Chamber music theatre performance celebrates 3 Latin women (10-01-07)
The Core Ensemble: Tahirah Whittington on cello, Hugh Hinton on piano, and Michael Parola on percussion, and actress Georgina Corbo.
A new chamber music theatre work, Tres Vidas, will explore the life, times, and work of three significant Latin and South American women, Thursday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m. in the Adams State College Theatre (Main St./Hwy. 160 and Edgemont).
Free tickets are available at ASC Community Partnerships, 1st and Richardson, 587-7230; ASC Student Life Center in the Student Union Building, 587-7962, TSJC, 1100 Main St., Room 128, 589-7032, and San Luis Valley Federal Bank, Alamosa, 401 Edison Ave. This event is made possible by a collaboration of Trinidad State Junior College, Alamosa School District (21st Century Grant), Adams State's Community Partnerships, ASC Grizzly Activity Board, and ASC Student Life.
The performance features the Core Ensemble, which includes Tahirah Whittington on cello, Hugh Hinton on piano, and Michael Parola on percussion, with actress Georgina Corbo.
Tres Vidas celebrates three significant Latin and South American Women: painter Frida Kahlo of Mexico, peasant activist Rufina Amaya of El Salvador, and poet Alfonsina Storni of Argentina. Storylines include Frida Kahlo's dramatic and passionate relationship with painter Diego Rivera, Rufina Amaya's astounding singular survival of the massacre at El Mozote, and Alfonsina Stornis' life-long challenges as Argentina's first great feminist poet. Tres Vidas presents dramatic situations with timeless emotional appeal that connect to audiences across all gender and ethnic spectrums.
From a script written by Chilean poet/writer Marjorie Agosin, actress Georgina Corbo offers powerful portrayals of each woman. She also sings traditional Mexican folk songs, as well as Argentinean popular and tango songs made famous by Mercedes Sosa and Carlos Gardel. The score also includes music by Astor Piazzolla, Orlando Garcia, Pablo Ortiz, Alice Gomez, Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, Michael DeMurga, and Osvaldo Golijov.
Since its inception in 1993, the Core Ensemble has toured nationally to every region of the United States and internationally to England, Russia, the Ukraine, Australia, and the British Virgin Islands. The Ensemble received the 2000 Eugene McDermott Award for Excellence in the Arts awarded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has received support from the State of Florida Department of Cultural Affairs, New England Foundation for the Arts, Palm Beach County Cultural Council, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, and the Virgil Thomson Foundation.
A native of Cuba, actress Georgina Corbo is a graduate of the acting program at SUNY- Purchase. Her television appearances include: Law & Order and New York Undercover. Her film work includes It's Always Something. She has appeared onstage in several on/off Broadway productions, as well as at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C and at the Russian International Theatre Festival in St. Petersburg.
