The maternal instinct in me that wants to introduce Mac to as many arts-related activities as possible has kicked in. I'm not talking Crayola and gluestick projects (which are totally beyond my abilities). I'm talking about spending money and buying tickets to see events that are somehow artsy. After a slow start, there are all these great things happening in Bogota right now.
For instance, Shakira, the Colombian bombshell pop singer, is hosting the Shakira Pop Festival in Bogota next month. It's in the afternoon in the Bogota version of Central Park, and she wants it be family-friendly (for kids 7 and over!), so there are special places of the venue designated "preferable" for families. Of course, those tickets were the VIP ones, but I couldn't put my 8 year-old child in a mosh pit, so I shelled out the money for the VIP section. After watching the Grammy Awards last night, I'm even more excited about the Pop Festival because newly minted Grammy winner Train is also playing there.
Yesterday, we went to a fabulous new theater in Bogota to see a Cirque de Soleil-esque circus called PSY performed by Les 7 Doigts de la Main, a Canadian company out of Montreal. According to the website, "for their fourth creation, Les 7 Doigts de la Main delves into the rich and surreal underworld of the human psyche. PSY travels through a shifting landscape of distorted visions, fading dreams and fractured memories. Insomnia, addiction, amnesia, paranoia, hypochondria. juggling, Chinese pole, German wheel, aerial rope, teeterboard. By juxtaposing these darker issues with the invigorating and life-affirming language of circus arts, PSY brings out the humour, beauty, and commonality of these various neuroses, all the while celebrating the power of the individual to surmount their ailments and self-imposed restrictions, finding moments of strength, courage and joy while flying through the air."
Now obviously Mac didn't get all the psychological stuff (and I only got some of it because the little speaking they did was in Spanish), but he LOVED all the acrobatics and juggling and Chinese pole stuff. It was incredible. Great music, great theater, great performance. If PSY comes to a theater near you, you need to go!
For a great matinee at the circus with Mac, I am truly thankful.
P.S. Jimmy and I have tickets to see Itzhak Perlman on Wednesday night. Can't wait!!
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