Past Performing Arts | Interdisciplinary

Anonymous Ensemble

Llontop 

Interdisciplinary | Ohio Premiere

Irma Alvarez Ccoscco of Anonymous Ensemble stands with their hand stretched out to their right.

Llontop is a powerful community experience that bridges divides between North and South America, honoring the people of the Andes, their language, culture, history, and future.

Anonymous Ensemble’s Llontop begins with an interactive installation featuring a display of color-drenched Peruvian heirlooms including some pre-Columbian Moche pottery. Through individualized audio journeys the installation serves to contextualize the poetry of Irma Alvarez-Ccoscco. Her song-poems present perspectives of various Andean women throughout Quechua history from the brutal conquest of the Incas in 1532, through centuries of cultural survival despite harsh colonialist oppression, to the present-day burgeoning of Quechua pride and advocacy. The poems are sung and spoken by Alvarez-Ccoscco and are supported by Anonymous Ensemble’s signature “live film” aesthetic with multiple camera feeds, projections, a lush soundscape, and a simultaneous livestream of the performance to online audiences throughout the world. (program approx. 60 mins.)

Directed by Ashley Kelly Tata.

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Irma Alvarez Ccoscco, photo: Paola Vera.

Know before you go

Llontop is a show in three parts: a walkthrough of the installation, the performance itself, and a conversation following the performance.

  • Where to park: Due to special event parking in Arps and Ohio Union North Garages, we recommend parking in Ohio Union South Garage for the performances on April 4 and 6 to avoid event parking fees and ensure your validation sticker for $2 parking applies. Learn more about parking validation.
  • Doors will open at 7 PM for audiences to walk through the installation before the show begins at 8 PM—this is an important part of the experience, please arrive early.
  • Groups will be led through the installation 10 at a time.
  • Audience members will need a cellphone to scan the QR code for the explanation that leads them through the installation, as well as a pair of headphones if possible.
  • A cash bar and complimentary Peruvian food will be available in the lobby before the performance.

About the artists

Program Support

Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Department of Spanish and Portuguese and Center for Latin American Studies.

PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
Doris Duke Foundation

WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
Ohio Department of Development
Greater Columbus Arts Council
The Wexner Family
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Ohio Arts Council, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts
CampusParc
Ohio State’s Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme
The Columbus Foundation
Nationwide Foundation
Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Mike and Paige Crane
Axium Packaging
Nancy Kramer
Ohio State Energy Partners
Ohio History Fund/Ohio History Connection
Larry and Donna James
Bruce and Joy Soll
Rebecca Perry Damsen and Ben Towle
Jones Day
Alex and Renée Shumate

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