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KUMANANA! An Afro-Peruvian Musical Revue

Updated: 7 days ago

Script by | Libreto de Anita González

With original songs, dance, and poetry by | Con canciones, baile y poesía originales de Nicomedes and Victoria Santa Cruz (Peru)

Conceived & Directed by | Concebida y Dirigida por Hugo Medrano

Associate Direction & Choreography by | Dirección Asociada y Coreografía de Luis Sandoval Zapata

Music Direction by | Dirección Musical de Roberto Arguedas

Jun 7 - 25, 2023 | 7 al 25 de junio de 2023

Performances: Wednesdays – Saturdays 8 pm, Sundays 2 pm | Funciones: Jueves a sábados 8 pm, domingos 2 pm

In Spanish with English surtitles | En español con sobretítulos en inglés


MASK-REQUIRED PERFORMANCES | USO OBLIGATORIO DE MASCARILLA

The wearing of mask is required for the performances on Friday, June 9 and Sunday, June 11, regardless of vaccination status. | El uso de mascarilla es obligatorio para las funciones de los días viernes 9 y domingo 11 de junio, sin importar estatus de vacunación.


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COVID-19 Safety Policy / Política de seguridad por COVID-19


As poets, musicians, dancers, choreographers, and historians, Victoria and Nicomedes Santa Cruz led the resurgence of Afro-Peruvian arts in the 1960s. Their efforts to restage and reconstruct forgotten genres of Afro-Peruvian cultural history in Lima’s most prestigious theaters provided powerful resistance to their marginalization at a crucial mome