Fernando Zevallos: "We Have To Move Forward And Rebuild"

The Tarumba It returns after two years, since the art and entertainment rooms were closed due to the pandemic. “I am not afraid of starting from scratch”, he commented yesterday Fernando Zevallos at the conference in which they presented the show ‘Eterno’, with trapeze artists, jugglers, humor and music directed by Chebo Ballumbrosio. The director replied that, even if he had to put one of the premises up for sale, it does not compare to starting without the support of the public.

“We have this tent that allows us to play, create and unleash our crazy things,” he tells us over the phone after choosing the scenes for the conference. “It is impressive to see how the public, in all this time, has been sending good wishes, strength, they said that they are waiting for us, that we were going to return. That strengthens me and all I try to do is respond with gratitude.”

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The musicians of ‘La Digna’ prepare the repertoire with zamacueca, landó, marinera and waltz. But Zevallos also says that it is inevitable that these National Holidays have a different meaning: “The political crisis is generating an economic and educational crisis, we cannot close our eyes to this, but we do not want to put on a harsh show either. We want it to motivate us, to highlight the strength we have”.

In fact, when the conference began, he maintained that he was beginning a season with “joy and the courage to move forward.” “The artist will always have a task, to address the situation. He has to put his finger on it, but at this moment it is very important to tell people: ‘come on, together we can get out of this’. Hopefully that message would be understood by the authorities, the politicians, those responsible for lessening the pain of the people. Above all, the emotional health of children. ‘Eternal’ seems to me to be a title that fits what we feel: on the one hand, it is the pain we have, but human beings have the ability to reinvent themselves and get ahead, we have to talk about it and we have to rebuild everything”.

For the director of La Tarumba, there are still contradictions in the provision of 100% capacity for the rooms. “But they tell you that you have to keep a distance of at least one meter. It’s an inconsistency.”

The tarumba returns with a new show “Eterno”. Photo: diffusion

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On the other hand, considers that the artists are fulfilling “a responsibility” because “there is a vehicle for reflection. It is very important that the arts are assuming that, not only as a ‘wow, we can finally go back to work’. How many politicians are taking this position?” he questions.

In response to criticism of several of his colleagues for talking about politics, he maintains: “They call us lazy, they tell us that we get along easy, that we don’t work. But hey, there will always be fools in the world (smiles). People need to express themselves and part of that is art, that’s why they are often afraid of artists. I am optimistic, there is a generalized crisis in Peru, but I think that people are becoming more aware and the authorities have to understand it and be very careful with it, people can no longer stand it. This can – if it is not already happening – explode at any moment. Meanwhile we want to be happy and make the public happy”.