THE MYFRIENDTITO TOUR 2013-14
WHERE DID YOU GO TITO? IN 2013 WE DECIDED IT WAS TIME FOR A TRIP. THE DREAM TOUR. WE TRAVELLED AND PER-
FORMED IN PERU, BOLIVIA, ECUADOR AND COLOMBIA. AND FROM COLOMBIA THE COMPANY FLEW
TO MEXICO, WHERE IT BEGAN TRAVELLING SOUTH THROUGH GUATEMALA, EL SALVADOR, HONDURAS,
NICARAGUA, COSTA RICA AND PANAMA. WE FLEW BACK OVER TO COLOMBIA AND PASSED THROUGH
NEW PARTS OF ECUADOR, PERU AND BOLIVIA, BEFORE RETURNING TO WHERE IT ALL BEGAN, IN
CHILE.
WE PERFORMED IN CAPITAL CITIES, FARMING VILLAGES, INDIGENOUS ISLANDS AND TOURIST
TOWNS.
WE PLAYED ON SUNNY COASTS, WINDY MOUNTAINS, WET JUNGLES AND DUSTY DESERTS.
WITH A ONE AND A HALF METRE LONG SUITCASE, WEIGHING UP TO 40 KILOS, WE MOVED ACROSS
THE LATIN AMERICAN CONTINENT IN BUSES, TAXIS, CARS, MOTO TAXIS, TRUCKS, BOATS, CANOES,
AIRPLANES, COMBIVANS, AND A LOT OF WALKING.
HOW DID YOU DO IT? WELL, INITIALLY WE WERE INVITED TO PERFORM IN SOME COMMUNITY THEATRE FESTIVALS.
THESE FESTIVALS DID NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO PAY US, BUT THEY COULD HOST US IN THEIR
HOMES AND FEED US.
IN THESE FESTIVALS WE MET MANY ARTISTS FROM MANY PARTS OF LATIN AMERICA, WHO BEGAN
OPENING THEIR HOMES TO US. SO WE TRAVELLED BETWEEN COMMUNITY THEATRE FESTIVALS, COM-
MUNITY ART PROJECTS AND THE HOMES OF FRIENDLY ARTISTS.
TO SUSTAIN THE PROJECT FINANCIALLY, WE PERFORMED CIRCUS AT TRAFFIC LIGHT INTERSECTIONS
AND IN PUBLIC PARKS. THANKS TO THE DONATIONS FROM THE AUDIENCES, WE WERE ABLE TO COVER
OUR DAY TO DAY COSTS.
EVERY NOW AND AGAIN, THE OPPORTUNITY AROSE TO FACILITATE WORKSHOPS AND TO PERFORM
SHOWS FOR LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, CIRCUS CONVENTIONS AND BIGGER FESTIVALS THAT WERE
ABLE TO HOST US, FEED US AND PAY US TOO!
WHAT WAS THE EXPERIENCE LIKE? PERFORMING IN THE COMMUNITY THEATRE FESTIVALS SHOWED ME THE POWER OF THE IMAGINA-
TION AND ENTHUSIASM. YOUNG PEOPLE TRANSFORMING THEIR NEIGHBOURHOODS INTO ARTISTIC
SPACES. BASKETBALL COURTS AND SOCCER FIELDS BECAME THEATRICAL STAGES, SCHOOLS BECAME HO-
TELS, PARKS AND STREETS BECAME CIRCUSES, MEALS BECAME MOMENTS TO SHARE IDEAS AND DREAMS.
THESE ACTS OF TRANSFORMATION WERE VERY POWERFUL, DEMONSTRATING HOW A DESIRE FOR
CHANGE CAN LEAD TO THE REALIZATION OF AN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL. BEYOND THE FESTIVALS,
I WAS ALSO MOVED BY THE EXCHANGES OF GENEROSITY AND SMILES. IT IS FULFILLING WHEN WE
INVEST OUR LOVE IN OUR ART AND THE AUDIENCE OR WITNESSES RESPOND WITH HONEST APPRE-
CIATION.
WE EXCHANGED OUR ART FOR TIPS, FOR HOMES, FOR MEALS, FOR FRESH FRUITS & VEGETABLES
AND MANY BEAUTIFUL SMILES AND IN SO DOING, FORMED THOUSANDS OF MOMENTARY YET LASTING
FRIENDSHIPS.
WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO GO ON SUCH A LONG TRIP? MY FIRST TASTE OF STREET THEATRE WAS IN MEXICO. IT WAS HERE THAT I FIRST SAW CIRCUS AT
TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND CLOWN SHOWS IN PUBLIC SPACES. SINCE BEGINNING TO PERFORM, I DREAMT
OF TRAVELLING THE WORLD AND SHARING MY ART. AND SINCE THAT FIRST TRIP TO MEXICO, I
HAVE ALSO VOLUNTEERED MY TIME WITH FAMILIES IN MANY RURAL COMMUNITIES IN CENTRAL AND
SOUTH AMERICA.
KNOWING THAT THESE RURAL COMMUNITIES ARE NEVER VISITED BY CIRCUSES, I FELT IT WOULD
BE A FUN OPPORTUNITY TO PAY SOME SURPRISE VISITS TO MY FRIENDS IN THESE REMOTE PLACES
AND SHARE WITH THEM MY NEW FOUND ART. (THIS LED TO PLAYING A LOT WITH THE CHILDREN,
WHO MAY BE JUGGLING AND TUMBLING AS YOU READ THIS.)
