The Salón Los Angeles is the oldest dance hall in Mexico City. The classic 1930s ballroom is located in a working-class neighborhood near downtown, and every week, it sees dozens of well-dressed ...

Mexican composer Arturo Marquez is fascinated by the popular Mexican dance called the danzon, and he's based several orchestral pieces on its swaying rhythms. Buffalo Philharmonic conductor JoAnn ...

The Danzon's suitcase has many stickers, starting out in the Spanish court, moving to popular dance in Cuba, and settling in Mexico. We'll hear a Danzon for orchestra by Mexican composer Arturo ...