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Fools Without Borders
- Chiapas, Mexico: Wise Fool has collaborated with Clowns without Borders
on two delegations to Chiapas, Mexico. The first delegation was in
1997, which involved members of Wise Fool and Chaos Collective. Called
"Circo de Manos," this was a delegation of thirteen women and a child.
In a 1973 school bus, this circus traveled to Chiapas, and performed a
revolutionary circus tale in autonomous villages and refugee
encampments.
Two years later, in 2000, the second delegation involved
seven women and a small circus dog. This delegation performed a puppet
circus and led several workshops in giant puppet building.
More information about Wise Fool in Chiapas can be found at http://www.infinex.com/~yoowho/Wise.Fool.Report.html.
For additional information about Chiapas, visit http://www.ezln.org
- Posoltega, Nicaragua:In the wake of the terrible
flooding from Hurricane Mitch that killed thousands and left tens of
thousands homeless and orphaned in Western Nicaragua in 1999, Wise Fool
artists Robbie Ann Pino and Alessandra Ogren joined a Sister City delegation
to Polsoltega, Nicaragua. They performed a clown show in eleven of the refugee camps and also led painting workshops, enabling
children traumatized by the events to have a creative outlet to express their loss.
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