The VI Festival of the Living Arts of Loja today maintains its closing program despite the earthquake in Peru

The official Instagram and Twitter accounts of the Festival of Living Arts of Loja They were activated a few hours after the earthquake that had the northern jungle of Peru as its epicenter this morning, to confirm today’s schedule, his last day, despite infrastructure damage reported in that province due to the earthquake.

Maria Jose Enriquez, Director of Arts Management and Cultural Management of the Ministry of Culture and Heritage, and who leads the meeting, confirmed to this newspaper that all the shows scheduled for this day will take place without changes.

The VI edition of the festival that brings together various artistic languages ​​with national and international guests is carried out with great success and welcome from Wednesday, November 17 in a hybrid way, with certain face-to-face events and others still in virtual format.

“A special edition, we meet again called by art. It has been 12 days of celebration. The Festival filled with life the theaters, cultural centers, unconventional spaces; we were able to reach priority audiences with dance, theater and music, with the new health and art component. Have been Unforgettable days, where we have been able to have a meeting point as a society, to share and enjoy more than 140 scheduled activities, which has also made it possible to strengthen and expand the network for the benefit of the artistic sector, ”said Enríquez.

“We had the opportunity to be part of spaces for dialogue, exchange and learning with wonderful national and international professionals, within the Festival School – FIALab, which will remain until September 2022. In addition, we were connected with other parts of the world through the virtual room”.

“I feel a lot gratitude to all the great team that has been behind. It was a enormous work, we assumed the commitment to build an edition that allowed us to return to the presence, so that all citizens who were part of the FIAVL 2021, have been able to vLive a meaningful experience through art once again”, He expressed.

For today, at 3:00 p.m., the group Different Dance will offer his show Roll-Walk-Fly at Bolivar Theater. At 18:00 it will be the turn of the collective Zeta Dance To present The rituals of time at Alfredo Mora Reyes Cultural Center.

The closing ceremony will start at 19:00 at Benjamin Carrión Mora Theater and as a final show, Exit 9 Percussion Group + Von Howard Project (United States) will take part with the show Transcending boundaries: A celebration of Music and Contemporary Dance.