The performance cast is composed of Latin American artists based in Toronto, Ontario and Oakland, California:
- Choreography: Victoria Mata (Venezuela-USA-Canada),
- Visual Art: Alejandra Higuera (Colombia-USA-Canada),
- Dancers: Irma Villafuerte, (El Salvador-Canada)
- Amanda Paixao (Brazil-Canada)
- Victoria Mata (Venezuela-USA-Canada)
- Music: Jackeline Rago (Venezuela-USA) & LayLowProductions (Canada-Colombia)
- Stage Manager: Janet Romero (Chile-Canada)
Our $5000 fundraising goal is to cover a portion of the re-mounting production costs for our next performance on March 5th, 2014. We are thrilled to announce that ImShift has been invited to perform at the annual Pan American Routes Festival, a festival dedicated to human rights in the Americas produced by Toronto's award winning Aluna Theater (www.alunatheatre.ca). Help us bring ImShift to Toronto!! We need your help to:
- Bring our music director, multi-instrumentalist and composer, Jackeline Rago from Oakland California to Toronto, ON,
- A Toronto-based stage manager,
- Rehearsal space (aprox. 20 hours)
- Pay the artists during the rehearsal and performance of ImShift,
- Offer a free performance to high school students in the first week on March of 2014 in order to engage and educate a younger audiences in issues of settlement, Latin American identity, and the arts.
In raising our goal we will be able to not only re-mount and share ImShift with our beloved Toronto community, but we will also be able to engage a younger audience in issues of settlement, Latin American identity, and the arts by offering a free community performance at a local high school.
ImShift is a tribute to the multitudes that have crossed borders through the Americas. To the many that have lost their lives in the attempt, to the ones who have rejoined loved ones, to the ones who are forgotten, to the ones we remember, to those whom have risked everything, to those whom have gained it all.
You can see our video here
http://youtu.be/5Vbvj8aDKn8
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