THE STRATEGY OF WAR: AZTEC MYTHOLOGY | Signature Series

Name: THE STRATEGY OF WAR: AZTEC MYTHOLOGY | Signature Series
Start: 2026-06-07T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-06-07T16:00:00-04:00
Location: Arts Court/Cour des arts

Schedule

Sun Jun 07 2026 at 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Arts Court/Cour des arts | Ottawa, ON

THE STRATEGY OF WAR: AZTEC MYTHOLOGY
Teller: Mera Reyes
Sunday June 7 at 2:00pm
Arts Court Studio | 2 Daly Ave
The Strategy of War: Magic and Splendor of Aztec Mythology is a powerful storytelling performance that breathes new life into the ancient creational myths of the Aztec empire. Accompanied by live percussion, Storyteller Mera Reyes draws on deep research, collaborating with indigenous artists, oral tradition leaders, and educators to restore these stories to their original oral form. Once nearly erased after the Spanish conquest of 1519–1521, these myths endure as the spiritual heartbeat of Aztec culture, though they remain inaccessible to many today. This performance seeks to reclaim that heritage, inviting audiences into a world of poetic language, cosmic vision, and profound cultural memory, an experience that celebrates the enduring power of the Aztec story to be told by its own people once again.
In-Person Tickets : https://www.tickettailor.com/events/ottawastorytellers/1866315
On-Demand Tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/ottawastorytellers/1866322
Meet the Teller
Therapeutic Storyteller has shared her performances and led workshops in countries like Spain, French Polynesia, EUA , England and Peru where her audiences experience moving and surprising journeys through her loving craft and singing voice. Her performances and workshops encourage participants to understand storytelling as a performing art through chromatic language, play, masks, dance, song, spontaneous creations and contact with the listener.
Mera speaks and sings fluently in English, Spanish. She trained as a professional storyteller at Emerson College (U.K, Sussex) and as a Therapeutic Storyteller in Boston, Massachusets at Merriam Hill Centre under the instruction of Nancy Mellon. Mera is also a Body Psychoterapist with a thesis on anxiety management . Has worked for Downstage Calgary , The High Performance Rodeo , The Arts Commons Education Program as facilitator, mentorship for The Calgary Shakespeare Company, Canadian Mental Health Association and ATA Summer Convention 2023 and Workshop leader for the Education Program at Mount Royal University October, 2023.
Mera currently works in her Opera Prima “The Strategy Of War “ Splendour and Magic of Aztec Mythology with the spectacular production of Downstage and collaboration of Arts Commons . As well, she is doing the groundwork to open her own School of Storytelling in Alberta.
Mera believes storytelling reinforces the importance of listening to one another and is a path for human development, inclusion, reconciliation, healing and understanding.