THE TRIP TOOK 16 MONTHS IN TOTAL; THIS WAS DUE TO US TRAVELLING OVERLAND ON MOST OC-
CASIONS. JUST TO REACH THE EMBERA COMMUNITY IN PANAMA TOOK AN ENTIRE NIGHT IN BUS, AN
HOUR IN A BOAT, AND ENTIRE DAY OF WAITING AT A PORT, AND 2 HOURS IN A LOG CANOE BEING
TOSSED ARROUND IN STORMY WATERS.
THEATRE AND CIRCUS SHOW GALLLERY
INTERNATIONAL THEATRE AND
FREE ART FESTIVAL
AREQUIPA, PERU
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ART &
THEATRE FESTIVAL CHICLAYO, PERU
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND INDEPENDENT THEATRE FESTIVAL
PIURA, PERU
INTERNATIONAL CLOWN FESTIVAL EMPAYASADOS
LA PAZ, BOLIVIA
ITINERANT COMMUNITY THEATRE FESTIVAL
COMAS, LIMA, PERU
QUITO OVATION
QUITO, ECUADOR
QUITUMBE OVATION
QUITO, ECUADOR
INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL IN ZARZAL
VALE DEL CAUCA, COLOMBIA
CIRCUS ARTS AND COMMUNITY CUTURAL FESTIVAL
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
THE INTERNATIONAL CLETA
CERVANTINO THEATRE FESTIVAL
GUANAJUATO, MEXICO
OZOMATLI FESTIVAL
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
ANGELOPOLIS UNIVERSITY
ATLIXCO, MEXICO
SAN MARCOS SCHOOL
LAGO ATITLAN, GUATEMALA
FITMA FESTIVAL
PANCHIMALCO, EL SALVADOR
COMMUNITY DAY
TIEMPOS NUEVOS THEATRE
SAN ANTONIO DE LOS RANCHOS
EL SALVADOR
COMMUNITY TOUR
LA SIEMBRA THEATRE
TRINIDAD SANTA BARBARA
HONDURAS
COMEDY & MIME SCHOOL
GRANADA
NICARAGUA
UPALA COMMUNITY FESTIVAL
CIRCOLO CIRCUS
UPALA, COSTA RICA
VARIETY SHOW, CIRCOLO CIRCUS
SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA
COMMUNITY CULTURAL FESTIVAL DESAMPARADOS
SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA
EMBERA COMMUNITY SHOW
MOGUE, DARIEN, PANAMA
EL GLOBO CIRCUS FESTIVAL
MANIZALES, COLOMBIA
SAN JUAN DE DIOS REHABILITATION CLINIC
MANIZALES, COLOMBIA
PILOSO FAMILY THEATRE
TUMBACO, ECUADOR
INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL IN EL ALTO
EL ALTO, BOLIVIA
INTERNATIONAL STAGE ARTS FESTIVAL
LIMA, PERU
STREET THEATRE AND TRAFFIC LIGHT PERFORMANCE GALLERY
PLAZA DE LA MERCED
TRUJILLO, PERU
TRAFFIC LIGHT
INTERSECTION
CHICLAYO, PERU
STUPID STATUE ESTUPIDO
AREQUIPA, PERU
DINOSAUR HUNTER STATUE
QUITO, ECUADOR
100% AUTHENTIC ORIGINAL EGYPTIAN MUMMY
QUITO, ECUADOR
TRAFFIC LIGHT PERFORMANCE
QUITO, ECUADOR
PLAZA DE LA PAZ
SAN CRISTOBAL, MEXICO
PLAZA SOLOLA
SOLOLA, GUATEMALA
SLACK ROPE CONFISCATED BY POLICE FOR SWINGING BETWEEN TREES
ANTIGUA, GUATEMALA
TRAFFIC LIGHT INTERSECTION MAGIC WAND PERFORMANCE
COBAN, GUATEMALA
PLAZA DE ARMAS
COBAN, GUATEMALA
PLAZA DE ARMAS
COBAN, GUATEMALA
BASKETBALL COURT
SAN PABLO DE ATITLAN, GUATEMALA
PLAZA DE ARMAS
SANTA ANA
EL SALVADOR
FRUIT & VEGETABLE MARKETS
SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA
TRAFFIC LIGHT INTERSECTION SLACK ROPE PERFORMANCE
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA
STREET PERFORMANCE
MIRAFLORES
LIMA, PERU
CLOWN AND SLACK ROPE WORKSHOPS GALLERY
SLACK ROPE CLINICS: PERU, COLOMBIA, MEXICO & EL SALVADOR
CLOWN CLINICS: PERU, BOLIVIA, ECUADOR, COLOMBIA, MEXICO, HONDURAS,
EL SALVADOR & COSTA RICA
AND NOW WHAT?THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF EACH YEAR I AM INVITED TO PERFORM IN MANY COMMUNITY THEA-
TRE FESTIVALS. NONE OF THESE FESTIVALS HAVE THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO PAY MY TRANSPORT
FROM CHILE, NOR PAY FOR MY SHOWS.
AS I AM A BELIEVER IN THESE FESTIVALS AND THE TRANSFORMATIONAL POWER THAT THEY PRO-
DUCE IN COMMUNITIES, I AM ALWAYS ENTHUSIASTIC TO PERFORM AND PARTICIPATE, AND TRY TO
SEEK SPONSORSHIP FROM SUPPORTERS TO FUND THESE TRIPS.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SPONSORING A FUTURE
MYFRIENDTITO PROJECT YOU CAN CONTACT ME AT:
YOU CAN ALSO KEEP UP TO DATE WITH TITO BY FOLLOWING:
HTTP://MYFRIENDTITO.MYMADCAT.COM
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/MYFRIENDTITO
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