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Los Tejanos as a Nineteenth-Century Border Play Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Andrew Gibb
Abstract: Since the 1980s, playwrights in the Mexican Northwest/US Southwest have responded to the steadily increasing militarization of the US-Mexico border by dramatizing the fraught identity choices forced upon borderlanders by geopolitical forces beyond their control. In the US, the term "border play" is commonly used to describe such works. In this essay, I argue that the border play, as a regional
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Archivo y repertorio en el docudrama transfronterizo (Ciudad Juárez-El Paso): La sal de la guerra de Selfa Chew Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Carlos Urani Montiel
Abstract: The theatre of Selfa Chew (Mexico City, 1962) takes ownership of historical events to add fictional but feasible possibilities within the represented political reality to which it belongs as a descendant or heir. The docudrama The Salt of War is an example of such theatre. The possible scenarios of this dramatic text, written in 2014, are constructed with the same subjectivity as the official
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Brote, instalación política disruptiva en las artes escénicas contemporáneas de Valparaíso Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Lorena Saavedra González
Abstract: This article aims to deploy the notion of "installation" through an analysis of Brote: instalación escénica en el espacio público, which was staged in Valparaíso in 2021 by the Laboratorio de Creación Teatral and directed by Stefany Duarte. The staging was a political response to both the de-naturalization of public spaces and the plight of women in Chilean society. Duarte began by working
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Mexico City's Summer 2023 Theatre Season Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Timothy G. Compton
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Mexico City's Summer 2023 Theatre Season Timothy G. Compton Each year, as I prepare to go to Mexico City, hoping to see the best the season's theatre offerings have to offer, I scour the internet for reviews and descriptions and schedules and venues. I also write to a fair number of people in the industry asking for recommendations. Some
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Estreno de Las diosas subterráneas en la Ciudad de México el 26 de febrero de 2023 Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Lidia Martí Barchín
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Estreno de Las diosas subterráneas en la Ciudad de México el 26 de febrero de 2023 Lidia Martí Barchín El 26 de febrero de 2023, a las 18 horas en Ciudad de México, se estrena Las diosas subterráneas, idea original y dirección de Rocío Carrillo. La representación se celebra en la sala Xavier Villaurrutia, en el Centro Cultural del Bosque
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Colacerdo, puesta en escena de Cien años de soledad Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Enrique Mijares
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Colacerdo, puesta en escena de Cien años de soledad Enrique Mijares Inspirada en la novela cumbre de Gabriel García Márquez, Colacerdo —síntesis escénica de Cien años de soledad— cerró con broche de oro las actividades del XV Congreso de la Asociación Española de Estudios Literarios Hispanoamericanos (AEELH). Con el motivo de revisitar
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Sancocho, teatro y pez Capitán: Entrevista con María Buenaventura y su lucha contra los silencios bogotanos Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Ana Martínez
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Sancocho, teatro y pez Capitán:Entrevista con María Buenaventura y su lucha contra los silencios bogotanos Ana Martínez El 13 de julio de 2023 me reuní con María Buenaventura para charlar sobre su carrera artística, la cual abarca la cocina, el performance, la instalación, la historia y la escritura. Buenaventura nació en Medellín en 1974
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Ignacio Solares, dramaturgo Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Estela Leñero Franco
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Ignacio Solares, dramaturgo Estela Leñero Franco En la noche del 24 de agosto de 2023, murió Ignacio Solares a los 78 años. Novelista, escritor de teatro, periodista, editor e impulsor de la cultura en el ámbito universitario, Solares fue un apasionado por la historia y las posibilidades literarias y dramatúrgicas a investigar. Escribió
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Obra negra. Olimpia 68. Una versión de Hamlet by Flavio González Mello (review) Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Michael "Raúl" Brown
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Obra negra. Olimpia 68. Una versión de Hamlet by Flavio González Mello Michael "Raúl" Brown González Mello, Flavio. Obra negra. Olimpia 68. Una versión de Hamlet. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2022. 262 pp. This collection gathers three plays by Flavio González Mello that debuted in the theatres of the UNAM between
