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The following is from the founders of A Todo Dar Productions, Virginia Grise & Maricella Infante.
“… There are only two moments in the year when the Sun is exactly above the equator and day and night are of equal length—the Spring and Fall Equinox. When we began celebrating the Spring Equinox during the pandemic part of our intention was to create ways for us to connect, to name and nurture our communities across geographic spaces. We asked folks from all over the country and folks in Mexico to celebrate Spring with us. People from across the country took the time to acknowledge Spring in their own way and sent offerings of poems and pictures and paintings and letters and handmade books, seeds to plant and nurture and audio files and videos of running water, the river, the ocean—reminding us that we are not alone, reminding us that we walk this camino together despite our distance.
As we enter a new season, I want to share with you our video of our last in person celebration of the Spring Equinox. A culmination of Un Taller for Dreaming, a 6 week performance lab we understood this gathering as a Performance in Three Acts: Land Acknowledgements, A Sobremesa (shared meal prepared by the taller cohort and Veronica Castillo), and Offerings to the River. We sang songs to the river with Karla Kopalli and the next day Chas Jewett (Lakota) and Priscilla Ybarra led a water ceremony, the Urban Bird Project led a bird walk and Entre Palmas (Mincho Jacob and Alba Sereno) made us a meal from organic maiz and Spring vegetables. And folks who could not attend sent offerings of poems, writing, and reflection.
Thank you for participating in this on-going project of connection and celebration, for being in community with us. Gracias. -vgrise”