"Midnight Travellers of the Universe" Continues! Day 3.

Day 3 - Theatre Camp

"Midnight Travellers of the Universe"

Ajijijc Cultural Center

(fotos by Fco. Nava)

Bat Masks

As our workshops and rehearsals unfold, everyday brings new surprises and adventures.

Nosy Star

Our theatre elves have been hard at work planning, organizing and creating the magical components of our presentation.

Everyone gets into the spirit of the workshops and magic appears.

And just when you thought you had seen it all, our Maestro Antonio Lopez Vega brings materials from the lakeshore to create Sand Drawings with the children.

 Staging/Readings

Rehearsals

Time to rehearse steps and motion.   Most of the children were spot on!

Authors of some of the original work read their stories.

Even Luna wanted to read....then she forgot that she hasn't learned to read yet.  Luna's Mom promised to show her how.

"Midnight Travellers of the Universe" - Theatre Workshops Continue!

Day 2 - Theatre Camp

"Midnight Travellers of the Universe"

Ajijijc Cultural Center

(fotos by Tom Dailey)

Today, upstairs at the Centro Cultural, the kids began creating the artwork that will be projected to accompany their stories at the performance. Ideas for the drawings came both from their imaginations and from pictures they saw on a laptops; bats, butterflies, and other images. Those who were finished went downstairs to the stage and began rehearsing the presentation of their story. It's a pleasure to take their pictures.

                - Tom Dailey

The themes of the day were travelling, hummingbirds and migration.  Sand drawings were also explored and drawn.

There was also quite a bit of rehearing of lines in smaller groups.

"Midnight Travellers of the Universe" - Theatre Workshops Begin!

Day 1 - Theatre Camp

"Midnight Travellers of the Universe"

Ajijijc Cultural Center

(fotos by Fco. Nava)

Maestro Antonio Lopez Vega led the first of several theatre camp workshops.  Day 1 was spent drawing and painting some of the backdrop images to be used in the final theatre presentations.

Bats and butterflies were the theme of the day.

Photography Class

Rebecca Ford and Xill Fessenden presented a 2 hour photography introduction to the children.

"Midnight Travelers of the Universe"

"Midnight Travelers of the Universe" 

at the Lakeside Little Theatre 

 7 p.m. on Saturday July 30th and 2 p.m. on Sunday July 31, 2016.

Tickets are $200 pesos each.   

Tickets are currently on sale at the LLT box office,

Diane Pearls Colecciones, Fiaga Boutique 

and corazon creativo.

The 2016 show will involve the telling of 

travel legends developed by the children inspired

by the Ajijic New Year's Eve traditions of dreams

 for the coming year.

All proceeds go to support this children's theatre program

and their Mexican maestros.

Midnight Travellers of the Universe 

Past, Present and Future

Writing Workshop at Wilkes Center

Welcome to Midnight Travellers of the Universe, Past, Present and Future.

Our 2016 production will involve the telling of travel legends developed by the children through a series of pre-camp storytelling and writing workshops. From the stories developed during these workshops, we will select between 6 and 8 to be told theatrically from centre stage. 

We believe that through the power of storytelling, children can build their self-confidence and explore both their cultural history and their creative imaginations and dreams. Through the use of visual arts, acting, dancing and music expression, they will bring their own stories to life on stage.

Preparing for Imaginary Travel

Maleta

Reading Stories

Maestra Yolanda Guiding Imaginations

Sueños

Reading

Well Done!

Our goal is to build on the many achievements from our first year’s theatrical presentation of the local legend of Queen Xochitl - Michi-Cihualli (2015).

• To offer new skills development including writing workshops, puppet building, drawing classes, acting workshops to local youth

• To provide opportunities for building self-esteem

• To provide leadership skills to older children

• To provide technical mentorship to older children in learning basic theatre lighting and sound skills

• To provide continued opportunities to deepen pre-hispanic dance and music skills, supporting interest in these culturally rich, historical elements

• To furter support our many talented Maestros, who can provide mentorship and creative inspiration, guiding our youth toward accomplishment

• To invite those children with fewer resources and less family support, to be include in our program

• To maintain and build on our past relationship with the Sangre Viva Pre-hispanic Cultural Festival

• To continue with children's illustrations of the selected stories to be projected during the performance

Next Phase Coming Soon!

Thank you for your support!

- The Cochera Cultural Crew -

Reina Xochitl Mich-Cihualli Reprisal - Wed. Oct. 7th, 2015 7 p.m. Auditiorio de la Ribera, Ajijic