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Feeling the Gaze. Image and Affect in Contemporary Argentine and Chilean Performance by Gail A. Bulman (review) Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Ilka Kressner
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Feeling the Gaze. Image and Affect in Contemporary Argentine and Chilean Performance by Gail A. Bulman Ilka Kressner Bulman, Gail A. Feeling the Gaze. Image and Affect in Contemporary Argentine and Chilean Performance. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2022. 350 pp. Performances are live events, defined
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Antígona by José Watanabe: A Bilingual Edition with Critical Essays by Cristina Pérez Díaz (review) Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Leticia Robles-Moreno
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Antígona by José Watanabe: A Bilingual Edition with Critical Essays by Cristina Pérez Díaz Leticia Robles-Moreno Pérez Díaz, Cristina. Antígona by José Watanabe: A Bilingual Edition with Critical Essays. Routledge, 2022. 172 pp. Cristina Pérez Díaz's book offers an important contribution to artistic and academic approaches
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Pink Glitter: Activist Theatre against Violence Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-11-13 Debra A. Castillo, Ana Florencia López Ulloa
Abstract: This article tracks the two-year process of developing the Spanish-language play, Diamantina rosa: se vale bailar, and its English-language counterpart, Pink Glitter, under the travel and performance restrictions imposed by COVID. While waiting for live theatre to start up again, the creators of the play began rethinking how to do theatre in the contemporary environment. This study documents
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Vestimenta, raza y calidad en el Baile o sainete del mercachifle de Diego Molina Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-11-13 Estefanía Flores Ortiz
Abstract: This article studies the Baile o sainete del mercachifle, by Diego Molina, an entremés produced in the Audiencia de Quito, around 1750. This theatrical piece articulates the anxiety of the colonial elite regarding the access of subalternized groups—especially women of African descent—to objects that were considered exclusive to the ruling class, such as the textiles and luxury accessories
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Wonder, Refuge, Promise: Explorations and Discoveries of America in Maria Irene Fornes' Final Plays Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-11-13 Araceli González Crespán
Abstract: Five hundred years after Christopher Columbus' voyage to the Indies, scholar John Brushwood delineated the three main offerings of America as presented in Spanish-American literature: wonder, promise and refuge. Maria Irene Fornes' dramatic collection, Letters from Cuba and Other Plays (2007), includes three pieces that correspond to the last stage of her long career as a playwright. The
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Violeta Luna: Dramaturgia sonora y performatividad de la desaparición en Requiem#3 Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-11-13 María Isabel Martín Sánchez
Abstract: Requiem#3: Body Graves (2019) is part of the Requiem project, a series of interventions in which Violeta Luna explores the representation of violence as a ritual and uses her body as a territory for political-social dialogue. This participatory performance draws attention to those who are buried in mass graves in Mexico and seeks to rescue their existence from oblivion, while questioning
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Magín Robert: El hombre detrás del seudónimo Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-11-13 Julio Antonio Molinete
Abstract: The use of anonymity and pseudonyms is a recurring practice among writers from different periods, genres, countries, and literary currents. The reasons for this practice range from modesty to prejudice, the search for fame, or even a simple whim. While some pseudonyms are familiar and endearing—Fernando Pessoa, Virginia Woolf, and Pablo Neruda, for example—, others, like the Cuban playwright
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Mexico City's Summer 2022 Theatre Season (review) Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-11-13 Timothy G. Compton
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Mexico City's Summer 2022 Theatre Season Timothy G. Compton Happily, Mexican theatre has returned with vibrance after Covid-19 shut it down. In 2020 I reported that I had found quality theatre online and expressed hope that live online events would continue even after theaters opened. Not so—online offerings have diminished
