Concert To Never Forget!

Well, it wasn't actually a concert but a compilation of Yuyachkani's plays. First of all, let me explain. Yuyachkani is a Peruvian Theatre Group which is perhaps my favorite of all types of theatre here in Peru. They always try to learn new things everywhere and of everything. For instance, they go to places such as the jungle, the "sierra" (mountains / Andes), or even here in the coast of Peru where they learn accents, folklore, and even mask making. They play several instruments and all of them have been taught to sing.

In this play what they mostly did was play instruments, make music to express something rather than acting. At some points, one of the seven of them would do a solo acting, a monologue, with music as a background.

It was so beautiful to see them have fun by playing the instruments, singing and I don't know, their enthusiasm was somehow transmitted to the audience. It was actually ironic because they looked so full of energy in a way, but at the same time they were so focused on everything, they stayed calm, even when changing clothes, or changing instruments they did it in a very slow way, not like in usual backstages where it is all a mess because everyone wants to do everything in a second. Without making a "dramatic pause" or anything, they were always slow with the transitions, but efficient at a same time.

At the beginning, when two of the actresses began to sing together it was SO fun, enjoyable, and actually, even if they would be singing like Classical Sopranos, it was great to hear. It was the atmosphere that the confrontation created which people could actually enjoy the most, or so I believe.

There was one section that I adored a lot, which was when they were all grouped together, without instruments, and they began doing noises you could hear at night in the Peruvian jungle. They began with the sound of the wind, with animals, insects, even trees noises. It was amazing because they used nothing else but the voices. Seriously, with just their voices they could transport you to the Amazon, unbelievable.

Although for me it was a very amazing play, I don't want to sound biased just because I admire and adore them, so there is something that I actually noticed that they could have improved. This was the use of the ENTIRE space. Although they did move around, I feel that they would just be stuck either in their usual line, or rather to the left side of the stage. The right side was almost unexplored. In fact, I believe only during the line was that side used, because I never saw anyone actually going there.

I really liked this play very much, even though I didn't understand them much when they spoke, and there was a consecutive action of playing instruments rather than much acting, could it be that I just bias my opinion of them because of how much I admire them?