This book represents the theoretical foundation that starts from the identity and heritage, which are the main axes to understand the traditional dances of San Gabriel with the animation technique as a means of dissemination of dance practices. The objective of the research is to produce a video with the Stop Motion technique to rescue and disseminate the traditional dances of the city of San Gabriel. It is based on the type of explanatory research to analyze the facts through the cause-effect relationship of the study of cultures and traditions that are manifested through dance. In addition, it has a qualitative approach with a non-experimental and ethnographic design.