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Flying Leap’s Beyond the wall || Más Alla del Muro

 About Beyond the Wall || Más Allá del Muro

Giant puppets of children made by young people come together at the border wall to play. At 15-18’ tall, their size challenges the wall’s scale, inviting a reconsideration of what borders can represent.

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Known for performances with 15 foot tall puppets at the US/Mexico border wall, Beyond the Wall || Más Allá Del Muro is a collaboration between Mexican and American artists and educators exploring cultural identity with youth growing up in the shadow of the border wall. Since 2017, Beyond the Wall || Más Allá Del Muro has built 14 giant puppets, hosted two arts and culture festivals, piloted a binational pen pal program, and performed in Nogales AZ/SON, New York, Chicago, Seattle, London, and Prague.

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Project History 

History and Accomplishments:

  • Winter/Spring 2017 – The project is first conceived, and the artist team forms.

  • Summer 2017 – First prototype puppet built (Governor’s Island “Sanctuary City” residency with The Public Works Dept. in NYC)

  • Fall 2017 – Co-led a binational festival in Nogales AZ/SON; built and performed with 5 giant puppets with local youth, artists, and community partners

  • Fall 2018 – 1st Puppets and Pen Pals developmental pilot in Nogales AZ/SON

  • Fall 2019 – 2nd Puppets and Pen Pals developmental pilot in Nogales AZ/SON

  • [Fall 2020 – Planned launch of Puppets and Pen Pals – Pandemic pause]

  • August 2024 – Project re-launch workshop at The Guggenheim Museum in NYC!

Conferences and Festivals:

  • 2019 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space: taught week-long workshop to artists from 9 countries

  • 2019 Creative Interruptions London Festival (2019)

  • 2018 NYU Steinhardt Forum on Educational Theatre