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Acerina Amador and Fernando López start from Anacaona, the Taíno princess who in 1503 chose the gallows over becoming the concubine of a Castilian conqueror. The piece ties the memory of erased women in the Canaries to historical resistance against colonisation, working through humour, irony and hybrid language. It does not leave you sitting comfortably: it asks you to question your own behaviour. Teatro Leal, 15 September at 20:30. Tickets 10 €.
Anacaona was a Taíno princess who in 1503 chose the gallows rather than become the concubine of a Castilian conqueror. Her name went on to stand for the resistance of indigenous peoples and of Caribbean women, and through the writings of José Martí it reached the independence movements of the nineteenth century. Acerina Amador and Fernando López take that story as their starting point.
The piece links the memory of women erased from Canarian history with that long resistance to colonisation. It works through humour, irony and a hybrid language, and it does not leave you sitting comfortably: it asks you to question your own behaviour. The performance is on 15 September at 20:30 at Teatro Leal in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, and tickets cost 10 €.