Today my group got and exclusive tour inside the world renown Theater Colon. We started off the morning with a tour with all the other normal tourists, but the fun didn't stop there. One of our instructors was able to show us all the inter-workings of the theater. Theater Colon has been know to be "too perfect." This is due to its acoustics. It is said that if someone is playing an instrument in one of the concerts and plays the wrong note, it would be very obvious because the acoustics are so perfect. In this theater there are 3 types of shows: Ballet, Opera, and Orchestra concerts. Theater Colon is one of the top 2 theaters in the world. People from all over come to this theater to see shows. Our tour guide was telling us this is a place to see and be seen. Lots of people from the upper class spend their nights conversing with the other elites before and after the shows. Luckily my teacher got us all free tickets to a show on Sunday!
So after our regular tour, one of our instructors, Omar, showed us the exclusive tour. Omar works at the Theater Colon and knows are the ins and outs. We first went below the theater into an area called, "Obras de experimentacion." This means experimental shows. Its not as weird as it sounds...I promise! This is where many ideas are made and practiced to see if they would be good for the real stage. We continued through the whole theater and saw where they make all the costumes, storage rooms, film and video workshops and more! The coolest part was when we were able to walk out on the main stage of the Theater Colon. For a few moments we pretended like we were the main act for our audience of 20 people. I think all of us really didn't realize what a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity that was because our directors of our program kept freaking out and saying how "divina" this experience was! Here are some pics from it!
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