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Foto-estáticas [videorecording].

Rosa Luisa Márquez, Antonio Martorell 1939-, Lolita Villanúa, Andanza (Dance company) and Centro de Bellas Artes de Puerto Rico.
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Title
Foto-estáticas [videorecording].
Author/Creator
Rosa Luisa Márquez, Antonio Martorell 1939-, Lolita Villanúa, Andanza (Dance company) and Centro de Bellas Artes de Puerto Rico.
Restrictions/Permissions
Copyright holder:Rosa Luisa Márquez, Contact information:Rosa Luisa Márquez, El Monte Sur 190 (140-B), San Juan, Puerto Rico 00919, +1-787-396-8390 (business), +1-787-753-2841 (fax), rosaluisa3@gmail.com, http://www.marquezmartorell.org
Language
Spanish
Date
2002 Apr. 19
Description
2 videocassettes of 2 (Digital Betacam) (59 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.; 2 videodiscs of 2 (DVD) (59 min. : pt.1, 41 min. ; pt.2, 18 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Summary: Rosa Luisa Márquez (www.marquezmartorell.org) is a Puerto Rican theater artist and pedagogue. Founding member of the theater group Anamú in 1971, she holds a Master's degree from New York University and a Doctorate from Michigan State University; she specializes in contemporary theater. Rosa Luisa started her teaching career at the Theater department of the University of Puerto Rico in 1978. She developed the current curriculum of Drama Activities, which she teaches in her workshops at schools, prisons, rehab centers, women's shelters, nursing homes and community centers. Her directing projects include 'Romeo(s) y Julieta(s),' 'Historias para ser Contadas,' 'La Leyenda del Cemí,' 'Procesión,' 'Waiting for Godot,' 'Jardín de Pulpos,' 'Absurdos en Soledad,' 'El León y la Joya,' among others. In conjunction with Puerto Rican visual artist Antonio Martorell, she created the concept of Itinerant Performers (1987-1990) resulting in twelve productions.

Summary: Published books include 'Brincos y saltos: el juego como disciplina teatral' and 'Historias para ser contadas, montaje de Rosa Luisa Márquez.' She is a member of the board of directors and pedagogical team for the EITALC's International School of Latin American and Caribbean Theater. Ongoing artistic collaborators include Gilda Navarra and Antonio Martorell (Puerto Rico), Grupo Malayerba (Ecuador), Grupo Yuyachkani (Peru), and directors Peter Shumann (Bread & Puppet Theater, U.S.A.) and Augusto Boal (Theater of the Oppressed, Brazil). This video documents a choreographic version of 'Foto-Estáticas.' A collaboration between Márquez and renowned Puerto Rican artist Antonio Martorell, the piece was originally created in 1985 with students of the course Drama Activities at the University of Puerto Rico (Humacao campus) as a performance to complement Martorell's art show 'Álbum de Familia' (Family Album).

Summary: The piece has since then been restaged several times by the Teatreros Ambulantes de Cayey, touring internationally. The present iteration of the piece is a choreographic version created in collaboration with Puerto Rican contemporary dance company Andanza, directed by Lolita Villanúa. Before the piece starts, the audience is invited to join the artists onstage in creating the characteristic costumes of 'Foto-Estáticas,' an array of garments and props made out of recycled newsprint.

Credits: Andanza, Compañía Puertorriqueña de Danza Contemporánea, Inc., producer ; Rosa Luisa Márquez, Antonio Martorell, directors ; Andanza, choreographic version ; Lolita Villanúa, artistic director ; based on drawings by Antonio Martorell ; Antonio Martorell, set & costume design ; Luis Amed Irizarry, Omar Silva, music ; Jorge Ramírez, lighting design ; Miguel Villafañe, videographer.

Credits: Lolita Villanúa, Vesna Lantigua, Roberto López, Olaya Muentes, Ivelisse Negrón, María Teresa Robles, Rodney Rivera, Carlos Iván Santos, Armando Seda, Rosa Luisa Márquez, Antonio Martorell ; Luis Amed Irizarry, Omar Silva (musicians).