6/17/2010 - The Telling at The Plum House

RIVERSIDE, CA—(The Tequihua Foundation)—Toltec performance artist Koyote the Blind will deliver the culminating performance of the Kindly Ladies series of The Telling at The Plum House, 3882 12th Street, Riverside, CA 92501 on June 26, 2010 at 8:30 PM. Tickets are $15 ($10 for online viewing) and can be purchased at http://thetellingplumhouse2.eventbrite.com/

Toltec Arts

Toltec arts represent a venerable tradition originating in present-day Mexico and stretching back at least 1,000 years. Produced by subtle techniques transmitted from master to apprentice, Toltec arts went underground in the 10th century AD, blending in externally during the Aztec and Spanish empires simply to survive. As late as the 1970s some Toltec artists circulated through Latin America as locos, hobo-like characters who came into the margins of town to tell crazy stories of magic and mystery to the local children and then quickly vanished.

The Telling and Koyote the Blind

Evoking the ancient tradition in his Toltec art of The Telling, Hablador (Talker) Koyote the Blind employs improvised spoken work, precise gesture, and intentionally produced mood to create a specific, deeply-felt space for audience members. 

Koyote performs the Telling Thursdays at 7:30 PM by donation at The Tequihua Foundation’s venue, 3485 University Ave. off Lemon St, Riverside, CA 92501. (Contact 951-686-3471 for more information.)

The Telling is organized into series. Each Telling series explores particular regions of Toltec maps of consciousness. Significantly, the Toltec movements or "passes" have begun to appear through Koyote the Blind’s Telling. These passes are subtle movements that allow for the navigation through higher states of consciousness. It is more common for a Toltec master who has the passes to transmit them through movement exercises. Sketches of the passes first began to appear in the last Telling series, with further development in the current Kindly Ladies series. 

Tequihua Board Vice President George Ramos enthuses, “We are extremely excited to see this development in Koyote’s work after years of applying his art. We have every reason to hope that the full Toltec passes will appear before our eyes in an upcoming Telling series and will make that cultural treasure available for study online.”

The Tequihua Foundation

The Tequihua Foundation's mission is to expose the public to rare arts from the Toltec tradition. Tequihua’s telephone number is (951) 686-3471 and their website address is www.tequihuafoundation.org. The Tequihua Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Public Charity.

For more information about this story, please contact Tequihua Marketing Director Eric N. Peterson at 951-686-3471 or by email at epeterson@tequihuafoundation.org