Cultural Autumn 2005

Yucatecan magic
in the eyes of the world

Every year the State Government of Yucatan in coordination with the Yucatan Cultural Institute keeps its appointment with the Arts & Cultural community. This year the XXII edition of Cultural Autumn will be presented from September 9 to October 29.

The Peon Contreras Theater will be the scene of the Yucatan Symphonic Orchestra in two programs, one of Yucatecan music and another of symphonic rock. In addition, they will present the premiere of the Yu-Zuru Operea, a co-production put on by Yucatan and Japan. Other presentations include The Folklorists, the Guelaguetza from Oaxaca , the Young Flamencos from Spain, a guitar recital by Cecilio, the show "The Color of Love", and dance "Trip to a Reencounter". Also the presentation of the Quintet of Metals 40ª, Oldies by a German Folkloric Band and Izaline Claister from the West Indies.

The Merida Theater will be the scene of the premiere of the Yucatecan Regional Theater presentation of Flamboyan Dream, the concert Singers of Singers (trova music), the presentation of the Mexican National Ballet doing contemporary dance and the shows "A Path in the Wind", "The Lady in Black", "Baroque Oratory", and "The Best Publicity in the World". There will also be concerts by the Japanese women’s trio Rin and the Cuban Orlando Valle Maraca.

The Daniel Ayala Perez Theater will present the children’s programs "The Well of the Thousand Devils" and "Clowning, Aziz Gual Me Without You".

The Main Plaza of Merida will be the site of the Yucatecan Gala where many artists will delight the public with their music. These artists and groups include the Yukalpetén Typical Orchestra, Jaranera del Mayab Orchestra, federal and municipal Folkloric Ballets, Los Juglares, Las Maya International, Don Hector Herrera “Cholo” and Jazmín López “Tina Tuyub”; the Plaza will also be the setting of the grand closing ceremony with the Day of the Dead Altars Hanal Pixan, followed by the Delirium Theater, a street parade based on the Yucatecan concept of death. The grand finale will be a magna concert.

TRAVESIA EXHIBITION – Sept. 2 – Oct. 7
Jean-Charles Pigeau (1955 Pithiviers, France) studied in Paris to become a banister at the prestigious Boulle School and then at the National School of Art. He teaches at Havre’s School of Arts . He

participated in the recent exhibition "The myth of Two Volcanoes" organized by Mexico City ’s Palacio de Bellas Artes and will show his work at the Art of the Century Gallery in New York next November. Pigeau’s exhibition at Mérida’s Centro de Artes Visuales includes sculpture, drawings, stenopeic photographs and installations made from his different residences in Mexico. Pigeau has been invited twice by the Yucatán’s Culture Institute as a guest professor and artist (2004 and 2005), participating in the Visual Arts training program and the B. A. at the School of Art (ESAY). He has developed a significant body of camera oscura (stenopeic) photographs on themes such as the ceiba (sacred Mayan tree) and the wind, as well as sculptural projects originated from the study of urban space, vegetation and landscape of Yucatan . Pigeau searches the elements – wind, soil, water and fire – and materializes them through different mediums using materials such as steel, bronze, aluminum, ceramic, plaster and raw clay.

The exhibition "Travesias at the Centro de Artes Visuales" will allow us to discover a new interpretation of Yucatan’s natural surroundings and heritage through the aesthetic insights of Jean-Charles Pigeau.

For more information:

Teatro José Peón Contreras: 924 39 54 or 924 38 43, tickets: 923 73 54.

Teatro Mérida: 924 00 40 or 924 99 90.

Teatro Daniel Ayala Pérez: 924 02 77 or 928 68 63.

Dirección de comunicación del ICY: 930 47 00, Ext. 54020.

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