THE MEMORY OF MAX CORRALES HONORED AT THE XXXVI EDITION OF THE JOSÉ LIMÓN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL

Having the José Limón International Dance Festival again is an act of celebration because without it, Delfos would not be here and the Mazatlán Professional School of Dance would surely not have been founded, but we are also deeply sad because Max Corrales, a graduate of the XVI generation of the EPDM, was brutally taken from us in the city of Culiacán, lamented Claudia Lavista.
In the inaugural act of the XXXVI edition of the José Limón Festival held on Saturday, April 22nd at night in the lobby of the Ángela Peralta Theater, the co-director of Delfos contemporary dance called to honor the memory of Max Corrales and demanded a stop to violence and she pleaded for this to change, because she cannot continue like this.
“This is an act of celebration today for all of us and we are also deeply saddened that he is not here with us to dance and we hope that wherever his spirit is he will hear us and know that we are dancing for him and that each one of us the dancers who are going to participate in this wonderful festival throughout the week do so honoring him, honoring the body, honoring art and humility”.
In turn, the General Director of the Instituto de Cultura, Turismo y Arte de Mazatlán, Raúl Rico González, considered that it is a pleasure after so many things that have happened, to be able to give continuity to cultural life and to know that those who have gone before us, continue to inspire these projects.
The official remembered Héctor Chávez as one of the first to bring the memory of the dancer José Limón to honor him through dance.
Then on behalf of the community that loves dance, Claudia Lavista stressed: “We are outraged and extremely moved but above all very angry with a system that is not protecting us.”
She then referred to Max Corrales as an absolutely brilliant dancer, a stage animal, and a luminous, loving, generous human being, who the only thing he did during his 27 years of life was give light to the world through movement.
“I am very angry with everyone because I think we have done it wrong and when something so close touches you and shakes you, you have to take actions to change things and you have to start with your own community,” she added.
The teacher, dancer and choreographer said that the way to honor Max is by dedicating the entire edition of this José Limón Festival to him and then we will have to invent other ways to honor him, always remember him and keep him in mind.
But I believe that the greatest act of resistance is to become aware and from our trenches to recognize ourselves again as sensitive, empathetic, loving human beings, and to truly stop violence head-on, and say enough is enough! We don’t want violence, we can’t live like this, it can’t be that our young people are taken away by the violence that exists in the world, because it’s nothing else in Mexico.
On behalf of the Director General of ISIC, Juan Salvador Avilés Ochoa and Miguel Ángel Ramírez Jardines, ISIC delegate in the south, José Alberto Soto Alarcón, head of communication in the southern zone, joined the demand for justice for this exceptional member of the artistic community and inaugurated the XXXVI José Limón Festival.