5/4 draft questions

1. In "Mixing In the Kitchen", you write that becoming a mother inspired your music: "Watching my son grow before my eyes, as Rebolloso had anticipated, was inspiring" (72). How has becoming a mother affected your musical creativity/expression?

2. How was your experience creating the Seattle Fandango Project? What obstacles did you face in establishing the values and atmosphere you wanted to establish?

3. "The bailadora in fandango is an example of someone who listens with a decolonial ear." I thought the concept of the polyrhythmic dancing of the bailadora representing a contrast of cyclical and linear time and how it's used by bailadora in fandango was very interesting. I was wondering how spreading that history and knowledge behind it has helped empower and bring together Chicanas in the fandango community.

4. How can fandango be used as a tool for feminist liberation? Besides the feminist nature of the bailadoras' dances and the inherent community participation, how can this affect the big picture of Chicana feminism?

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