THEATER TRAINING

“I performed in Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), and coordinated theater programs. In El Público magazine, I was assigned to contemporary theater. As founding director of Tilmun Teatro for three years, we made an early use of video on stage in Madrid, and staged work by Bernard-Marie Koltès, Sergi Belbel (Madrid premieres), and Julio Cortázar (world premiere). I wrote Monster’s Decalogue, visual theater that was well received by Sala Cuarta Pared. I staged Roberto Zucco, and move to New York with a grant from the Ministry of Culture to study Filmmaking. I started to be inspired by European art movements, the avant-garde, and Theater of the Absurd. Later on, it all evolved through transmedia filmmaking and visual theater-dance, both exploring new narratives and technology.” —PV

Alfred Jarry

Alfred Jarry (1873-1907) is a French writer precursor of Symbolism, Dada, Surrealism, Futurism, and Theater of the Absurd. “The work of art is a stuffed crocodile. […] One can show one's contempt for the cruelty and stupidity of the world by making of one's life a poem of incoherence and absurdity.” —ALFRED JARRY I In Madrid university, work in King Ubu

Avant-Garde

“The brilliant imagery of Alfred Jarry’s works usually lapse into incoherence and often scatological symbolism. […] His play King Ubu (1896) is often cited as a forerunner of Dadaism, Surrealism, and Futurism movements.” 20th century masters Tadeusz Kantor, Robert Wilson, and Peter Brook, were influenced by the avant-garde. I In New York, work with Robert Wilson

Theater Of the Absurd

“Theater of the Absurd refers to dramatic works of European and American dramatists of the 50-60s who agreed with the Existentialist philosopher Albert Camus assessment that the human situation is essentially absurd, devoid of purpose. Writers as Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco, Jean Genet, Arthur Adamov, and Harold Pinter shared that humankind is hopeless, bewildered, and anxious.” I In Tilmun Teatro, world premiere of a Theater of the Absurd play by Julio Cortázar

“I performed in school for the first time ever as Petruccio in The Taming of The Shrew by Shakespeare. In high school, we did Molière, and I directed ¡Viva el Duque, nuestro dueño! by Spanish José Luis Alonso de Santos after acting in the same play by Teatro Enea. Modern theater came my way through Out of Sea by Polish Sławomir Mrożek in regional theater too, as the avant-garde did through King Ubu by French Alfred Jarry in Madrid university. Still in university, my last performance was No Time To Laugh by Spanish Alfonso Sastre by Teatro Enea.” —PV 

PRESS

Teatro Enea: Pedro Valiente I Teatro Enea: Local Press

School Theater Actor The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, The Doctor in Spite of Himself by Molière I University Theater Actor King Ubu by Alfred Jarry, In Love but Discreet by Lope de Vega, director: José Ramón Díaz-Sande, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)

TIMELINE

Regional Theater Actor Viva el Duque Nuestro Dueño, director Pablo Céspedes, Teatro Enea I National Theater Assistant director of Caresses by Sergi Belbel, director Guillermo Heras I Professional Theater Coordinator of Bufons, director. Alberto Jaén I Director of Tilmun Teatro, UCM I Director of visual theater at National Center for the Arts, Mexico.

FEATURED

Directing Tilmun Teatro university theater company. I Writing for El Público theater magazine. I PhD dissertation on Robert Wilson in New York.

Butoh Dance I Tilmun Teatro I Early Work