Mexico Profundo "Light and Shadows" exhibit photographs

id
11965
origination
Díaz Medina, Juan Manuel
date statement
2007-2014
key date
2007
identifier (local_mss)
188366
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*MGZEB 25-0003
b-number
b23809739
total components
10
total series
0
max depth
2
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2026-01-13 17:19:17 UTC
updated
2026-06-25 15:07:55 UTC
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unitdate
{"value"=>"2007-2014", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"2007/2014"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"<span class=\"title\">Mexico Profundo \"Light and Shadows\"</span> exhibit photographs"}
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repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Jerome Robbins Dance Division</span>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"The <span class=\"title\">Mexico Profundo \"Light and Shadows\"</span> exhibit showcased photographs of traditional Mexican dances that occur during fiestas by Mexican photographers Roberto Aschentrupp, Abril Cabrera Aguilar, Diego Huerta, Mario Aguirre Mazón, and Octavio Nava in 2014. The collection, dating from 2007 to 2014, holds prints and wall text used in the exhibit staged at the reading room of The New York Library for the Performing Arts, additional shots not used in the exhibit, pictures of the opening, ephemera, and a review."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"Multiple languages"}
{"value"=>"Material is in English and Spanish."}
origination
{"value"=>"Díaz Medina, Juan Manuel", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"orm"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p><span class=\"title\">Mexico Profundo \"Light and Shadows\"</span> was a 2014 photography exhibit that displayed prints of traditional Mexican dances that occur during fiestas by five Mexican photographers. The five photographers featured in the exhibit were Roberto Aschentrupp, Abril Cabrera Aguilar, Diego Huerta, Mario Aguirre Mazón, and Octavio Nava. The photographs depict traditional dances from the states of Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Michoacán, and the Federal District.</p> <p>The exhibit was coordinated and co-curated by Americas Exchange Program for Dance project coordinator and Fulbright Fellow Juan Manuel D. Medina. At the time, Medina had been facilitating the exchange of dance materials between the United States and Mexico for more than twenty years. Then New York Public Library Dance Division Assistant Curator Danielle Castronovo and Mexican photographer Roberto Aschentrupp also co-curated the exhibit.</p> <p>The exhibit's objective was to promote indigenous culture worldwide within the framework of the World Conference of Indigenous People held in New York City in September 2014. It opened at Hunter College on September 16, 2014, and was displayed simultaneously at Hunter College for two weeks and at the reading room of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts for two months. The exhibit was funded by the Centro de Estudios Sociales y Opinión Pública (CESOP) and la Cámara de Diputados de México.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The <span class=\"title\">Mexico Profundo \"Light and Shadows\"</span> exhibit photographs, dating from 2007 to 2014, consist of color prints and wall text used in The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (LPA) reading room exhibit, as well as additional shots not displayed in the exhibit, pictures of the exhibition opening, biographical information for three of the photographers, and ephemera. The ephemera consists of postcards about the exhibit's opening event at Hunter College, a press review of the project written in Spanish, and a publicity release about the curation of the exhibit.</p> <p>Materials retained from LPA's exhibit are composed of four or five prints from each of the five photographers, along with wall text listing photographer, title, and date, as well as information about the location and event depicted. Some of the prints depict people dancing while others show parades or people resting. Most of the prints and wall text used in the exhibit feature traditional fiesta dances from Oaxaca, Guerrero, and the Federal District. Dances appearing in the photographs include la Danza de la Pluma in Oaxaca (photographs by Diego Huerta), Danza de los Apaches in Guerrero (photographs by Roberto Aschentrupp), dances at the Pendón Festival in Guerrero (photographs by Mario Aguirre Mazón), dances dedicated to our Lady of Guadalupe in the Federal District (photographs by Octavio Nava), and dancers resting during Festivity Parachicos in Chiapas (photographs by Abril Cabrera Aguilar).</p> <p>The collection also has pictures that were not displayed in the reading room. Most of these photographs were created by Aschentrupp and Nava and depict traditional fiesta dances from the states of Guerrero, Hidalgo, and Puebla. There are also prints by Aguirre Mazón, Cabrera Aguilar, and Huerta of dances from the states of Oaxaca, Michoacàn, and Guerrero.</p> <p>The collection includes three photographer files for Aschetrupp, Cabrera Aguilar, and Aguirre Mazón. The photographer files hold uncropped duplicates of pictures displayed and not displayed in the LPA reading room, biographical information in Spanish and English, as well as wall text for each of the pictures.</p> <p>Other pictures in the collection depict the exhibition opening at Hunter College.</p> <p>The photographs contain postcards, a publicity release, and a press review about the opening and background of the exhibit.</p>"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>Organized by prints displayed and not displayed in exhibit, photographer, event, wall text, and ephemera.</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Juan Manuel D. Medina in 2015.</p>"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Amy Lau</span> in <span class=\"date\">2025</span>.</p>"}
date_start
2007
keydate
2007
date_end
2014
date_inclusive_start
2007
date_inclusive_end
2014
prefercite
{"value"=>"<span class=\"title\">Mexico Profundo \"Light and Shadows\"</span> exhibit photographs, *MGZEB 25-0003. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}

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