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Welcome to RUTAS – an International Multi-Arts Festival
Oct 3 – 14, 2018
Produced by Aluna Theatre in partnership with Native Earth Performing Arts
in the Aki Studio & Ada Slaight Hall, Artscape Daniels Spectrum
RUTAS connects the Americas through the Arts: from the ancestral to the contemporary, artists at this year’s festival investigate rites, rituals, and community, with women and Indigenous-led works taking centre stage. Featuring performances, concerts, film, art exhibits, workshops, conversations, and free late night cabarets.
Reunión
Festival Artist in Residence Dani Zelko meets with community members and shares his work throughout RUTAS.
Cero Aguacero
An all-ages puppet show tells the story of one boy’s struggle to subsist in a village without clean drinking water.
AMAL
What does it mean to occupy, to resist, to survive?
The only thing a great actress needs is a great work and the will to succeed
The emblematic work from acclaimed collective Vaca 35 unravels the world of Jean Genet’s The Maids.
Los Materiales de la ira y el amor
A triptych of female characters, as embodied by the prolific Wilson Pico.
Red Phone
An audience-to-audience performance that utilizes the intimacy of a phone call and the technology of a teleprompter.
Film: #OcupaMInCRJ
A documentation of the 111 days in 2016 when artists and activists occupied the headquarters of the Ministry of Culture in Rio de Janeiro.
Conversatorio: NASTA (North American StoryTelling Agreement)
A candid conversation about how stories move and across territories and what they mean to us.
Cabaret: a night of Burlesque
El Toro hosts a night of burlesque performances at the RUTAS Cabaret.
Del Manantial del Corazón
An invitation to participate in the ceremony of Hetzmek, a Mayan baptism.
Conversatorio: The Provocation of Memory
Join this week’s festival artists Lukas Avendaño, Conchi León and Dani Zelko in conversation.
Conversatorio: The Other Side of Reality: Realism vs. Diversity in Canadian Theatre
Is realism a colonial form of theatre that limits our ability to represent different cultures on the stage?
Cabaret dance night
A night of dance featuring works by Victoria Mata, Fly Lady Di and Jasmyn Fyffe.
Word up! An Oral Cabaret
Featuring spoken word and comedy. Hosted by Rhoma Spencer.
Cabaret: La Rumba Buena
Classic Latin sounds inspired by the salsatecas in Cali, Havana, and New York.
Opening night party
Percussive trio Baobá joins the opening night celebration.
Community Meal
Share a meal with us and enjoy a presentation by Casa Maíz’s Semillas Latinas youth group.
Réquiem para un alcaraván
Zapotec muxe performance artist Lukas Avendaño invites the audience to participate in the female rites of passage.
Performance about a woman
What could an audience want from a performance about a woman?
Conversatorios
Join our festival artists and invited guests in conversation about the works presented at this year’s festival.
The RUTAS Cabaret
Food, drink and a nightly line-up of amazing performances!