The Dreaming of Trees
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Photos from the Chapultepec shows |
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training and the creative process- Armila, KunaYala.
june 6th-june 25th2017
The project
The Dreaming of Trees is an immersive theatre experience, designed for forest or woodland locations. The participatory event - which has been performed in Guna Yala, Panama and Chapultepec Forest, Mexico City - engages audiences in a deep ecological contemplation.
The performance was co-created with the people and sea/landscape of Guna Yala, Panama. The Teatro de los Puentes team worked intimately, throughout June 2017, with the location, in particular making (non-invasive) contact with the trees, and observing the Guna relationship with the forest. Our creative (and performer training) process focused on contemplative practice in relation to the natural environment, and generated a performance event addressing themes of interdependence and ecology.
The performance event is participatory and engages audience members in contemplative actions designed to sensitize them to their own natural environment, and to the cycles and patterns of nature globally.
In Armila, Guna Yala we had an extraordinary opportunity to learn from an indigenous community, living traditionally in one of the world’s richest biomes, and used our encounter with the people and the place as the basis for a deeply experiential and contemplative theatre work. The Guna (or Kuna) have sustained an autonomous, traditional lifestyle living between forest and sea, and are noted for their traditional forest management techniques. They are also at the forefront of climate change, experiencing rising sea-levels that threaten their islands and their culture. (fonografiacollective.com).
In the Dreaming of Trees, we have created a channel of sensitive communication between Guna Yala and audiences in Mexico and the United Kingdom, mediated through contemplative artistic process.
The performance was co-created with the people and sea/landscape of Guna Yala, Panama. The Teatro de los Puentes team worked intimately, throughout June 2017, with the location, in particular making (non-invasive) contact with the trees, and observing the Guna relationship with the forest. Our creative (and performer training) process focused on contemplative practice in relation to the natural environment, and generated a performance event addressing themes of interdependence and ecology.
The performance event is participatory and engages audience members in contemplative actions designed to sensitize them to their own natural environment, and to the cycles and patterns of nature globally.
In Armila, Guna Yala we had an extraordinary opportunity to learn from an indigenous community, living traditionally in one of the world’s richest biomes, and used our encounter with the people and the place as the basis for a deeply experiential and contemplative theatre work. The Guna (or Kuna) have sustained an autonomous, traditional lifestyle living between forest and sea, and are noted for their traditional forest management techniques. They are also at the forefront of climate change, experiencing rising sea-levels that threaten their islands and their culture. (fonografiacollective.com).
In the Dreaming of Trees, we have created a channel of sensitive communication between Guna Yala and audiences in Mexico and the United Kingdom, mediated through contemplative artistic process.
Preparing for Panama
Chaultepec
MexicoCity
April 2017
working with lawayaka |
lawayakacurrent.com
“We respect and admire the great cultures and we hope to be respected as people with dignity and part of humanity. Now Mother Earth is sick who has caused this? The industrial countries have caused this. It is because in order to become richer they have forgotten to conserve nature. Time will show the world that we were right. Rich countries will know that Guna Yala have a reason to conserve biodiversity. We are the lungs and heart of the planet.”
(from La Wayaka Curent)
“We respect and admire the great cultures and we hope to be respected as people with dignity and part of humanity. Now Mother Earth is sick who has caused this? The industrial countries have caused this. It is because in order to become richer they have forgotten to conserve nature. Time will show the world that we were right. Rich countries will know that Guna Yala have a reason to conserve biodiversity. We are the lungs and heart of the planet.”
(from La Wayaka Curent)