Archive for April, 2006
As part of celebrations for the International Dance Day, this Saturday April 29th Miraflores district will be hosting the Miradanza Dance Festival.
As much as 30 dance companies will perform the most varied dances and choreographies in the 6 exhibition areas of the Parque Central (former Parque Kennedy).
Shows range from the classical ballet and modern dance to more popular expressions of the art of dancing, such as the Spanish flamenco, Andean folklore, and Brazilian capoeira.
The International Dance Day is celebrated every April 29th in honour of Jean-Georges Noverre, the famous French dancer born that same day in 1727. Lima’s Miraflores district celebrates it with the first edition of the Miradanza Dance Festival, organized by ICPNA and the Consejo Nacional de Danza.
Dance shows are held in the Parque Central from 7pm onwards.
April 28th, 2006
Gladys Lazarte’s ceramic sculptures depict women full of femininity, generous in curves and free in their self-expression potential. Boasting sensual postures and satisfied gestures, these women show a clear inclination for play and fun, despite the colourless ceramic that crafts their voluminous bodies. Coquettish and sensuality mingle in the sculptured women and their personal objects, making for an exhibition that radiates hilarity and joy.
Lazarte’s first ceramic sculptures date back to 1986, when she graduated from Cordoba’s renowned Escuela Provincial de Cerámica Fernando Arranz (Argentina). Terracotta Women (Mujeres de Barro) is her third individual exhibition, the first in Lima.
Until May 12. Galería Artco (Rouad y Paz Soldan 325, San Isidro).
April 28th, 2006
Easter celebrations in the Peruvian Andes are a good opportunity to appreciate the syncretism between the Catholic traditions, introduced by the Spanish during colonial times, and the local traditions inherited by the Incas and other pre-Columbian cultures.
Although one of the main events of the Christian Calendar, Easter week has anyway blended, as most other Catholic celebrations, with the myths and magical beliefs of Peru’s native populations. Even more so given that Easter represents the peak of religious sentiment for the people of the Andes.
PromPeru, the Commission for the Promotion of Peru, has prepared a nice Easter Special (alas, only in Spanish). Anyway, you can find a good starting point in this Calendar of Celebrations in many Peruvian cities.
Particularly interesting are Eastern celebrations in Ayacucho, the department most affected by Shinning Path during Peru’s internal war (80s and early 90s). In few other places the portrayal of the passion, death and resurrection of Christ is most intense as in Ayacucho’s towns and cities, in particular its capital, San Cristóbal de Huamanga (Photo: “Easter Week” Domingo Garibaldi/PromPerú).
April 11th, 2006
Cusco’s director of Tourism, Javier Elorrieta Arguelles, has prohibited the practice of rafting in the Vilcanota river, in the area around the district of Cusipata, after the tragic death of 4 tourists this week, two American and two Swiss young women. The season’s extraordinary heavy rains have produced high level of water and strong currents in this area of the Vilcanota river, making the practice of rafting and other water sports most dangerous.
April 7th, 2006
