A group of 16 refugee women, exiled and migrated due to the conflict in Colombia They narrate themselves in “Woman You Are”, a participatory play which enables accompany them through their life stories, sharing life events rooted in your memory. The work, that had been presented in Colombia and Catalonia, legacy to the Valencian Community – in Valencia and Port of Sagunto- by the hand of Atelier ONGD.
This scenic proposal, produced by the Collective of Refugee Women, Exiles and Migrants, It is represented by peasant leaders, students, feminists and human rights defenders who had to leave Colombia due to violence, within the framework of the armed conflict that the country went through for six decades.
Now that the Peace Agreement signed with the extinct FARC guerrilla is being implemented in the country and peace is being sought with other active armed actors, Refugee and exiled women continue to act as actors of peace, generating a story that questions, appeals and makes visible a reality that continues to hit them.
Specific, “Woman You Are: Theater as a healing art” will be represented by 13 women in the Matilde Salvador Room at the La Nau Cultural Center of the University of Valencia on Friday 14 June at 7 p.m. and in the Casal Jove del Port de Sagunto he Saturday 15 June also at 7 p.m.. It will be free in both casesreserving a place in advance of through the website of the La Nau Cultural Center and the website of the Casal Jove del Port de Sagunto.
How did this participatory play come about??
The text of “Woman You Are: “Theatre as a healing art” results from a group writing process that reflects the inner gaze of its participants, who had the desire to transform their experiences of exile into inspiration and reasons to continue. So, This work has materialized thanks to collective theater design techniques.
Thus, This piece is made up of a succession of scenic paintings full of a own symbolism, with the aim of generating empathy about the condition of exile like a journey full of uncertainty and wonder.
Throughout his representation, The creators and protagonists of “Mujer Eres” go through scenarios of loss and exclusion to give rise to, finally, to the strengths and hopes that intertwine them in a vital and community fabric that they have been building themselves.
