Ketzal Coatlicue Aztec Dance Troupe

Ketzal Coatlicue (Precious mother earth) is a Kalpulli (learning community) of Indigenous people joined by the desire to learn, share and live the tradition of Aztec dance.  Ketzal Coatlicue pursues this spiritual, mental, and physical vocation with music from the sacred drum, conch shells, seeds and other instruments gifted by the natural environment.  A majority of our members are youth from south Minneapolis but participating members ages range from toddlers to elders. Our cultural learning center is located in South Minneapolis. Ketzal Coatlicue inaugerates its own dance board in June of 2012.

Nahuatl philosophy allows us to experience the world as viewed by our elders. These presentations by Ketzal Coatlicue give students a basic understanding of the Nahuatl/Aztec representations of life through dance.