ON THE HUNT OF TORKJUAH
mime
2017
Tokjuah is the civilizing hero of the Wichí, a native community of South America.
A multifaceted and hilarious hero-antihero: Tokjuah is the unbridled protagonist of adventures, misfortunes, triumphs, defeats, mistakes, geniuses, loyalties, cheating; he can be the savior of humanity with one of his actions, or cause great disasters just by whim or negligence. Although he is an anthropomorphic entity, we often see him interact with animals and even become one of them or try to imitate them. "A non-Western way of thinking, with its own patterns and logics".
A multifaceted and hilarious hero-antihero: Tokjuah is the unbridled protagonist of adventures, misfortunes, triumphs, defeats, mistakes, geniuses, loyalties, cheating; he can be the savior of humanity with one of his actions, or cause great disasters just by whim or negligence. Although he is an anthropomorphic entity, we often see him interact with animals and even become one of them or try to imitate them. "A non-Western way of thinking, with its own patterns and logics".
2017 V Latin American Festival of Mime and Body Theater / Buenos Aires, Argentina
CREDITS
PRODUCED BY Latin American Mime and Body Theater CompanyIDEA AND DIRECTION BY Alberto Ivern
PERFORMED BY ONIX-Victoria Momeño, Joaquin Pedroza, Juan Jose Bustos, Emiliano J.C Vazquez, Santiago Juan Foster, Maria Larrea, Maia Noe Rivadeneira, Florencia Poma, Mauro Cavas.
CAMERA BY Carlos Ruiz Monasterio
COSTUMES AND MAKE UP BY Carmen Bustos
SOUND BY Leonel Villanueva
THANKS TO Victor Hernando, Daniel Berbedez, Cecilia Colombo