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Understanding the Complexities of Latin American History and Identity: Andares and Mexican Indigenous Representation in Southwest Virginia Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-11-13 Dominique Polanco
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Understanding the Complexities of Latin American History and Identity:Andares and Mexican Indigenous Representation in Southwest Virginia Dominique Polanco This essay about Mexico-based theatre company Makuyeika Colectivo Teatral is part of a series of writings by Virginia Tech faculty, staff, and community members that contextualize Moss
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In Memoriam: Olga Martha Peña Doria Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-11-13 Edith Ibarra
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: In Memoriam:Olga Martha Peña Doria Edith Ibarra Experimentar la ausencia de otro es doloroso; más aun cuando esa persona te mostró que la vida académica puede ser un lugar de encuentro y de intereses compartidos. Tal es el caso de Olga Martha Peña Doria, doctora en Humanidades y Artes y profesora investigadora en la Universidad de Guadalajara
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Legom: Retrato de hombre caído Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-11-13 Luis Mario Moncada
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Legom:Retrato de hombre caído Luis Mario Moncada El problema es que estoy muerto.No sé si sea realmente un problema pero creo, incluso,que desde que nací, nací muerto. Pensábamos que una vez más la burlaría, pero La Muerte atrapó a Legom el 23 de mayo del 2022. Dos décadas lo anduvo cazando hasta que por fin lo acorraló, a los 53 años
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Víctor Hugo Rascón Banda: Un dramaturgo en la memoria Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-11-13 Estela Leñero Franco
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Víctor Hugo Rascón Banda:Un dramaturgo en la memoria Estela Leñero Franco A catorce años de su partida, Víctor Hugo Rascón Banda (1948-2008) sigue estando entre nosotros, desde la memoria y la vivencia y desde sus obras de teatro, determinantes en la historia del teatro mexicano. Colocó en el escenario temas de la realidad para volverla
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La comunidad desconocida. Dramaturgia argentina y exilio político (1974-1983) by Andrés Gallina (review) Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-11-13 Brenda Schmunck
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: La comunidad desconocida. Dramaturgia argentina y exilio político (1974-1983) by Andrés Gallina Brenda Schmunck Gallina, Andrés. La comunidad desconocida. Dramaturgia argentina y exilio político (1974-1983). Inteatro, 2020. 366 pp. En La comunidad desconocida, Andrés Gallina estudia la dramaturgia producida en el exilio durante
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Performance Activism: Precursors and Contemporary Pioneers by Dan Friedman (review) Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-11-13 Mauricio Tafur Salgado
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Performance Activism: Precursors and Contemporary Pioneers by Dan Friedman Mauricio Tafur Salgado Friedman, Dan. Performance Activism: Precursors and Contemporary Pioneers. Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. pp. 302. In Performance Activism: Precursors and Pioneers, Dan Friedman invites us to recognize the shared interests and influences
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Dramaturgia Invisible: 30 años del Teatro Abya Yala by Roxana Ávila y David Korish (review) Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-11-13 Gina Sandí Díaz
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Dramaturgia Invisible: 30 años del Teatro Abya Yala by Roxana Ávila y David Korish Gina Sandí Díaz Ávila, Roxana y Korish, David. Dramaturgia Invisible: 30 años del Teatro Abya Yala. Arlekín, 2021. pp. 228 La agrupación costarricense Abya Yala celebra tres décadas de carrera ininterrumpida con la publicación de su libro Dramaturgia
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Matar a la patrona: mucamas en crisis y crisis de representación en Las arpías de José Manuel Freidel Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-04-14 Marcelo Carosi
Abstract: Maids have been an important source of inspiration for the Latin American lettered elite, who havecrafted these characters not only to promote negative stereotypes about working women (often associating them with theft, dirt, prostitution, or treason), but alsotospeakabout the popular classes from the point of view of the so-called intellectuals. This article studies Las arpías (1981), Colombian
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Post-materialidad en los Andes: espacios performativos andinos en Yuyachkani Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-04-14 Pedro de Jesús Gonzales Durán
