• to generate meaningful artistic experiences that foster the development of intelligence, skills, values, and attitudes in both artists and audiences.
• To promote the recognition and revaluation of puppetry as a vital and meaningful art form.
• To pursue the professionalization of the performing arts in all areas, including education, production, research, and dissemination.
• To build relationships with professional artists from diverse cultures, encouraging contemporary reflection on our performing arts and fostering collaboration through the exchange of artistic practices and the development of new forms and techniques in puppetry.

This is a story that begins with a tear. A story of what is known—of how, in the beginning, she was there with him. Together, they shed lonely tears as they created the first rainbows. Together, nameless, like a crack in the void. Together, making noise—the noise that would become the ocean and its waves. Together, tracing the geography of the Earth and the lines of the hand. Together, drawing the border where night and day gaze upon each other.

She, seated on a circular rose. He, upright, embracing infinity in her breasts and creating stars from the sweat on his back.

She, He. He, She.

Left behind in space is the ominous shadow of an immense tear. The timid clarity of death lingers. Chaos sings, and its echo cries out across the universe…

(Fragment from the piece “SOMA: Bodies in Free Fall”. Text adapted from “Altazor” by Vicente Huidobro.)

The image of the dual creator of the universe—a concept shared by the cosmovision of many ancient American cultures and other world philosophies—has been a recurring theme in our artistic path.

Luna Morena was born from the creative union of Ana Zatarain (More) and Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez. Together, we embarked on a journey that gave rise to two of the most important projects of our lives: our family and our art. The Luna (he) and Morena (she) project emerged from a deep need for expression, communication, and connection with the world—a need that soon became a life mission filled with meaning.

In the beginning, we turned to the traditions, stories, and legends of Indigenous American cultures—rich and relevant sources of wisdom—especially now, at a time when the Earth’s call and the silenced voices of our Indigenous ancestors cry out to be heard. These voices, still alive in our blood yet often rendered invisible by political and social systems, found a way to speak through humble materials: wood, paper, natural fibers, plants, baskets, and instruments—fragile matter acting as mediums for stories, songs, and ancestral knowledge collected with reverence.

These were the first steps in a journey that would gradually transform into a vibrant mosaic, diverse and complex, reflecting the heterogeneity of its origins. Over time, the materials evolved and began to find more refined forms of expression and movement. Our themes expanded, our interests deepened, and our creative needs multiplied. Through new perspectives and distant geographies, we explored exceptional processes that helped us grow—as individuals and as artists.

Through our failures and small triumphs, the Luna Morena family was born: multicultural, unique, and overflowing with life.