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spanish on her tongue (en dos lenguas) -- a one -- womyn show by janet romero-leiva

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Jun 1 2011 - 7:30pm
Jun 5 2011 - 4:00pm

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Kapisanan Centre
167 Augusta Avenue lower level (not wheelchair accessible)
Toronto, ON
Canada
43° 39' 10.9224" N, 79° 24' 5.0292" W
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Spanish on her tongue (en dos lenguas) is a one-womyn show about the immigrant displacement, loss of language and denied aboriginality of a queer girl. this coming of age story begins in 1983 chile during the military dictatorship and centers around the migration of a little girl and her family to the working class neighbourhood of chalkfarm – in north york. we follow her through her excitement of learning a new language, while also re-living the shame of losing the language she was taught to love in. as she struggles with her role of translator to her family, lacking words in spanish to authentically interpret situations too mature for her age, her english vocabulary expands, placing her in between two worlds she cannot fully embrace.

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janet romero-leiva
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