Abstract: In this article, I analyze one-actor plays, Adiós Ayacucho (1990) and Rosa Cuchillo (2002), written and performed by the collective Grupo Cultural Yuyachkani. I propose that in both plays non-human elements in collaboration with the human bodies on stage develop a memory-healing process to overcome the trauma produced by the Internal Conflict that occurred in Peru from 1980 to 2000. Both
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Montaje y desmontaje del mito griego en Mapa Teatro: entretejiendo trauma, historia y política en Colombia Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-04-14 Daniela Palmeri
Abstract: This essay analyzes Mapa Teatro’s rewritings of Greek myth in Colombia: Orestea Ex Machina (1995), based on the story of the House of Atreus, and C’úndua (2001–2005), on Prometheus. Orestea combines Aeschylus’s tragedy with the country’s violent policies. In the C’úndua cycle, the myth of the philanthropic titan fuses with the stories of the inhabitants of El Cartucho, a neighborhood that
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Transfigurative Spaces and Tantalizing Recipes in Cocinando con Elisa, El Codex Romanoff, and Cocinar hombres Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-04-14 Linda Saborío
Abstract: In this study, the concept of space—mapped onto fixed and rigid gender roles—is reconceptualized by the female protagonists in three plays: Lucía Laragione’s Cocinando con Elisa, Estela Leñero’s El Codex Romanoff, and Carmen Boullosa’s Cocinar hombres. In the kitchen, a traditionally sanctioned female space, the protagonists of these three pieces feel empowered to create their own ground
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Entre Juan Moreira y Osvaldo Dragún: mito, parodia y teatro popular Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-04-14 Alba Saura Clares
Abstract: One of the most relevant plays in the history of Argentine theatre is Juan Moreira, first premiered by Hermanos Podestá in 1884. This study explores the reasons for the canonization of the play, considered to be at the core of the origins of Argentinian theatre and the national idea of theatre, taking into account both the text and its performance and, at the same time, the legacy of this
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In Memoriam: Laurietz Seda (June 24, 1960 – December 7, 2021) Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-04-14
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: In Memoriam: Laurietz Seda (June 24, 1960 – December 7, 2021) Jacqueline Bixler ~ While it was easy to collect these tributes from the many students, friends, and colleagues who loved Laurietz, it is not at all easy to write my own. Laurietz was my cuatita, my travel companion, and my partner in crime (she was Thelma, I was Louise). When
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Dramática descriptiva: la arquitectura del relato by Luis Enrique Gutiérrez Ortiz Monasterio (review) Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-04-14 Elka Fediuk
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Dramática descriptiva: la arquitectura del relato by Luis Enrique Gutiérrez Ortiz Monasterio Elka Fediuk Luis Enrique Gutiérrez Ortiz Monasterio. Dramática descriptiva: la arquitectura del relato. El Milagro, 2021. 211 pp. Cada vez con mayor frecuencia el pensamiento de la praxis compite o desplaza las teorías impecablemente
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La nueva dramaturgia puertorriqueña. Trans/acciones de la identidad by Laurietz Seda (review) Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-04-14 Liza Ann Acosta
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: La nueva dramaturgia puertorriqueña. Trans/acciones de la identidad by Laurietz Seda Liza Ann Acosta Seda, Laurietz. La nueva dramaturgia puertorriqueña. Trans/acciones de la identidad. San Juan: Nuevos Cuadernos del Ateneo, 2018. 140 pp. In this brief but layered book, La nueva dramaturgia puertorriqueña: Trans/acciones de
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Afiches de teatro. Trayectoria y recorrido visual del Teatro de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile by Patricio Rodríguez-Plaza (review) Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-04-14 Juan Villegas
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Afiches de teatro. Trayectoria y recorrido visual del Teatro de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile by Patricio Rodríguez-Plaza Juan Villegas Rodríguez-Plaza, Patricio. Afiches de teatro. Trayectoria y recorrido visual del Teatro de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Santiago: Ediciones Universidad Católica
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¡Presente! The Politics of Presence by Diana Taylor (review) Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-04-14 Claire Pamment
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: ¡Presente! The Politics of Presence by Diana Taylor Claire Pamment Taylor, Diana. ¡Presente! The Politics of Presence. Durham: Duke UP, 2020. 319 pp. Diana Taylor’s theoretically provocative, artful, and politically rich new book asks, “What to do when it seems that nothing can be done, and doing nothing is not an option?”
