Category: Buenos Aires chronicles
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Barracas Community Theatre
I discovered the Barracas theater thanks to an article in the newspaper El País entitled "Community and inclusive theater in Buenos Aires, the most theatrical city in South America" (15/12/2022). The play in question is "El casamiento de Anita y Mirko", which has been performed for over 20 years and...
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Part II: Collectif Fin de Un muNdO - FUNO
In this second part of our review of El Colectivo el Fin de Un muNdO (FUNO), we continue to describe this exceptional group. All photos and videos were taken during rehearsals on Sundays March 17 and 24, 2023 OPENNESS AND DIVERSITY There's great diversity among the artists,...
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Part I: The Collectif Fin de Un muNdO - FUNO
On March 24, 2022, I happened to see a street performance by over 100 dancers that blew me away. I'd never seen a street performance of such force and magnitude. I was told it was the Colectivo del Fin de Un muNdO (FUNO). At first I thought it was a...
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Boat in the water (Bote al agua)
In my search for singular characters to feed my Buenos Aires chronicles, my friend Marion mentioned that her son Dani had an activity with children that might interest me. I got in touch with him and found his project, Bote al Agua, fascinating: a mathematics workshop for children in...
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Titi the percussionist
Warning: this column reflects the point of view of an Argentinean who hasn't lived in his country for many years. And it is addressed primarily to the French reader. Samba Reggae Lucas, my young collaborator, came into contact with Tití by chance. He was looking for unusual characters to feed his...
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The dog-walker
Buenos Aires is the capital of dogs! There are around half a million dogs (450,000 according to the 2021 census), which means that 22% of Buenos Aires households own at least one dog. That's why it's not strange to see these typical characters called "dog walkers" on the streets of the capital...