Monarch butterfly interperative dance brings diverse dance groups together

Leah Villa, (front,) and Gisselle Lopez, from Sones de Mexico Folklore Academy, practice a monarch butterfly dance with the SAYAW (Philippine Cultural Dance Community) on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, at the Global Village Welcome Center in Indianapolis.

Martha Reyes, center, choreographs a interpretive monarch butterfly dance for the Global Village Welcome Center Day of the Dead , with SAYAW (Philippine Cultural Dance Community (shown here) and children from the Sones de Mexico Folklore Academy on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, at the Global Village Welcome Center in Indianapolis. SAYAW dancers from left, Jess Voris, Marie Roembke, Josie Soliven and Athena Calderon.

Global Village's Maria Manalang, a Director of Respiratory Therapy by day and Program Manager in the International Marketplace Coalition /Global Village Welcome Center, puts on her Monarch butterfly mask for a dress rehearsal with Sones de Mexico Folklore Academy on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, at the Global Village Welcome Center in Indianapolis.

Children from Sones de Mexico Folklore Academy practice with the SAYAW (Philippine Cultural Dance Community on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, at the Global Village Welcome Center in Indianapolis.

Jess Voris, an Accounting Specialist at Indiana National Guard, and member of SAYAW (Philippine Cultural Dance Community, spreads her wings during a dress rehearsal for a Day Of the Dead performance on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, at the Global Village Welcome Center in Indianapolis.

From left, Leah Villa and Jazlyn Rodriguez, from Sones de Mexico Folklore Academy practice a Monarch butterfly dance with SAYAW (Philippine Cultural Dance Community on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, at the Global Village Welcome Center in Indianapolis.

Global Village's Maria Manalang, a Director of Respiratory Therapy by day and Program Manager in the International Marketplace Coalition /Global Village Welcome Center, left, strikes a pose before s dress rehearsal with SAYAW (Philippine Cultural Dance Community and Sones de Mexico Folklore Academy on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, at the Global Village Welcome Center in Indianapolis.

Gisselle Lopez (from left), Ikeer Vella, and Judith Solucche from Sones de Mexico Folklore Academy practice with members from the SAYAW (Philippine Cultural Dance Community on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, at the Global Village Welcome Center in Indianapolis.