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Seeking Common Ground: Latinx and Latin American Theatre and Performance ed. by Trevor Boffone, Teresa Marrero and Chantal Rodriguez (review) Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-04-14 Dennis Sloan
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Seeking Common Ground: Latinx and Latin American Theatre and Performance ed. by Trevor Boffone, Teresa Marrero and Chantal Rodriguez Dennis Sloan Boffone, Trevor, Teresa Marrero, and Chantal Rodriguez, editors. Seeking Common Ground: Latinx and Latin American Theatre and Performance. London: Methuen Drama, 2022. 252 pp. In
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Al margen de lo bello. Sobre la atracción por el teatro en la historia contemporánea by Paulo C. León (review) Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-04-14 Óscar Daniel Hernández Quiñones
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Al margen de lo bello. Sobre la atracción por el teatro en la historia contemporánea by Paulo C. León Óscar Daniel Hernández Quiñones León, Paulo C. Al margen de lo bello. Sobre la atracción por el teatro en la historia contemporánea. Ciudad de México: El Colegio de México, 2020. 375 pp. Este libro es producto de una tesis
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In Memoriam: Laurietz Seda (June 24, 1960 – December 7, 2021) Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-04-14
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: In Memoriam: Laurietz Seda (June 24, 1960 – December 7, 2021) Jacqueline Bixler ~ While it was easy to collect these tributes from the many students, friends, and colleagues who loved Laurietz, it is not at all easy to write my own. Laurietz was my cuatita, my travel companion, and my partner in crime (she was Thelma, I was Louise). When
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Montaje y desmontaje del mito griego en Mapa Teatro: entretejiendo trauma, historia y política en Colombia Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-04-14 Daniela Palmeri
Abstract: This essay analyzes Mapa Teatro’s rewritings of Greek myth in Colombia: Orestea Ex Machina (1995), based on the story of the House of Atreus, and C’úndua (2001–2005), on Prometheus. Orestea combines Aeschylus’s tragedy with the country’s violent policies. In the C’úndua cycle, the myth of the philanthropic titan fuses with the stories of the inhabitants of El Cartucho, a neighborhood that
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Dramática descriptiva: la arquitectura del relato by Luis Enrique Gutiérrez Ortiz Monasterio (review) Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-04-14 Elka Fediuk
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Dramática descriptiva: la arquitectura del relato by Luis Enrique Gutiérrez Ortiz Monasterio Elka Fediuk Luis Enrique Gutiérrez Ortiz Monasterio. Dramática descriptiva: la arquitectura del relato. El Milagro, 2021. 211 pp. Cada vez con mayor frecuencia el pensamiento de la praxis compite o desplaza las teorías impecablemente
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Seeking Common Ground: Latinx and Latin American Theatre and Performance ed. by Trevor Boffone, Teresa Marrero and Chantal Rodriguez (review) Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-04-14 Dennis Sloan
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Seeking Common Ground: Latinx and Latin American Theatre and Performance ed. by Trevor Boffone, Teresa Marrero and Chantal Rodriguez Dennis Sloan Boffone, Trevor, Teresa Marrero, and Chantal Rodriguez, editors. Seeking Common Ground: Latinx and Latin American Theatre and Performance. London: Methuen Drama, 2022. 252 pp. In
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Matar a la patrona: mucamas en crisis y crisis de representación en Las arpías de José Manuel Freidel Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-04-14 Marcelo Carosi
Abstract: Maids have been an important source of inspiration for the Latin American lettered elite, who havecrafted these characters not only to promote negative stereotypes about working women (often associating them with theft, dirt, prostitution, or treason), but alsotospeakabout the popular classes from the point of view of the so-called intellectuals. This article studies Las arpías (1981), Colombian
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Afiches de teatro. Trayectoria y recorrido visual del Teatro de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile by Patricio Rodríguez-Plaza (review) Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-04-14 Juan Villegas
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Afiches de teatro. Trayectoria y recorrido visual del Teatro de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile by Patricio Rodríguez-Plaza Juan Villegas Rodríguez-Plaza, Patricio. Afiches de teatro. Trayectoria y recorrido visual del Teatro de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Santiago: Ediciones Universidad Católica
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¡Presente! The Politics of Presence by Diana Taylor (review) Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-04-14 Claire Pamment
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: ¡Presente! The Politics of Presence by Diana Taylor Claire Pamment Taylor, Diana. ¡Presente! The Politics of Presence. Durham: Duke UP, 2020. 319 pp. Diana Taylor’s theoretically provocative, artful, and politically rich new book asks, “What to do when it seems that nothing can be done, and doing nothing is not an option?”
