The multidisciplinary artistic proposal "No es puro cuento... de noviembre" (It's Not a Pure Story... of November) by artists Adriana Lanza, Juan Aveiro, and Ale Szpecht will be presented for a single performance this Wednesday, November 23, at 8:00 PM at Pani, located at Teniente Garay 467 and Moisés Bertoni Streets, in Asunción. Special guests will also include storyteller Judith Cabral and singer Andy Longo, who will add stories and music to the evening.
For this new installment of the "No es puro cuento" saga, the artists have selected new texts full of humor, tenderness, romance, mischief, and nostalgia, always accompanied by songs performed by singer Juan Aveiro and, on this occasion, singer Andy Longo, who made a special selection from their respective repertoires to serve as common threads between the stories.
In an hour-long show with an intimate tone, yet featuring stories suitable for the whole family, the artists find a unique, original, fun, and creative way to transport the evening's audience to different corners of the planet and beyond, making this midweek evening a different and special night to bid farewell to the penultimate month of the year. Meanwhile, guest narrator Judith Cabral will delight those in attendance with a selection of stories specially chosen for the evening.
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The oral storytelling show led by Adriana Lanza and Juan Aveiro has been running for more than nine editions, with "No es puro cuento...de noviembre" being the second since the start of the pandemic. In each edition, all the stories to be told and sung are chosen and adapted specifically for the evening by the show's artists, offering a show specifically designed for that evening.
The show is open to all audiences. Tickets cost 50,000 G. and can be purchased on the day of the event or reserved in advance by calling 0981 340-077, 0981 651-759, or 0961 717-933.
Adriana Lanza is an Argentine actress and storyteller. Throughout her career, she has participated in numerous storytelling performances in Argentina, Canada, and Paraguay. She lived in Canada for many years, where she co-founded the Spanish Canadian Academy of Arts, which focuses on preserving the Spanish language through art.
In Paraguay, she co-founded the storyteller group "Artesanas de la Palabra" and has participated in numerous international storytelling festivals. A few years ago, she created "Arte Teatro Para la Vida," an artistic space that facilitates the use of art as a tool for everyday life.
She currently presents storytelling shows in various local venues, accompanied by colleagues from different disciplines, offering a show with a different and intimate theme in each performance, seeking to bring words to life through stories and songs.
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Juan Aveiro Gauna is a singer, storyteller, and teacher with a degree in Art Education. He was born in Asunción. He studied singing at the Sofía Mendoza Municipal Singing School of the Asunción Municipal Art Institute, where he still teaches.
She took classes with renowned singing instructors at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires and in Rosario, Argentina. She also performed numerous concerts in Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil, in addition to participating in several operas and zarzuelas in our country.
In her quest to promote opera music, she has organized concerts with world-renowned Paraguayan opera singers and founded opera and popular singing groups, including "Asunción Lírica." Since 2015, she has participated in storytelling shows, blending storytelling with music.
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Ale Szpecht is an actress, communicator, teacher, broadcaster, and cultural promoter from Rosario, living in Paraguay. She graduated from the Municipal School of Dramatic Arts (IMA) and the Catholic University of Asunción (UCA).
He has taken classes in acting, directing, screenwriting, photography, stop motion, animation, puppetry, storytelling and production with important teachers including Azucena de la Fuente, Alfonso Ungría (Spain), Rodolfo Pastor (Argentina), Sofía Salomón (Mexico), Marcela Gilabert, Julio Saldaña, William Valverde, Hugo Gamarra, Eduardo Alcázar, Pedro Caballero Galoppo (Paraguay) among others.
She is a founding member of the League of Cultural Diffusionists of Asunción, creators of the "Edda de los Ríos Awards for Theater in Asunción." She was invited to serve on the International Jury of the 6th Ta'anga Kyre'y National Short Film Competition, organized within the 26th Paraguay International Film Festival, and has been a permanent jury member of the "Cacique Yaguarú" Short Film Competition in the city of Yaguarón since 2018.
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As an actress, she has worked in more than 30 plays, receiving the "Outstanding Actress of the Year" award (2015) from the Honorable Chamber of Deputies for her portrayal of "Elisa Lynch." In addition to directing and adapting various plays, she is the co-founder of the theater group "Enzerio."
From 2003 to 2021, she was an assistant director and teacher at the "María Elena Sachero" children's and youth theater workshop, part of the IMA (National Institute of Visual Arts). From 2015 to 2019, she promoted national short films on her program "Hacelo corto" (Make It Short), broadcast on Unicanal, and since 2019, she has hosted her own radio program, "La Agenda de Ale," broadcast on Thursdays from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Radio Nacional 95.1 FM.
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