Ancestral Connections: Yanculia/Restoration
Schedule
Thu Jul 18 2024 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm
Location
Plaza de la Raza’s Margo Albert Theatre | Los Angeles, CA
About this Event
This summer, Latinx high school students from across Los Angeles will work with professional teaching and guest artists during the 5-week youth theater workshop at Plaza de la Raza Cultural Center for the Arts & Education in Lincoln Heights. Students will explore performing art forms and storytelling through a global cultural lens.
Developed by youth and teaching artists in response to the Getty exhibition, , Ancestral Connections: Yanculia/Restoration will integrate poetry, movement, video projections, and music.
Professional video designer Ly Eisenstein will enhance the performance with student-created images, handmade masks, and photos of pottery from the exhibition.
The free performances will take place at Plaza de la Raza on July 18 at 7:00 p.m. and the Getty Villa on July 20 at 3:00 p.m. Tickets for the Plaza de la Raza presentation can be reserved through this Eventbrite site.
To reserve tickets for the Getty Villa performance on July 20th, visit this link.
About About...Productions
Now in its 36th year, About…Productions creates original interdisciplinary theaterworks and educational programs that provoke new perspectives on history, humanity, and culture. The award-winning company is dedicated to generating new work through collaboration to create artistic and community dialogue, and believes in the power of theater to enlighten audiences, transform youth, and celebrate the lives of elders. Its theaterworks and educational programs unearth and illuminate cultural histories of the Southwest, California, and Los Angeles.
About Plaza de la Raza
Plaza de la Raza Cultural Center for the Arts & Education is the only multidisciplinary community arts venue dedicated to serving the Eastside neighborhoods of Los Angeles. Founded in 1970 by prominent labor, business, and civic leaders as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, it offers affordable after-school, intergenerational arts education programs to nearly 5,100 children, teens, and adults each year. Its mission is to foster enrichment of all cultures bridging the geographic, social, artistic, and cultural boundaries of Los Angeles, and beyond.
Where is it happening?
Plaza de la Raza’s Margo Albert Theatre, 3540 N. Mission Road, Los Angeles, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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