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!!!

THEATER WORKSHOP 2012

Dear friends: We are beginning a new year here in Umasbamba and this will be the last one. We are accomplishing our goal of working with this school for 5 years! And we feel so grateful that you had made this possible. The happiness of the children who experienced this project will be enlightening our paths in life.

We have began the workshop the 2nd of May and we are working with the children everyday after providing their lunch.The plan is to prepare the new cast during this month and do six performances outside of the community during the year so the children can have some fun traveling and also share their culture and heritage with other people.

The Municipality of Cusco has asked us to perform in the city at the end of May so that presentation will be perfect to close the workshop.

This year we are incorporating some students from 3rd grade too. Knowing that is our last year at the school they are really wanting to be part of the experience so are their parents.

It is a big challenge to complete our annual budget because we just  relay on the support of friends like you who trust in art and education. We have got enough to complete the workshop this year but we need to get the funds to do our gira.If you want to support us with that please contact us¡

Here some pictures of the training. Enjoy!