Category Archives: Ayacucho

Sept. 8 presentation on progress of new Scissor Dance documentary

By admin | Published: September 3, 2010
Our favorite documentary filmmaker Mitch Teplitsky, director of Soy Andina, and Peruvian filmmaker Gaby Yepes, director of Danzak, will be at the Lima Clubhouse of South American Explorers next Wednesday to offer a presentation on their new project about Scissors Dancers. Sustainable tourism student Yaneth Cisneros will also offer a presentation on her recent pilgrimage [...]
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Where else besides Machu Picchu should Peru enlist the help of stars like Susan Sarandon?

By Rick Vecchio | Published: April 6, 2010
Susan Sarandon added a big dose of Hollywood sparkle last week to the reopening ceremony of Peru’s crown jewel, Machu Picchu. Peru would be well served to apply such Tinsel Town treatment to its other historic attractions. Against the iconic backdrop of Inca Pachacuti’s 15th century citadel, the Academy Award winning actress posed with Andean [...]
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Tijeras – The Scissors Dance

By Rick Vecchio | Published: August 25, 2009
This acrobatic dance is performed in the southern and central highlands of Peru in Ayacucho, Apurimac and especially in Huancavelica. It’s also performed at peñas, or dance halls like Las Brisas de Titicaca in Lima. Two male dancers face off to outdo each other in performing a series of leaps, flips, flops and spins, all [...]
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