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Peruvian Theater Group, Cuer2, in Hartford

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Join us for this special one nite performance by visiting Theater Group, Cuer2, as they perform their latest piece, HEBRAS.
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Cuer2 in Hartford (1nite) to perform HEBRAS
Thursday, February 9 • 8pm
Hartford City Hall Atrium
500 Main Street • Enter thru Arch Street entrance
FREE – Hebras is a non-verbal, movement piece accompanied by guitar and violin — ALL languages welcomed
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Since its inception in Lima in 1999, Cuer2 has created eight shows that have been presented in numerous theaters and festivals in Peru, Chile, Argentina and Ecuador. The original creative method implemented by the group focuses on the process: a series of workshops and creative laboratories propel a constant state of theatrical investigation and redefinition of the final product.

The process of creation for Hebras followed two lines of investigation. The group experimented with the notion of gravitation within the theater space: what happens when two bodies come closer and move apart alternatively, in a movement of perpetual attraction and rejection? These movements draw the metaphor of the fragile threads that bring us together but can break at any moment. Hebras also explores the platonic myth of the androgynous, as narrated in Plato’sSymposium: the human being is in constant search of the other, of this complement that will make him/her feel complete. The sole instrument of expression is the body; there is no use for words. The result is like a ritual in which the audience surrounds the masked actors.

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Cuer2, es un grupo teatral ya con 12 años de trabajos en los que han tratado de buscar el equilibrio entre la obra como parte de una historia y los cuerpos de los actores como parte activa de la expresión de las emociones.

Esta nueva obra del grupo teatral “Cuer2” llamado simplemente “Hebras”, intenta mostrarnos lo que ocurre con las relaciones humanas, cuando los cuerpos se aproximan y las palabras sobran, una obra casi sin diálogos y que contará con el acompañamiento musical de una guitarra y un Violín.

 

Miguel Zenon (CWW092010)

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September 2010 brought us MacArthur “Genius” Award recipient, Miguel Zenon, who presented the North American debut of his next project, La Rayuela in Hartford, CT.

Rayuela is the title of the amazing novel by Argentinean author Julio Cortazar that takes place both in Paris and in Buenos Aires. Miguel teams up with French pianist Laurent Coq in writing the music with Miguel focusing on the Parisian chapters as an inspiration for his writing and Laurent on the Argentinian parts.

This new music has it’s world debut in Paris, at the Sunside Jazz club, in April, with an atypical quartet featuring cello and trombone player Dana Leong and percussion and tabla master Dan Weiss.

Over 125 came out to experience this truly special evening with four musicians at the top of their game.

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Favianna Rodriguez (CWW042010)

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Oakland based Artist Favianna Rodriguez came to Hartford in the Spring of ’08 to exhibit and talk about her prints and the role of arts, and artists, within social justice movements.  In 2008, Favianna was named one of 50 Visionaries who are changing our world by the Utne Reader.  While in Hartford, her work was exhibited at Trinity College’s Broad Street Gallery as well as Comerio Restaurant on Park Street in Hartford.  She gave a talk on the role of the arts in within social justice movements at the Charter Oak Cultural Center and conducted workshops with students from the Catholic Worker Home in Hartford as well as youth from the CT Zulu Nation.

Click here for a Spanish language review of Favianna’s residency in Hartford.

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