Raíces: El libro de los caminos / Roots: The Book of Journeys

A performer dressed in blue with three large balloons and a performer dressed in white jumping on a city street at nightTeatro Visión is partnering with Mexico City street theater ensemble La Quinta Teatro to create a brand new work of theater about migration as a boundless journey. We’re calling this new work Raíces: el libro de los caminos (Roots: The Book of Journeys).
 
Watch some of the theatrical experiments that are underway:
 
 

Members of La Quinta Teatro holding musical instruments stand in front of an arched doorway with people in masks standing in the doorwayRaices: el libro de los caminos is being created with funding from a Hewlett Foundation 50 Arts Commission; The Map Fund, supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature of Mexico; Mosaik Philanthropy; and a grant from the City of San Jose.
 
Teatro Visión’s operations are supported, in part, by a Cultural Affairs grant from the City of San José; Castellano Family Foundation; John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; Leo M. Shortino Family Foundation; Silicon Valley Community Foundation; Fleishhacker Foundation; and SVCreates, in partnership with the County of Santa Clara.
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