News Summary

• Mexican artistic director Jorge Díaz has created a unique stage adaptation of the Maya myth Popol Vuh.
• Blending circus arts with theater, the piece employs acrobatics and ritual to reimagine the ancestral story on stage.
• The troupe behind “Mortal Leap into Xib’alb’a” was founded 20 years ago by Dísaz and fellow artist Jessica González.
• “This is one of the most influential art forms I’ve ever witnessed,” said director Arely Cantellano during a recent showing of her film.