To present students with an example of how older citizens are represented and respected in Mexico. Students will then demonstrate their interpretation of the Mexican dance Los Viejos by choreographing and performing it. They should bend their knees and lean on their canes with one hand and keep their other hand on their hip. These steps are usually choreographed into two lines with a group entering onto the stage in one long line and then splitting into two shorter lines but its really up to you and the students as to how you want to put the dance together. Students form two lines facing each other or form one in front of the other with their backs to the back of the stage.
Students then circle around their canes in one direction and then reverse their direction.
Students hook arms and circle or attempt to swing the other around. Students form bridges using their canes and then send others down the middle. To close, traditionally one or two of the dancers faints and has to be carried off the stage with the help of the others but this too can be left up to the choreograghers. Students research other types of Mexican dances using this same web site. Students learn and perform other Mexican dances.