Overview

• The production uses videomapping to depict Tenochtitlan’s founding myth and key chapters of Mexican history on the facades of the Palacio Nacional and Catedral Metropolitana.
• Five 12-meter-tall replicas of Mexica sculptures—including Coatlicue, Coyolxauhqui and the Piedra del Sol—surround the plaza to anchor the immersive experience.
• Despite heavy rain and electrical storms during the July 11 premiere, the show proceeded uninterrupted and draws full public attendance at 20:00 and 21:30 nightly.
• Directed and scripted by Subsecretary of Culture Argel Gómez, the spectacle is part of a wider 700th-anniversary program that also features a 23-kilometer symbolic trail called Yólotl Anáhuac.
• Officials are finalizing logistics for the central July 26 ceremony, which will feature 3,500 dancers as the program’s climactic performance.