Wednesday, May 30, 2012

SHOWS IN CUSCO

Dear friends: We have finished the theater training at the school.The new cast is ready! This year we are working with the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th graders.
We had two very succesful shows in Cusco on the 25th and 26th of May.
The first one was presented at Pukllasunchis school for 700 hundred students from primary and secondary grades.They and their teachers enjoyed the show very much. It was a great experience for our children too.
The second show was done at the Main Square of Cusco for another 700 hundred people between children and adults. We were invited to be part of the Festival de Arte Total. The children acted so well and the audience was really happy.
We stayed overnight in Cusco and took advantage to do some fun and interesting activities with the children like visiting a funfair and also the inka place of Sacsayhuaman. We had the support of Casa del Cargador for the children to have accomodation for one night and Pub Mama Africa gave us the funds to cover their meals during our stay.
We are working on getting 4 more shows to complete the six planned for this year!
Here some pictures of the last days of training, the activities done in Cusco with the children and the shows.
Thank you very much! Enjoy!

 Very excited to go to Cusco!



 In the funfair

Walking in the city




 Mario and his children. He is one of the parents who accompanied us this time



 Yulisa and her mother. She is the other parent who also accompanied us in this trip


 In Sacsayhuaman

 Great view of the city


 Enjoying the inka seat

 Lots of fun!

 Beautiful day!!!

 Coming out of the birth canal! That is how we call this tunnel carved by our ancestors

 As soon as we arrived to this place, the energy gets calm

 A moment to internalize in the ancient shrine



 Zenobio, the dedicated teacher who was with us all the trip

Enjoying the forest in the skirts of the hill close to Cusco

 These are some pictures of the last rehearsals before the trip





 Getting the character













 Helping to load the truck...?

Props ready to go!

 Performing at the school in Cusco







 They offered us a snack after the show at the school cafeteria

At the Main Square getting ready for the second show



 Performing for a big audience!







Everybody happy and tired going back home!!!