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Experience the wonder and find your magick!

Produced by Creative Mafia Arts
Presented as part of Why Not Theatre’s RISER Toronto

TAOS (The Art of Storytelling) is an artistic offering that is rooted in the ancestral theatre tradition, inspired by stories and teachings from the Mayan Popol Vuh. A theatrical journey through cultures, time and space, combining music, poetry, oral storytelling, dance, ritual, and performed in three languages: English, Spanish, Maya (K’iche). A retelling of who we are by connecting to our ancestral voices, cosmic energy, and to the land. A timely story for anyone who has been digging deep to find their roots. For the children of the grey, los mestizxs, mixed bloods, hijxs de la diáspora. TAOS infuses Indigenous traditions with current cultural aesthetics bringing the audience on a theatrical journey through allegory and myth.

This project is part of Why Not’s PROVOKE stream of activities. PROVOKE projects are about creating change in our community, city and world.

VENUE

The Theatre Center, BMO Incubator
1115 Queen St W, Toronto

DATES

April 29 at 7pm (preview performance)
April 30 at 7pm
May 1 at 2pm

May 3 at 7pm
May 4 at 7pm
May 5 at 7pm
May 6 at 7pm
May 7 at 7pm
May 8 at 2pm

TICKETS

Available for purchase online
or via email at [email protected] 

Lead Creator/Performer/Producer – B’atz’ Recinos
Director/Dramaturge – Anita La Selva
Producer – Maria Paula Carreño M
Choreographer/Performer – Lilia León
Maya Elder – Lajuj Iq’ (Bartolo Alvarez)
Lighting Designer – Sebastian Marziali
Scenographer – Rowell Soller
Stage Manager – Jessica Zepeda
Musical Director/Band – Y Josephine
Band/Performer – Giovanna Galuppo
Band/Performer – Anita Graciano
Guest Musicians – Pedro, Lwin, & Yaxun Mateo

We are an arts company that provides platforms for marginalized artists to elevate their creative voices. Working through three fundamental principles: ART. COMMUNITY. TRUTH.

ART — We believe artists are civil servants. We are dedicated to creating art that serves the public trust. Art that provides healing and positive social change to all living things and their communities.
COMMUNITY— We believe in strengthening community ties in order to create positive social change. We believe in doing this through art.
TRUTH — We must acknowledge the lived truths that affect our communities and all its inhabitants. We believe in creating art that engages and comes from these truths.
At Creative Mafia we ACT.

Somos una compañía que provee plataformas para artistas marginados, para elevar sus voces creativas. Trabajando a través de tres principios fundamentales: ARTE. COMUNIDAD. VERDAD.

ARTE — Nosotros creemos en que los artistas son servidores públicos. Estamos creando arte que sirve a la justicia del pueblo. Nosotros nos dedicamos a crear arte que provee un cambio social positivo y sanador para todas las cosas vivientes y sus comunidades.
COMUNIDADES — Nosotros creemos en que la fuerza de la comunidad ayuda a crear un cambio social positivo. Nosotros creemos que esto se logra a través del arte.
VERDAD — Nosotros debemos de reconocer las verdades vividas que afectan nuestra comunidad y a todos sus habitantes. Nosotros creemos en crear un arte que involucra esas verdades.
En Creative Mafia ACTUAMOS.