THE TRAVELERS
“No tradition continues its journey alone. Every work needs people willing to listen to it, transform it, and accompany it along the next stretch of the road. México Reimaginado exists because people with many different perspectives chose to embark on the same journey.”
Each member brings a distinct way of imagining tradition.
Some do so through music.
Others through words, the body, images, or memory.
None of these voices plays a secondary role.
Each one reshapes the way our works come into being, evolve, and reach their audiences.
More than an artistic team, we are a creative community where different disciplines learn to speak to one another as they explore the same question.
THE MUSICAL ENSEMBLE
Music is where every question at the heart of the project finds its voice.
Each member brings a distinct musical language, and it is precisely this diversity that ensures no two pieces ever sound alike.
Mike Cárdenas
Artistic Direction · Research · Violin · Vocals
Founder and artistic director of México Reimaginado.
His work brings together artistic research, musical creation, and stage direction. Rather than simply leading an ensemble, he seeks to create a space where tradition can enter into dialogue with improvisation, technology, and the questions of our time.
Harry Dell
Drums · Sound Design · Backing Vocals
He places sonic exploration at the heart of the journey.
His experience in music production and digital sound processing expands the project’s sonic palette, incorporating contemporary tools while preserving its connection to traditional repertoire.
Sam Castillo
Double Bass · Electric Bass · Guitarrón · Backing Vocals
He anchors the pulse that allows each piece to breathe.
Moving between instruments according to the needs of each production, he brings balance and depth to the ensemble’s musical language.
David Levy
Piano · Backing Vocals
He explores the harmonic possibilities within each piece.
His experience in jazz, improvisation, and popular music opens new pathways, allowing traditional repertoire to engage with new sonic landscapes without losing its identity.
Mau Trejo
Vihuela · Guitar · Backing Vocals
His work draws on instruments deeply rooted in Mexican tradition to uncover new rhythmic and harmonic textures.
In his hands, the familiar always reveals another possibility.
Leonel Herrera
Harp · Vocals · Dance
His arrival broadened our understanding of the stage.
In his practice, music, movement, and technical expertise come together within a single creative perspective, reminding us that a work can be transformed when different disciplines no longer travel separate paths.
LITERATURE
Songs tell stories, too.
Some need words to bring into focus the questions that music has only begun to suggest.
Anna de Ulibarri
Literature · Storytelling
Writer and creative collaborator.
Her texts, flash fiction, and narrative devices expand the world of each piece, allowing literature to engage with music as another voice within the performance.
In selected productions, she also performs as a guest soprano, reminding us that the boundaries between disciplines are always more fluid than they appear.
MOVEMENT
Some ideas can only be understood when the body begins to speak where words fall short.
Movement does not merely accompany the music.
It is part of it.
Elisa Guedea
Dance · Performance · Choreography
Co-creator of the project’s movement language.
Her presence brings precision, expressive power, and a keen stage sensibility, transforming the body into another medium through which each piece can tell its story.
Valeria Aguirre
Dance · Performance · Choreography
Co-creator of the project’s movement language.
Her work brings together a range of contemporary techniques to create movement that extends the expressive language of the music and reshapes the relationship between stage and audience.
Nahum Amador
Dance · Performance
His energy amplifies the show’s performative dimension, reminding us that every performance takes shape through presence, rhythm, and interaction with space.
FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY
Every journey brings us people who, even without becoming permanent members of the crew, change its course forever.
They, too, are part of México Reimaginado’s story.
Lya Anomalía
Dance · Performance
A young dancer with remarkable skill and physical imagination.
During her participation in the Recuérdame Bonito Festival, she created a delicate dialogue between body, music, and memory. Her presence turned movement into both a form of storytelling and a way of inhabiting the stage.
Mario Monzón
Photography
His images preserve the project’s visual memory, allowing each chapter of the journey to remain in dialogue with those that follow.
Iván Sepúlveda
Drums
An experienced and versatile drummer with exceptional rhythmic precision.
His sense of time brought stability, dynamism, and clarity to the ensemble. During his time with México Reimaginado, his presence strengthened the project’s musical structure and allowed each piece to find a pulse of its own.
Andrés Olmos
Guitar
A composer and performer with deep expertise in classical guitar.
During the productions developed with support from PECDA, he brought harmonic refinement and a finely tuned musical ear to the project. His contribution opened new possibilities for structuring, enriching, and transforming traditional repertoire.
Ravenko Raider
Film · Videography
His cinematic eye brought new ways of documenting and narrating the journey during México Reimaginado’s participation in Mexican Fiesta Milwaukee, expanding the project’s visual archive.
El Hijo Ingrato
Guitar · Electric Bass
A seasoned musician whose experience brought maturity and a strong foundation to the project.
His contributions to Mexican Fiesta and Broche de Cobre helped strengthen the ensemble’s musical language, drawing on his adaptability, confident stage presence, and deep knowledge of popular music.
Lilith Cárdenas
Cello
A promising young cellist.
During her appearances at Mexican Fiesta, she brought a fresh perspective to México Reimaginado’s musical ensemble. Her sensitivity and energy broadened its sonic palette and opened new possibilities for dialogue between tradition and a new generation of voices.
Roberto Torres
Artistic Direction · Creative Collaboration
Artistic director of Sonidos y Movimientos de México.
His work has created meaningful opportunities for the two companies to come together during the San Juan Bosco celebrations in Chicago and at Mexican Fiesta Milwaukee. These collaborations remind us that every artistic journey is also built through encounters, dialogue, and shared generosity.
Eduardo Gómez
Videography · Editing
He has documented and translated a range of creative processes into audiovisual form, turning documentation itself into a tool for developing new works.
Robin
Makeup Artistry
Robin transforms makeup into a language of storytelling.
The designs draw on references deeply rooted in Mexican culture—such as lucha libre and Day of the Dead—turning the face and body into living surfaces where stories can continue to unfold.
