By LILY TINOCO | Assistant Editor
Getty Villa will present “Ancestral Connections: Yanculia/Restoration” on Saturday, July 20, at 3 p.m. in the auditorium.
The performance will mark the culmination of the Youth Theater Summer Intensive program’s five-week workshop, built around the Getty Villa exhibition “Picture Worlds: Greek, Maya and Moche Pottery.”
Throughout the course of the program, Latinx students worked with professional teaching and guest artists at Plaza de la Raza Cultural Center for the Arts and Education in Lincoln Heights. Led by Eddie Ruiz, students explored performing art forms and storytelling “through a global cultural lens,” according to Getty.
As part of developing the production, students took field trips to Getty Villa to explore “Picture Worlds: Greek, Maya and Moche Pottery” and met with David Saunders, associate curator of antiquities at the Getty Villa and co-curator of the exhibition.
The performances integrate poetry, movement, video projections and music. Professional video designer Ly Eisenstein enhanced the performance with student-created images, handmade masks and photos of pottery from the exhibition.
Admission to the performance is free, but advance tickets are required. Getty Villa is located at 17985 Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades.
For more information or to reserve tickets, visit getty.edu/visit/cal/events/ev_4214.html.
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