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ES Author: Philippe Enquin
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Barracas Community Theatre
I discovered the Barracas theater thanks to an article in the newspaper El País entitled "Community and inclusive theater in Buenos Aires, the most theatrical city in South America" (15/12/2022). The play in question is "El casamiento de Anita y Mirko", which has been performed for over 20 years and...
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Part II: Collectif Fin de Un muNdO - FUNO
In this second part of our review of El Colectivo el Fin de Un muNdO (FUNO), we continue to describe this exceptional group. All photos and videos were taken during rehearsals on Sundays March 17 and 24, 2023 OPENNESS AND DIVERSITY There's great diversity among the artists,...
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Part I: The Collectif Fin de Un muNdO - FUNO
On March 24, 2022, I happened to see a street performance by over 100 dancers that blew me away. I'd never seen a street performance of such force and magnitude. I was told it was the Colectivo del Fin de Un muNdO (FUNO). At first I thought it was a...
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Boat in the water (Bote al agua)
In my search for singular characters to feed my Buenos Aires chronicles, my friend Marion mentioned that her son Dani had an activity with children that might interest me. I got in touch with him and found his project, Bote al Agua, fascinating: a mathematics workshop for children in...
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Titi the percussionist
Warning: this column reflects the point of view of an Argentinean who hasn't lived in his country for many years. And it is addressed primarily to the French reader. Samba Reggae Lucas, my young collaborator, came into contact with Tití by chance. He was looking for unusual characters to feed his...
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The dog-walker
Buenos Aires is the capital of dogs! There are around half a million dogs (450,000 according to the 2021 census), which means that 22% of Buenos Aires households own at least one dog. That's why it's not strange to see these typical characters called "dog walkers" on the streets of the capital...
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Street scenes
The lockdown was declared on March 16 and began on the 17th. At 11:30 pm on March 16, I took the last picture of the open "Le Voltaire" café. 60 days of confinement. At first, I felt as if I'd been stunned. It was only when I discovered that I could take interesting photos from my second-floor balcony...
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Generosity
I had always forbidden myself from photographing the human misery of Paris's many homeless. Confinement changed my outlook. Passers-by had all but disappeared, and when I walked around my neighborhood, I only noticed them, and there were a lot of them. It just so happened that at my crossroads, a few homeless people came regularly. I became interested...
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The neighbors
I live on the second floor with balcony of a building on the corner of a boulevard and two streets. This allows me to see many of my neighbors. On sunny days, some of them take the opportunity to sit out on the balcony. While others practice a mode of communication adapted to the time of confinement. But it's when...
