The question as to why I enjoy the study of languages can be answered in a few different ways. I was born in Toronto to spanish-speaking parents, who had only been in Canada for 6 years at that point. At that time, their english was a work-in-progress, therefore my first words as a toddler were in Spanish and English was a language that was eventually integrated by going to school and frankly, Sesame Street. Read more on “Carlos Gonzalez-Vio on translation and the study of languages” »
Highlights from the Hemispheric Institute’s ‘Encuentro’, a report from São Paulo, Brazil: Read more on “We are “beginners with experience” – reporting from Brazil” »
Beatriz Pizano delivers her report from the Amazon jungle in this short photo essay, taken this past August. Pizano participated in a magical event: for the first time in a hundred years, the Ticuna of Puerto Nariño have openly held a traditional ceremony where three year olds are introduced to The Dance of the Spirits, and a girl’s ears are pierced. Until now, missionary Evangelists had declared this rite of passage to be diabolical and heretical.
Read more on “Once in a hundred years in the Amazonic Triangle” »
Why should we care what happens in countries wracked by civil conflict? I was a Trudeau baby – I learned French in elementary school, I witnessed the creation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, I believe in the vision of Tommy Douglas and Lester B. Pearson – that we care because to do otherwise is to invite cruelty into our lives. Read more on “Why a Festival of Theatre for Human Rights?” »
Our opening in Bogotá was a magical and charged evening. For our first show at 5pm, our audience was composed of the mothers, daughters, wives and grandchildren of several targeted groups such as the survivors of the Union Patriotica and the Falso Positivos (False Positives). Read more on “Aluna under a full moon in Bogotá” »
Aluna Theatre is a not-for-profit charitable company that creates, develops, produces and presents artistically innovative and culturally diverse performance work, with a focus on Latin Canadian and women artists.
‘Aluna’ is a Kogi word that refers to an inner world of spirit and memory through which the world around and outside of us is kept in balance.
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