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Transfigurative Spaces and Tantalizing Recipes in Cocinando con Elisa, El Codex Romanoff, and Cocinar hombres Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-04-14 Linda Saborío
Abstract: In this study, the concept of space—mapped onto fixed and rigid gender roles—is reconceptualized by the female protagonists in three plays: Lucía Laragione’s Cocinando con Elisa, Estela Leñero’s El Codex Romanoff, and Carmen Boullosa’s Cocinar hombres. In the kitchen, a traditionally sanctioned female space, the protagonists of these three pieces feel empowered to create their own ground
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Al margen de lo bello. Sobre la atracción por el teatro en la historia contemporánea by Paulo C. León (review) Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-04-14 Óscar Daniel Hernández Quiñones
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Al margen de lo bello. Sobre la atracción por el teatro en la historia contemporánea by Paulo C. León Óscar Daniel Hernández Quiñones León, Paulo C. Al margen de lo bello. Sobre la atracción por el teatro en la historia contemporánea. Ciudad de México: El Colegio de México, 2020. 375 pp. Este libro es producto de una tesis
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La nueva dramaturgia puertorriqueña. Trans/acciones de la identidad by Laurietz Seda (review) Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-04-14 Liza Ann Acosta
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: La nueva dramaturgia puertorriqueña. Trans/acciones de la identidad by Laurietz Seda Liza Ann Acosta Seda, Laurietz. La nueva dramaturgia puertorriqueña. Trans/acciones de la identidad. San Juan: Nuevos Cuadernos del Ateneo, 2018. 140 pp. In this brief but layered book, La nueva dramaturgia puertorriqueña: Trans/acciones de
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Entre Juan Moreira y Osvaldo Dragún: mito, parodia y teatro popular Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-04-14 Alba Saura Clares
Abstract: One of the most relevant plays in the history of Argentine theatre is Juan Moreira, first premiered by Hermanos Podestá in 1884. This study explores the reasons for the canonization of the play, considered to be at the core of the origins of Argentinian theatre and the national idea of theatre, taking into account both the text and its performance and, at the same time, the legacy of this
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Post-materialidad en los Andes: espacios performativos andinos en Yuyachkani Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-04-14 Pedro de Jesús Gonzales Durán
Abstract: In this article, I analyze one-actor plays, Adiós Ayacucho (1990) and Rosa Cuchillo (2002), written and performed by the collective Grupo Cultural Yuyachkani. I propose that in both plays non-human elements in collaboration with the human bodies on stage develop a memory-healing process to overcome the trauma produced by the Internal Conflict that occurred in Peru from 1980 to 2000. Both
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Blackface minstrelsy en Buenos Aires: Las actuaciones de Albert Phillips en 1868 y las visitas de los Christy's Minstrels en 1869, 1871 y 1873 (y una discusión sobre su impacto en la cultura local) Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2021-11-03 Ezequiel Adamovsky
Abstract: American blackface minstrels began to perform for local audiences in Buenos Aires between 1868 and 1873, beginning with Albert Phillips and followed by two different companies of Christy's Minstrels. This article describes the performances that they presented—the songs, dances and sketches, melodies and rhythms, instruments, and costumes—and their reception by porteño audiences. It also considers
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Entre espectacularización y censura: Subjetividades negras en el teatro brasileño de mediados del siglo XIX Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2021-11-03 María Alejandra Aguilar Dornelles
Abstract: This article examines the representation of enslaved men and women in mid-nineteenth-century Brazilian theatre. It focuses on and analyzes O demônio familiar (1857) and Mãe (1860) by José Martiniano de Alencar in the context of the foundation of the Conservatório Dramático Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro, whose objective was to read, evaluate, and authorize plays for staging. I suggest that
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Antesala de un teatro de títeres moderno: Juan Enrique Acuña al frente de los "Títeres del Verdegay" y "Titiritaina" (1944-1960) Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2021-11-03 Bettina Girotti
Abstract: During the 40s, puppet theatre began to have an increasingly stable and visible presence in the artistic culture of Buenos Aires as a result of the work of puppeteers who in different ways modernized and legitimized puppet theatre as a theatrical form. Changes in the conception of childhood during the first part of the 20th century influenced the path taken by these artists. Children became
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Animales pancrónicos del teatro: Notas sobre la persistencia de técnicas actorales previas en el teatro universitario chileno (1910-1962) Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2021-11-03 Andrea Pelegri Kristic, Andrés Kalawski Isla
