El Teatral
[lang_es]El Teatral Barracas
Desde sus inicios, el Circuito Cultural Barracas comenzó a gestar el grupo de teatro comunitario a través de talleres en la calle California (primera sede del Circuito), encuentros en la plaza del barrio y organizando fiestas teatrales en el Paseo Bardi (Osvaldo Cruz al 2300 debajo de la Estación Hipólito Irigoyen)
Las fiestas en el Paseo Bardi surgen de la necesidad de compartir con otros vecinos las tardes domingueras de Barracas. El primer domingo de cada mes nos juntábamos asociados al Ateneo Cultural Barracas, y con la colaboración de otros artistas (músicos, gente de circo, titiriteros) a realizar ésta fiesta, donde siempre estaban presentes la murga, el teatro y los payasos. En un clima de mucho afecto, donde nunca faltaba la comida y el mate, fuimos dando los primeros pasos en esta tarea artística-comunitaria.
Durante 1998, el grupo de teatro comunitario comienza a gestar colectivamente su espectáculo “Los Chicos del Cordel”.
“Los Chicos del Cordel”
Apareció el barrio, por un lado, el barrio de los recuerdos, y por otro el barrio fragmentado, sin respuestas comunitarias a la realidad de todos los días. Aparecieron con gran fuerza los chicos, peor ya no protegidos por el barrio que los reconocía como propios, sino como excluídos, como los que sobran, como los que vienen del otro lado… Y están los chicos, reclamando un lugar, un puente cultural, ¿Dònde están los profes que tenía la calle cuando se jactaba de universidad?…¿Dónde quedó el Barrio que lo daba todo?
Este espectáculo callejero se estrenó en julio de 1999 se realizaron 48 funciones y asistieron a sus funciones aproximadamente 16.000 personas.[/lang_es]
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Barracas Theatre Group
In it’s very beginning at their previous and first premises at California Street ,the Circuito Cultural Barracas started with Drama Workshops that latter developed into a theatre group. Gatherings with neighbours were then held , parties with actings nd mini-shows took place at the Paseo Bardi (Osvaldo cruz 2300 next to the Hipolito Yrigoyen Railway Station )
These gatherings held at Paseo Bardi cropped up by the neighbour’s need of getting together specially on Sunday afternoons. Then they gave way to more organized parties once a month on the first Sunday of each month. For these events we had the support of the Ateneo Cultural Barracas and artists from different fields (musicians, puppeteers, circus people,etc.) where of course, our theatre presentationes, murga and clowns were present.There was always a very good atmosphere around these gatherings and snacks and “mate” were part of the afternoon too.In this way we gave our first steps in this artistic –communitary task.
During 1998, the Theatre group started working on what latter was known as “Los Chicos del Cordel”. (“Kids on the tightrope”)
“Los Chicos del Cordel” Kids on th tightrope
There came up a notion of the neighbourhood as the place where memories were kept, but also a fractured dwelling that couldn’t cater for the needs of its people. The children were strongly seen as the ones out of place, excluded. The were not takeninto account . They were like outcasts in their own neighbourhood claiming for a place, a bridge , a cultural bridge . Where were the teachers that were around at other moments? Where has the neighbourhood gone… it’s no more around…it use to be the place… and now?
This street show started in July 1999. 16.000 people attended the 48 presentations.
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“Los cortocircuitos”
La fiesta, como elemento esencial de la cultural popular, tiene la risa y el llanto, la vida y la muerte como un todo.
Nace de lo colectivo y ha expresado siempre una concepción del mundo.
Y así surge “El Casamiento de Anita y Mirko”[/lang_es]
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“Los cortocircuitos”
A party, as a popular event , holds in itself : laughing and crying; life and death. It holds them all as a whole.
It starts from grouping together and shows a particular view of life.
That’s the way in which “El Casamiento de Anita y Mirko” cropped up. [/lang_en]
