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TLAOLI: People of the Corn / Gente del Maiz
April 23, 2016 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
La Peña Artists-In-Residence DANCE MONKS present:
TLAOLI PERFORMANCE & INSTALLATION – One weekend only!
June 24-26, 2016 at 8pm
Tickets: Tel. 510.849.2568
$15 Advance / $20 Door
The internationally renowned dance troupe DANCE MONKS, will be transforming La Peña into a mythical world of tlaoli ( Nahuatl for corn). The audience will be immersed by all five senses as the artists use interdisciplinary mediums to look at corn as essential to Mexican cultural identity; the mythic relationship between people and plants, traditional sacred farming, foods and agricultural rituals.
The artists ask essential questions regarding cultural displacement and amnesia while looking at the potential of the arts and seeds to restore soul memory. During times of forced or voluntary migration what happens to the ancient stories and traditions that bind the people with the land? How can we as artists and cultural centers create temporary refuge or fertile ground for this wisdom to continue to grow for future generations?
TLAOLI (Nahuatl for Corn) is an interdisciplinary look at corn as 
essential to Mexican cultural identity; the mythic relationship between people and plants, traditional sacred farming, foods and agricultural rituals. In poetic response to current US anti-immigration politics and the infamous big business takeover of agriculture with GMOs, DANCE MONKS invites the public to an experiential, site-specific installation and performance.
TLAOLI: OPEN HOUSE MARKET
As part of a year-long artist residency at La Peña, DANCE MONKS will “curate” a series of community marketplaces and Open House gatherings at La Peña. The gatherings celebrate the migration of people and their “daily, living cultures” as People of the Corn. All are free and open to the public with delicious authentic Mexican food, street performances, family workshops by La Peña artists, art and traditional crafts.
Saturday, September 24, 2016 10am-4pm RSVP HERE!
NOS VEMOS! SEE YOU THERE!
SAVE THE DATE FOR FUTURE MARKETS:
October 29
November 1 Day of the Dead Altar
More information: http://www.dancemonks.com/
DANCE MONKS artist residency at La Peña Cultural Center is made possible by a Building Demand for the Arts Implementation grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with additional support from the Kenneth Rainin Foundation and Zellerbach Family Foundation.