Abstract: Many theatre scholars and artists regard the birth of university theatres in Chile during the 1940s as the founding act of modern Chilean theatre and performance. University drama schools produced a new type of actor/actress, often described as "dramatic" or "cultured," as opposed to another kind of performer known as "national." Dramatic actors religiously followed their lines and subordinated
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Memory in Motion: UrbanTheater Company's Back in the Day and the Chicago Latinx Dance Crews of the 1980s Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2021-11-03 Israel Reyes
Abstract: During the 1980s, a number of Latinx and Black dance groups emerged from high schools on the Near Northwest Side of Chicago. Contemporaneous with the Chicago House Music phenomenon that began in Southside clubs like the Warehouse, LGBTQ dance groups such as The Culitos, The All Stars, and Imported Taste choreographed routines and competed in dance battles to the driving beat of house, disco
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El teatro de San Miguel de Tucumán: Salas, circuitos de producción e instancias de formación Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2021-11-03 Pablo Salas Tonello
Abstract: The aim of this essay is to give a broad view of theatre in San Miguel de Tucumán, the sixth most populated city and one of the most important centers of artistic education and theatre production in Argentina. Given its university and vigorous independent activity, San Miguel de Tucumán holds a relevant position in the northwestern region and hosts tens of theatre students every year. The
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Teatro Línea de Sombra durante la pandemia: Entrevista con Alicia Laguna y Jorge A. Vargas Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2021-11-03 Ana Martínez
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Teatro Línea de Sombra durante la pandemia:Entrevista con Alicia Laguna y Jorge A. Vargas Ana Martínez El 20 de abril de 2021 me reuní con Alicia Laguna y Jorge A. Vargas vía Zoom para hablar sobre su trabajo durante la pandemia de Covid-19. Laguna y Vargas son cofundadores y directores artísticos de la compañía Teatro Línea de Sombra
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After the Long Silence: The Theater of Brazil's Post-Dictatorship Generation by Cláudia Tatinge Nascimento (review) Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2021-11-03 Steven F. Butterman
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: After the Long Silence: The Theater of Brazil's Post-Dictatorship Generation by Cláudia Tatinge Nascimento Steven F. Butterman Nascimento, Cláudia Tatinge. After the Long Silence: The Theater of Brazil's Post-Dictatorship Generation. Abingdon. Oxon: New York, Routledge, 2020. 268 pp. This well-researched monograph is a rich
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Drama y narración. Teatro clásico y actual en español by José-Luis García Barrientos (review) Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2021-11-03 Elvira Popova
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Drama y narración. Teatro clásico y actual en español by José-Luis García Barrientos Elvira Popova García Barrientos, José-Luis. Drama y narración. Teatro clásico y actual en español. Madrid: Ediciones Complutense, Serie Investigación, 2017. 246 pp. A principios de la década del 2000, en la literatura dramática apareció un
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The Sense of Brown by José Esteban Muñoz (review) Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2021-11-03 Gerónimo Sarmiento Cruz
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Sense of Brown by José Esteban Muñoz Gerónimo Sarmiento Cruz Muñoz, José Esteban. The Sense of Brown. Durham: Duke University Press, 2020. 224 pp. Consisting of essays composed over the span of a decade and a half, The Sense of Brown posthumously gathers José Esteban Muñoz's writings on latinidad. Each essay included in
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Staging Lives in Latin American Theater: Bodies, Objects, Archives by Paola S. Hernández (review) Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2021-11-03 Gail A. Bulman
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Staging Lives in Latin American Theater: Bodies, Objects, Archives by Paola S. Hernández Gail A. Bulman Hernández, Paola S. Staging Lives in Latin American Theater: Bodies, Objects, Archives. Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 2021. 219 pp. In this meticulously researched study of documentary theater practices in Latin
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El teatro judío como corriente modernizadora: la escena ídish y su influencia en el campo teatral de Buenos Aires Latin American Theatre Review Pub Date : 2021-06-09 Paula Ansaldo
Abstract: During the interwar period, Buenos Aires established itself as a Jewish city of international cultural relevance. In the 1930s in particular, a rich Yiddish theatre circuit was developed and supported by the city’s large population of Yiddish-speaking Jews. Buenos Aires soon became a privileged destination in the tours of itinerant Jewish artists and a theatrical center that attracted a large