>>> AS PART OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH WE ARE TAKING YOU INSIDE A LOCAL DANCE STUDIO WORKING TO KEEP A MEXICAN TRADITION ALIVE.

"CHICAGO TONIGHT"'S EDWIN HERNANDEZ VISITS THE CITY'S NORTHWEST SIDE TO CHECK IT OUT .

>> Reporter: THEY ARE CARRYING ON THEIR TRADITION.

THIS GROUP OF YOUNG DANCERS ARE FILLED WITH JOY THROUGH EVERY STEP AND TURN.

>> IT'S LIKE SO SPECIAL BECAUSE LIKE ALL THESE DRESSES AND STUFF, THEY ARE LIKE SO BEAUTIFUL.

>> Reporter: ARIANNA HYMAN IS ONE OF 400 STUDENTS OF ALL AGES TAKING CLASSES AT THE BULLETS O'DELL FLORIDA CHICAGO.

>> PUTTING ON A SHOW FOR GREAT PEOPLE AND I LOVE THE STEPS THAT WE DO, AND I LOVE PERFORMING WITH MY GROUP.

>> Reporter: IT ALL STARTED AS AN IDEA FOR OWNER BELLA GUERRA.

>> WE WERE PREVIOUSLY LOOKING FOR A STUDIO AND WE REALIZED THERE WAS NOTHING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CHICAGO, SO I STARTED IT OFF AS A KIDS ORGANIZATION.

AND WE QUICKLY OUTGREW IT SO WE ARE NOW IN THE STOREFRONT HERE.

>> THE TRADITIONAL FOLKLORIC DANCE IS MEANT TO EXPRESS THE SPIRIT AND MEXICAN CULTURE OF PEOPLE THROUGH ITS MOVEMENTS AND IS A.

>> IT'S A COMBINATION OF BALLET STEPS AND FOLKLORIC TRADITIONS FROM OUR COUNTRY, WHICH IS INFLUENCED BY THE EUROPEANS AND THE AFRICAN AND INDIGENOUS.

>> Reporter: THE DANCE STYLE CONSIST OF A LOT OF FOOTWORK, WORK THAT 12-YEAR-OLD LULU VASQUEZ SAYS SHE HAS FUN LEARNING.

>> I FEEL PROUD OF MYSELF AND I ALSO FEEL LIKE THAT CONFIDENCE IN ME.

I FEEL LIKE IF I'M IN THE FRONT I SMILE AND I JUST DO MY THING.

>> Reporter: THE DANCE ORGANIZATION HAS GIVEN THESE STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM ALL ACROSS THE CITY AND STATE.

>> I CAN EXPRESS MY CULTURE HERE IN CHICAGO, LIKE WE COULDN'T BEFORE, BUT NOW I COULD.

>> Reporter: IT WAS TIME FOR A LESSON.

IT LOOKS EASIER THAN IT IS.

IT TAKES COORDINATION AND PRACTICE TO GET THE TECH WEEK DOWN.

AFTER A FEW DRILLS IT WAS TIME TO DANCE.

MEXICAN TRADITION ALIVE IS WHERE SHE SAID SHE FOUND HER PASSION TO GROW THE DANCE ORGANIZATION.

>> IT'S A LOT OF FUN AND I DO THIS OUT OF A LABOR OF LOVE, AND I KNOW ALL THE TEACHERS DO, TOO.

WE HAVE FIVE TEACHERS HERE.

IT'S JUST AMAZING THE WAY THE CULTURE HAS BROUGHT EVERYBODY TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: HOPING HER DAUGHTERS PASS IT DOWN TO THE NEXT GENERATION.

>> I'M GLAD THAT SHE MADE THIS ORGANIZATION AND SHE MADE IT SO EVERYONE CAN GET TOGETHER IN THE COMMUNITY.

TO SHOW YOUR CULTURE TO THE WORLD.

>> Reporter: FOR "CHICAGO