week “people’s” festival that seeks to position Guadalajara as a leading cultural center in Latin America gets underway on October 8.
