Join Elsa’s performance, exquisite sharing of her own creation, ‘Humanities Forgotten Treasures’.
Elsa Angelica Canedo Valdes (Italian/Mexican) has a special gift, to humbly embrace and entertain us, holding our attention, like being on a light thermal of air, with her words.
In modern society, Communication Scientist, Local Developer and Applied Anthropologist, are her titles, but inside, she considers herself a Performing Artist and an explorer.
As a storyteller, she creates interactive spaces, bringing us closer to each other through artistic activity, remembering our all-human interconnectedness.
Elsa will draw us in to a magical world – her world, her experience – yet it had a universal flavour to it: The weaving of the story of the ancestors and of life itself. And she also manages to make us laugh!
About the performance:
In this fast-changing world, it seems we’ve forgotten the ancestral practices that kept community together despite the challenges.
In Tribal societies, singing, dancing, and telling stories around the fire brought healing and a sense of unity.
To some nowadays, “Art”, seems like an academic discipline, an arena of the elite.
In a world where so many technologies are replacing the simple fireside gatherings, I wonder if we can revive the practices that once held us together as humanity?
This led me to create this story where we will explore these questions:
What’s cultural heritage?
Why is it important for us as individuals?
How is it important for us as a community?
Together we’ll find some answers, and hopefully more questions, that might lead us to remember those treasures that make us human.