Today is the third day of the puppet workshop I am directing in an old theater in the Venezuelan capital.
I believe that the most affected in this pandemic generated by covid-19 have been the children. Confinement as a result of isolation diminishes the capacities and abilities of the youngest. Venezuela is one of the countries in the world with the lowest statistics of coronavirus cases and of recovered cases. Even so, the population obeyed the rules imposed by the government, the exception being the month of December, restrictions have been lifted and all stores and public places are free to move around.
That is why I have taken advantage of this second puppet workshop which will be for two weeks and with a clear intention of continuing next year to form a stable puppet theater group.
As I expressed in my proposal in the DAO I have promoted the knowledge and use of the Blockchain and by surprise the children know a lot about the subject. Every time the barriers of adoption are broken.
In the workshop 11 children are participating who are quite advanced to take 3 days of learning, on December 22 will be the presentation of the play that will be based on local stories of characters that the same children have identified as valuable and will be complemented with Christmas songs which in Venezuela we call "Parrandas" I do not have an exact translation but I assure you that it is the closest thing to a community party where neighbors and friends gather to eat and sing songs alluding to the birth of Jesus Christ.
The teacher/student relationship has been refreshing and stimulating after almost 1 year of not doing my job. I have been used to doing activities, staging and theatre workshops for 15 years, and this has been no exception. I hope to continue.
Currently this activity has been developed thanks to the help offered by VidaVerde, a regenerative organization of which I am co-creator and where we recently started a project to build an intelligent eco-village where we will introduce Blockchain technology.
The children today finished building the head of the glove puppet or puppet theatre. Tomorrow they will start painting and shaping the characters of the puppet play. We still have to make the costumes and rehearse a series of verses in tenths that will be incorporated into the piece. In addition to marking something typical in the theater to land ideas that nourish and define how the final work will be.
I will keep you informed of all the development until the end of the activity. I hope you like it and continue to support this and other initiatives.