Miguel Rubio "Decolonizing Andean Theatricalities"
We are happy to invite you to a talk and a book presentation by playwright and theater director Miguel Rubio from Lima, Perú. His presentation will reflect upon the decolonizing power of theater, establishing a dynamic dialogue with ancestral forms of celebration in the Andean world that offer us new ways of thinking about indigenous traditions in tension with colonial impositions. Miguel Rubio will also present his new book Sin tÃtulo, técnica mixta (2024).
Miguel Rubio
He is a renowned playwright and director from Lima, Peru, has played a key role in advancing Peruvian theater since 1971 as a founding member and director of the cultural collective Yuyachkani. His work is deeply rooted in exploring Peruvian culture, society, and politics, earning him numerous awards, including the prestigious National Culture Award. He is the author of El cuerpo ausente (2006), RaÃces y semillas: maestros y caminos del teatro en América Latina (2011) and Sin tÃtulo, técnica mixta (2024) among others.
Rubio is the director of Yuyachnani a leading theater collective from Perú known for its groundbreaking work in theatrical experimentation, political performance, and collective creation. The group's name, meaning "I am thinking, I am remembering" in Quechua, reflects its commitment to exploring embodied social memory, particularly related to ethnicity, violence, and memory in Peru.
Yuyachkanis work has been influential in Latin America's "New Popular Theater," emphasizing grassroots community issues, mobilization, and advocacy. I was honored with Peru's National Human Rights Award in 2000 for its creative integration of indigenous and cosmopolitan performance forms, providing valuable insights into Peruvian and Latin American theater, as well as broader postcolonial social aesthetics.
This event is organized by Latin American Studies and Co-Sponsored by Chicano and Latino Studies, Comparative World Lit., Geography, Human Development, International Studies, Latin American Studies, Journalism, RGRLL, Sociology, ES&P, and LFSA, ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú 75th Anniversary and LBS Financial.
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