Live a Legend

This time in our second season, we are pleased to present the production of a fabulous
story, Paukartanpu, inspired in the traditional feast of the Virgen del Carmen or Mamacha
Carmen, which takes place every year from the 15th to the 19th of July in the province of
Paucartambo, Cusco.

The play recreates an imaginary journey in which a tourist, a couple of bakers and a
drunkard get involved in highly emotional situations that lead them to discover the Andean
roots, which mix elements of the Inca and Spanish cultures. Each character will tell the
festival in honor of Mamacha Carmen through their own experiences, getting into the
depths and heart of the earth.

By means of the dance and music and by using a good sense of humor, the drunkard
meets the Saqras or demons, which turn him into the juggler of the festival, forcing him with
his pirouettes to defy the laws of gravity. Meanwhile, the couple of bakers interact with the
audience and the dancers, while the tourist, immersed in his desire to get the best shots of
the trip, does the inconceivable and ends so distracted in the middle of the Waca Wacas.

The dancers of pre-Hispanic, colonial or mestizo origin pass by one after the other telling
their traditions. The dance of the Majeños represents traders who brought liquor from
Arequipa; the Qhapaq Qollas dance was created by the collavinos merchants to honor

Mamacha Carmen; the K'achampas dance, on the other

hand, symbolizes the Inca warriors in their fighting
KUSIKAY SPECIALIZES IN CREATING PLAYS THAT INTEGRATES
expansion and conquest; and the Waca Wacas dance
satirizes the Spanish bullfighting festival. Meanwhile, ELEMENTS FROM THE THEATER, CIRCUS, DANCE, MUSIC AND LIVE
the Saqras escape in rhythmic movements from the FOLKLORE, PRESENTING OUTSTANDING PIECES THAT ALLOW THE
Virgin, who dresses a lavish costume inspired by the
spectacular multicolored rays of sunrise at Tres Cruces,
AUDIENCE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE ANCIENT PERUVIAN CULTURE.
which coincidentally is the place where the story begins.

Besides the dances, we will discover in this play the encounter of two cultures and the religious
syncretism between the Andean and the Spanish, the merging of these two worlds that has resulted in a
mestizo Peru, rich in traditions. KUSIKAY puts the music and enriches this production with novel and
traditional themes, fusing ancient and modern instruments.

We invite you to use your imagination through the characters, music and settings, which will amaze
and entertain you using the humor and fantasy of a living culture. Get closer to the spirit of the Andes with
this wonderful production, Paukartanpu, a show that will be the best complement of your trip to Peru.
 ARTISTIC CREDITS

Original screenplay and direction | César Aedo

Choreography | Cynthia Paniagua
Actors' preparation | Blanca del Barrio
Multimedia | Alfonso Casabonne
Musical arrangements | Mino Mele
Chorals arrangements | Gisela Pérez-Ruibal y Mino Mele
Photography | Jose Luis Gamboa

Translation: SERVIDIOMA
CÉSAR AEDO | Borned in Huancayo, Peru. He
spent his childhood in Lima and studied in Paris
with Marcel Marceau, Etienne Decroux, Phillipe

TORDO
DESAMPARADOS
CHAPARRO
Gaulier and Jacques Lecoq. In 1997 he formed the

UNION
REGOCIJO
company CIRCO ETNO and created The Flight of SQUARE

CATHEDRAL
the Condor for the Sea World in Orlando, where he GARCI MAIN
LASO
presented this production for five years. In 2005, SAN SQUARE
FRANCISCO
SQUARE
he returned to Peru and presented the same work
for three more years in Lima. In 2008 he moved to SAN SANTA CLARA
PEDRO
SAN MARQUEZ MANTAS
Cusco, and this year joined KUSIKAY to stage SQUARE

CONCEBIDAYOC
PEDRO

MESON DE LA ESTRELLA

SAN BERN
TRAIN

EL SOL AVE.
TUPAC AMARU
CCASCAPARO
Paukartanpu. STATION

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