"Work in Progress" Performance
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The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, with support of the NEA,
Presents Work In Progress Performance of new multidisciplinary work
OIL ON CANVAS: Latino Landscape #1 (Work in Progress Performance)
Written and directed by Vincent Toro
Original Choreography by the Guadalupe Dance Company
Friday, May 23rd and Saturday May 24th at 8PM
Guadalupe Theater , 1301 Guadalupe Street
Admission is free ($5 suggested donation)
On Friday May 23rd and Saturday May 24th, the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center will be presenting a work in progress production of a new play with dance and music. Written by GCAC Theater Arts Director Vincent Toro with original choreography by the Guadalupe Dance Company, "OIL ON CANVAS: Latino Landscape #1" is a bold new take on the coming of age story and the identity issues of Hispanic-Americans in the new Millenium.
The production features Eusebio Mendez, Denisse Ibarra, Julie Marin, Rodney Garza, Austin Delgado, and the Guadalupe Dance Company.
The story centers around Claribel, a young Mexican-American who dreams of going to art school despite discouragement from her family and the sometimes racist and sexist society around her, and Carlos, Claribel's brother, who's pressure to succeed and make his family proud has decided to join the army. When Claribel is rejected at a college interview and Carlos returns from the war with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, the appeared doomed to follow the path of those before them, until Claribel discovers that through her paintings she can alter reality and change their fate. Told with dreamlike dances that represent Claribel's paintings, and through the dramatic interactions between the brother and sister, "Oil On Canvas" is an uplifting and imaginative piece that addresses the issues of Education, War, Patriarchy, Racism, Sexism, and the conflicts that young Hispanic-Americans face in our time.
The development of "OIL ON CANVAS: Latino Landscape #1" was made possible with the support of the National Endowment for the Arts.
Presents Work In Progress Performance of new multidisciplinary work
OIL ON CANVAS: Latino Landscape #1 (Work in Progress Performance)
Written and directed by Vincent Toro
Original Choreography by the Guadalupe Dance Company
Friday, May 23rd and Saturday May 24th at 8PM
Guadalupe Theater , 1301 Guadalupe Street
Admission is free ($5 suggested donation)
On Friday May 23rd and Saturday May 24th, the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center will be presenting a work in progress production of a new play with dance and music. Written by GCAC Theater Arts Director Vincent Toro with original choreography by the Guadalupe Dance Company, "OIL ON CANVAS: Latino Landscape #1" is a bold new take on the coming of age story and the identity issues of Hispanic-Americans in the new Millenium.
The production features Eusebio Mendez, Denisse Ibarra, Julie Marin, Rodney Garza, Austin Delgado, and the Guadalupe Dance Company.
The story centers around Claribel, a young Mexican-American who dreams of going to art school despite discouragement from her family and the sometimes racist and sexist society around her, and Carlos, Claribel's brother, who's pressure to succeed and make his family proud has decided to join the army. When Claribel is rejected at a college interview and Carlos returns from the war with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, the appeared doomed to follow the path of those before them, until Claribel discovers that through her paintings she can alter reality and change their fate. Told with dreamlike dances that represent Claribel's paintings, and through the dramatic interactions between the brother and sister, "Oil On Canvas" is an uplifting and imaginative piece that addresses the issues of Education, War, Patriarchy, Racism, Sexism, and the conflicts that young Hispanic-Americans face in our time.
The development of "OIL ON CANVAS: Latino Landscape #1" was made possible with the support of the National Endowment for the Arts.
For more information about " OIL ON CANVAS," contact Vincent Toro , Theater Arts Director, GCAC at (210) 271-3151 ext. 26, or via email at vincentt@guadalupeculturalarts.org.
Vincent Toro
Theater Arts Director
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
1300 Guadalupe Street
(210) 271-3151 ext. 26
vincentt@guadalupeculturalarts.org
http://www.guadalupeculturalarts.org
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