The Core Ensemble is celebrating Frida today – we love her vibrant colors, her potent symbolism, her rich interpretations of Mexican culture! Here’s my favorite quote from Frida – have you ever felt this way?:
“I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do. I would imagine her, and imagine that she must be out there thinking of me too. Well, I hope that if you are out there and read this and know that, yes, it’s true I’m here, and I’m just as strange as you.”
One year ago today I invented a birthday cake for Frida. The goal was to use the flavors of Mexico that Frida loved. It turned out to be a Cinnamon-Swirl Bundt Cake with a Chili-Chocolate Ganache Frosting. It got the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval from my friends Steve Arterburn and Patricia Masterman. Here’s how it looked:
Frida’s actual birthday was July 6th, but she always gave her birth date as July 7th, to coincide with the beginning of the Mexican Revolution.
The Core Ensemble celebrates Frida every year in Hispanic Heritage Month in our touring show “Tres Vidas”: https://www.coreensemble.org/shows-on-tour/tres-vidas/ This fall “Tres Vidas” will travel to California, Oregon, Texas, Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois, Louisiana, North Carolina and Tennessee!