"Demanding new respect for an idiom too often considered solely in terms of local color & audience identity." (Los Angeles Times), Horton Award winner Sandoval pushes the envelope of Mexican folklore dance and illuminates the Latino experience.

-Floricanto at the Armory
Saturday, October 7, 2000
3:00 p.m.
Armory Center for the Arts
145 N. Raymond St.
Pasadena

-Floricanto at Holiday Program
Sunday, Dec. 25, 2000
KCET, Channel 28

-Floricanto at Shannon Center
Whittier College
Sunday, December 31, 2000
Evening

-Floricanto's 25th Anniversary Celebration
June 1 & 2, 20001
Luckman Fine Arts Complex
Cal State LA Campus

However, in 1991 Sandoval began to add theme works to Floricanto's repertory. On that year, they premiered the full evening work, Epopeya Mestiza (Mestizo Epic), two hours of dance, music, theater, and song reflecting the bold and powerful expressions of the Mexican people over five centuries. Since then she has added:

- American Tropical (1993) a celebration of the influence of the Afro-Caribbean tradition in Mexico.

- California de Ayer, Hoy y Siempre (1994) (California of Yesteryear, Today and Always)

- Huapangos (1995) set to the Pablo Moncayo music of the same name.

- Boleros - Recuerdos de Una Morena (1996) (Memories of a Dark Girl)

- Cuentos Mestizos (1997) an evening of Mexican folk tales.

- Si Se Puede - Yes You Can (1998) a work inspired by the life of a labor activist and United Farm Workers's founder Cesar Chavez, which was named among 1998's 10 best dance program by the L.A. Weekly.

- Family Secrets - Mothers & Daughters (1999) about the passing on of traditions

- Fandango Angeleno (1999) a reflection on today's L.A.

- Zapateados y Taconeos - The Full Story (1999) an essay on Mexican folk dance footwork.