The newest festival in Londrina, Quati Criança!, kicks off this Saturday (14), with a program of performances, experiences, workshops, and gatherings for children. The festival brings to the city groups and artists from Amazonas, Ceará, Minas Gerais, and São Paulo, in addition to local standouts. The full program is on the website www.quaticrianca.com, with up-to-date information in case of rain.
In this first edition, the festival’s theme is “Where are you, Coati?”, proposing to children the challenge of navigating the program as if on an expedition through different realms of nature and finding within them the archetype of the adventurer, the explorer, the curious one. The festival’s directors and creators, Álvaro Canholi and Carin Louro, explain that the curatorship was a playful experience, led by artist and teacher Eduardo Gasperin together with children aged 6 to 12, from different parts of the city. They were invited into this process and created a manifesto with clues for the festival’s organizers.
“From this experience, we, the artistic direction and adult curators, sought to connect with the provocations raised by the children in order to build the schedule. This was fundamental for broadening our perspectives on the relationships between the performing arts and childhoods,” says Louro.
Check out the shows:
Saturday (14)
Show: "M’Bae Tatá"
Group: Trupe de Truões (Uberlândia - MG)
Location: Royal Plaza Shopping, at 6 p.m.
Highlight: A dive into the Boitatá legend with masks, puppets, and acrobatics.
Sunday (15)
Show: "Berço de Espuma"
Group: Papo Corpóreo (Londrina - PR)
Location: DAC/UEL, at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Show: "In Concertina"
Artist: Clown Ritalino / Tiago Marques (Londrina - PR)
Location: Parque Arthur Thomas, at 3 p.m.
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Tuesday (17) to Thursday (19)
Show: "Encontro de Gigantes"
Group: Ás de Paus (Londrina - PR)
Schedule:
- Tuesday (17): Aldeia Apucaraninha, at 2 p.m.
- Wednesday (18): Lerroville District, at 2 p.m.
- Thursday (19): Espírito Santo District, at 2 p.m.
Wednesday (18)
Show: "Pé Grande"
Group: Cia FUTURA (SP)
Location: Floating Stage at Lake Igapó, at 10 a.m.
Show: "Mundus Eurídice"
Group: As Caetanas (Londrina - PR)
Location: Sesc Cadeião, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Thursday (19)
Show: "Bicho Alumbroso nas Entranhas do Encanto"
Group: Trupe Motim (Quixeré - CE)
Location: Sesc Cadeião, at 7:30 p.m.
Friday (20)
Show: "História do Barquinho"
Group: Casa Realejo de Teatro (SP)
Location: Cine Teatro Ouro Verde, at 8 p.m.
Saturday (21)
Show: "As Cores da América Latina"
Group: Panorando Cia (Manaus - AM)
Location: Cine Teatro Ouro Verde, at 8 p.m.
Sunday (22) - Closing
Show: "O Barquinho e o Seu Pescador"
Artist: Evan Teixeira (Fortaleza - CE)
Location: Sesc Cadeião, at 5 p.m.
Artistic experiences
Tuesday (17)
Workshop: "We Who Tell Stories – Abayomi Workshop"
Facilitator: Silvia Castro.
Location: Parque Arthur Thomas, at 10 a.m.
Audience: Ages 10 and up.
Tuesday (17), Wednesday (18) and Thursday (19)
Experience: Stilts (Núcleo Ás de Paus)
Location: Aldeia Apucaraninha, Lerroville District, and Espírito Santo District.
Time: Right after the show "Encontro de Gigantes".
Audience: All ages.
Thursday (19)
Experience: "African heroes: two children who saved the world"
Facilitators: Robson Ogumsola and Letícia Pocaia.
Location: Parque Arthur Thomas, at 10 a.m.
Audience: Ages 6 to 9.
Friday (20)
Experience: "Workshop of Enchantment"
Facilitator: Trupe Motim de Teatro (CE).
Location: (Location not specified in the text, at 10 a.m.).
Audience: Ages 7 to 12.
Saturday (21)
Experience: "How Marionettes Live – a brief experience to animate marionettes"
Facilitator: Prof. Dr. Mauro Roberto Rodrigues (Mauro Amarello).
Location: Sesc Cadeião, at 3 p.m.
Check out the full schedule of workshops and gatherings on the website www.quaticrianca.com
