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MiCultura and Mupa introduced, "Zvr Sea: Myth and Reality"

MiCultura and Mupa introduced, "Zvr Sea: Myth and Reality"

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In the framework of the Bicentennial of Panama's Independence of Spain, the Ministry of Culture and the Municipality of Panama submitted last Sunday, November 21, the work of contemporary dance, "MAR DEL ZVR: Myth and Reality."

That's a work produced by the Gramo Danse Foundation, with a 100% Panamanian cast and a winner of the Iberescudo 2012-2016 Fund, established in 2006 with the aim of promoting performing arts with innovative languages and new expressions that discuss with today's scene.

The presentation was attended by his deputy ministers of culture, Gabriel González, and his mayor, José Luis Fábrega and his national director of the arts at the Ministry of Culture, Daniel Domínguez.

The work focuses its narrative on the arrival of the Spanish to Panama and the role of Vasco Núñez de Balboa, being a well-coordinated art sample filled with magic, expression, talent and knowledge, that was undertaken thanks to the interinstitutional union of the Ministry of Culture and the municipality of Panama.

History also recreates a number of events that have been faced by the crew, from mythological sea monsters stalking the ship's crew to a unique ship that sails up and down through tists to seek final ground.

Also, from a battle between Corsarians and native Isthmus groups, from the surrender of Anayansi from his father's hands, his defeated Cacique Careta to Balboa as a "war prize," to the vicissitudes of Balboa and his men during his slow crossing through the Darién jungle and the potential sightting of the South Sea. "