:: International Children's Day::
Sunday, July 18 – 2:00-7:00 p.m.
International Children’s Day, Sponsored by TARGET (Arts & Wonder Free Family Event)
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. - Acting, dance & voice/music workshops for children
3:00 - 5:30 p.m. - Arts & crafts, rides
5:30 - 7:00 p.m. - Performance
SEÑA Y VERBO TEATRO DE SORDOS, Mexico City, MEXICO
EL REY QUE NO OÍA, PERO ESCUCHABA (The King Who Could Not Hear, but Listened)
by Perla Szchumaker
Directed by Adrian Blue and Alberto Lomnitz
In collaboration with Miami Dade College, InterAmerican Campus
MDC InterAmerican Campus, 627 S.W. 27th Ave., Miami
Co-sponsored by the Marlins Community Foundation, Mexico's Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, the Consulate General of Mexico and the Mexican Cultural Institute in Miami
For the Entire Family - Free Admission
Two brothers, princes in a faraway kingdom, love each other very much until the day their father, the elderly king, dies. The first-born prince, who is noble and capable, is deprived of his right to inherit the crown for the sole reason that he is deaf. The ministers of the realm prefer to crown his younger brother, who can hear. But soon they learn that what distinguishes a true king is not his ability to hear, but to listen. It’s a simple fable about tolerance and brotherly love, an ingenious piece in which five minstrels – three of them deaf – play more than twenty-five characters. (In Spanish, Mexican Sign Language and pantomime)
Sunday, July 18 – 2:00-7:00 p.m.
International Children’s Day, Sponsored by TARGET (Arts & Wonder Free Family Event)
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. - Acting, dance & voice/music workshops for children
3:00 - 5:30 p.m. - Arts & crafts, rides
5:30 - 7:00 p.m. - Performance
CONSEJO ARTÍSTICO DE PUERTO RICO, INC., San Juan, PUERTO RICO
VERSADO, EL ANDARÍN CUENTERO: DE CÓMO LA PRINCESA OMA ACABÓ CON LA GUERRA (Versado, the Wandering Storyteller: Of How Princess Oma Ended the War). Written and directed by Dr. Carola García
In collaboration with the City of Miami Beach's North Shore Park & Youth Center, Arts in the Parks and Department of Tourism and Cultural Development.
North Shore Park & Youth Center, 501 72nd St., Miami Beach
Co-sponsored by the City of Miami Beach and the Marlins Community Foundation
For the Entire Family - Free Admission
The Blue and Red Kingdoms had been at war for so long that nobody remembered how it had started, but Princess Oma, sitting on her favorite tree and using her intelligence, ends it. Learn how she did it and celebrate peace by dancing along with the storytellers. Versado, a character who is part human, part magician and part playful beast, weaves, recycles, alters and mixes up tales as he goes from town to town on his minibike like a knight errant. The tale exposes children to world literature and promotes reading and love of culture. (In Spanish)
ARMANDO TEJUCA
POSTER ARTIST -
INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S DAY
Born in Cuba on Sept. 29, 1968, Tejuca earned a degree in civil engineering at Havana’s José Antonio Echeverría Polytechnic University in 1991, and then studied painting at the city’s San Alejandro Academy, graduating in 1995. He has taken part in many group and individual exhibits in the United States, Italy, Mexico, Jamaica, Portugal, Canada and Spain. His pieces are on display in numerous private collections and prestigious institutions, such as the Museum on the Seam in Jerusalem and the William J. Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas. He received the Coexistence Award from the U.S. chapter. He has designed the covers of several books, in addition to two posters for International Children’s Day at the International Hispanic Theatre Festival of Miami. He has taught for several years and designed sets and props for Teatro El Público, Teatro Avante and other theatre companies. Critics have described his work as “an infinite world of imagery and creation.” Grounded in the Expressionist tradition, he belongs to the Havana generation of the 1990s, noted for its increased attention to form and style. His paintings are easily recognizable, as they bear his unique stamp.
