For booking and artist information, contact: Sharon Benitez, Company Manager Email: lamezclainfo@gmail.com Telephone: +1 (415) 529-0266 Website: https://lamezclasf.net/ Ensemble members: Vanessa Sanchez, Executive Artistic Director Sharon Benítez, Company Manager Shawn Garety, Interim Operations Manager Kirsten Millan, Marketing Associate, Dancer Sandy Vazquez, Artistic Associate, Lead Dancer Christelle Durandy, Music Director, Vocalist Micah Sallid, Dancer Diana Aburto Vega, Dancer Tanya Benítez, Musician Pedro Gomer, Lead Percussionist Carlitos Medrano, Percussionist Justine Fernandez, Tech Director About the Artist/Ensemble: La Mezcla is a polyrhythmic, San Francisco-based dance and music ensemble rooted in Chicana, Latina and Indigenous traditions and social justice. Founded in 2015 by Dance/USA artist fellow Vanessa Sanchez, their work brings together Tap dance, Son Jarocho and Afro-Caribbean rhythms to bring the often unseen histories and experiences of communities of color to stages, streets and fields. Their work has toured internationally to venues including Jacob’s Pillow, the Lincoln Center and Festival Cervantino in Mexico, and has been featured in Dance Magazine and NEA’s American Artscape Magazine.
