A free performance that honors notable Latin American women will be presented at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point as part of the Latin American/Caribbean Speaker Series.
"Tres Vidas" will be performed at 7 p.m., Monday, Oct. 24, at the Noel Fine Arts Center's Michelsen Hall. Making up The Core Ensemble, Rosa Rodriguez and Byron Sean portray multiple characters as they combine theatrical narrative with chamber music performing the musical trio of cello, piano and percussion onstage.
"Tres Vidas" celebrates the life, times and work of three significant Latin American women: painter Frida Kahlo of Mexico, peasant activist Rufina Amaya of El Salvador and poet Alfonsina Storni of Argentina. The storylines include Kahlo's dramatic and passionate relationship with painter Diego Rivera, Amaya's astounding singular survival of the massacre at El Mozote and Storni's life-long challenges as Argentina's first great feminist poet. The show presents dramatic situations timeless in their emotional appeal and connections to audiences across all gender and ethnic spectrums.
With a script written by Chilean poet/writer Marjorie Agosin, "Tres Vidas" includes the singing of traditional Mexican folk songs as well as Argentine tangos and other popular songs made famous by Mercedes Sosa and Carlos Gardel.
The interdisciplinary Latin American and Caribbean Speaker Series was founded in 2011 to promote awareness of political, social, economic, environmental and cultural issues in Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean.
For more information on this or other series events, contact Elia Armacanqui-Tipacti at Elia.Armacanqui-Tipacti@uwsp.edu or 715-346-2308.
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