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Bailadores de Bronce Celebrate Their Golden Year

They might call themselves the “bronze dancers” in Spanish, but this year, Washington’s oldest Mexican folkloric ballet is gold.

by Agueda Pacheco Flores


For the past couple of months, three times a week, 35 dancers have been meeting up. They practice in the far reaches of the South End at the Sea Mar Museum of Chicano/a/Latino/a Culture and their new Burien studio. On weekdays, when people are getting home from work and winding down, the dancers are just getting started.

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Two Healthcare Workers Describe Their Fever Journeys With COVID-19

by Sally James


Federico Olivas and Julian Perez are both dancers in the same folk group, Bailadores de Bronce, that celebrates Mexican traditions. They both work in healthcare. And in recent weeks, both survived COVID-19. For each of them, this past Thanksgiving included an extra helping of gratitude.

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