un poyo rojo presents
oc to b e r 3 - 11
Marilyn and Charles Baillie Theatre
DIRECTION
Hermes Gaido WITH
Luciano Rosso Nicolás Poggi Alfonso Barón CHOREOGRAPHY
Luciano Rosso Nicolás Poggi CREATED BY
Luciano Rosso Nicolás Poggi Alfonso Barón Hermes Gaido PRODUCTION
Producciones Teatrales T4: Jonathan Zak Maxime Seuge
This production runs approximately 60 minutes with no intermission
Synopsis As a crossover between dance, sport and sexuality, this play utilizes body language to explore the limits of contemporary language and movement and its subsequent interpretations. It is either a provocation or an invitation for us to laugh at ourselves and offers—at the same time—an opportunity to accept ourselves entirely. Un Poyo Rojo is a mixture of acrobatics and humour. See it as naïve, kitsch, cliché or any of the numerous interpretations one can throw at it; however, it still remains an outstanding striking display of man’s physical and spiritual potential.
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Hermes Gaido Stage director and graduate of the Buenos Aires Art Academy, where he studied with Alejandro Saenz, Eduardo Gondell and Paco Redondo. Between 1989 and 2008, he participated in 14 theatre, film and dance projects, touring Brazil, Holland, Korea, Syria, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Colombia, Guatemala, Panama and Peru. In 2009, he directed for theatre and music company URRAKA with Luciano Rosso.
Luciano Rosso Trained in five modes of dance, Rosso is a true star in his native country. His YouTube channel, filled with lip-synch videos, has millions of views. He has worked in film and theater as a dancer and choreographer and danced on television in El Show de Videomatch, Operación Triunfo and Los Roldán, all for Telefe signal. From 2006 to 2009, he served as a teacher of Scenic Experimentation in Movement and Body Percussion at the Cultural Center ‘Laburatorio’ in San Fernando.
Nicolás Poggi Dancer, teacher and choreographer, he studied sculpture and theatre at IUPA and contemporary dance at Bahía Blanca, improving his talent in the atelier of Teatro San Martín in Buenos Aires, where he works as an assistant. He has danced with various companies in his native country. His creations include Afuera, Infiltrados, Mute, Transformer, Monte, El bobo and Tualet, in addition to Un Poyo Rojo.
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