While the Spring Season put on by the Municipal Institute of Culture, Tourism and Art (CULTURA) winds to a close at the end of June, this month starts out with a sensational event: a performance by the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. The company is touring Mexico and will appear in Mazatlán on June 2, when it will present a Royal Gala at the Angela Peralta Theater. The Royal Winnipeg is known for its outstanding soloists. Among them is the Mexican danseur Jaime Vargas, who has just returned from Russia after being called to participate in the Prix Benois de la Danse 2007 that  took place in late May at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. The program will include segments from the Raymonda Suite, the pas de deux from The Corsair, the Black Swan and the Don Quijote Suite, among other ballet favorites. Founded in 1939, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet has the distinction of being not only Canada’s first ballet company, but the oldest continuously operating ballet company in North America. The rest of the month’s calendar

of events at the theater consists mainly of year-end recitals for students at the Municipal Center for the Arts, but there can always be last-minute additions. For the latest information, check the website: www.culturamazatlan.com and click on the flag in the upper right hand corner for announcements in English. Here’s the month’s full schedule for June: JUNE June 2: Royal Winnipeg Ballet presents a Classical Ballet Gala, 8:00pm, Angela Peralta Theater, 300, 200 & 100 pesos June 8: Chamber groups from the Municipal Center for the Arts (MCA); 8:00pm, Angela Peralta Gallery, Free June 13: Mazatlán Youth Symphony Orchestra year end recital; 8:00pm, Angela Peralta Theater, 70 pesos general admission June 15: Professional School of Contemporary Dance of MCA’s year end recital; 8:00pm, Angela Peralta Theater, 80 pesos June 23: Professional School of Contemporary Dance of MCA’s graduation performance; 8:00pm, Angela Peralta Theater June 30: School of Classical Ballet of the MCA, “Circus,” year end recital; 8:00pm, Angela Peralta Theater