Luna Creations have announced an online version of their 2020 Latin American Festival. The new festival is Feria Latina.
The festival will be live streamed on Luma Creation’s Facebook page here, from 14 – 19 September, various times.
Feria Latina 2020 features six commissions from artists from Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, a making and a storytelling corner plus musical performances, and much more.
Puppet and Music Collage Performance, 19 September, 6pm.
A family puppet and music extravaganza, celebrating traditions and international performance culture. The show features dancers and musicians using a broad range of different puppet techniques.
Danza del Venado Yaqui – Magaly Flores and Colibri Mexican Dance Group, 16 September, 6pm.
A talk about the historical and cultural significance of one of the most revered and ancient Pre-Hispanic dances amongst the Yaqui and Mayo tribes from the North of Mexico – Danza del Venado (Dance of the Deer).
The impact of the Coronavirus has meant that it has been very difficult for the people of this region to celebrate their strongly held traditions and beliefs during Springtime, when the dance is usually performed.
Sembrando Futuros – Mestisa Latin American Folk Music Ensemble, 18 September, 6pm.
A project exploring the expression of creativity through growing flowers and food in our gardens during lockdown. All members of Mestisa, like many of their friends have been indulging in good food, trying to grow healthy diets to ward against the danger of the disease that haunts us all.
They turned to Pachamama (mother earth) for comfort and to food that keeps us connected to our roots and families as we talk about recipes and growing tips. Many of the foods they grow also have Latin American roots and like them have settled there, such as potato, pumpkin, maize, beans and artichokes.
The Storyteller – Tanya Cusan-Espinosa, 15 September, 6pm.
A video that reflects Tanya’s past work and the work created with her mother Cecilia Espinosa de Cusan who lives in Colombia translating her stories from Spanish to English.
The video will involve the reading of some of the stories in both languages.
Quarantine in Patagonia – Alonso Farías y La Doctrina, 18 September, 7.30pm.
These songs are putting together some lyrics about my feelings and political thoughts in pandemic times. The music is a fusion of Latin American folklore and afrodescendant rhythms such as blues, funk, soul.
Songs From Back Home – Luma Trio (Francisco, Max & Oscar), 19 September, 7.30pm.
Luma Trio present a set of songs from South America representing the times of the Protest Song Movement with songs from Victor Jara, Mercedes Sosa, Inti Illimani and Isbel & Angel Parra. Luma Trio pay tribute to the courage and creativity of these amazing artists.
Little Ears – Luma Creations, 17 September, 6pm.
Written by Oscar Carrasco, this magical story about a boy who went looking for his name and found himself was transformed into a puppet storytelling project with puppets by Antonio de la Torre and has toured the Liverpool City Region.
It was set to tour across the North West when lockdown came. Luma Creations then decided to film it as part of their online programming.
Performed by Estibaliz Moure Abad, Oscar Carrasco, Max Alder and Francisco Carrasco and filmed by Antonio de la Torre.
Making Corner
The Luma volunteers and team created a daily set of online tutorials for you to make fun things, including paper flowers, musical instruments.
Storytelling Corner
They set their volunteers and team the task of picking traditional stories from the Americas and filmed them reading the stories for you. A magical door to traditional folk stories from days gone by.
See their website here.