VII Authors Meeting with Translators

The SGAE Foundation, the Association of Theater Authors and Authors (AAT) and the National Dramatic Center-INAEM, with the collaboration of Spanish Cultural Action (AC / E) through its Internationalization Program of Spanish Culture (PICE) in Mobility modality, have organized the VII Meeting of Authors with Translators SGAE-AAT Foundation to be held within the framework of the XX edition of the International Theater Book Fair, which will take place at the Valle-Inclán Theater in Madrid (Plazuela de Ana Diosdado s / n), headquarters of the National Dramatic Center – INAEM, from October 17 to 20. Access is free until capacity is reached.

This initiative pursues the dissemination of Spanish theatrical heritage in other languages ​​and the international promotion of Spanish authors. For four days, the El Mirlo Blanco Room of this theater will host a series of morning meetings between these and six translators from different countries: Franziska Muche (Germany), Françoise Thanas (France), Manuela Cherubini (Italy), Alejandra Alem (Portugal ), Susan P. Berardini (United States) and Tim Gutteridge (United Kingdom). To them is added the assistance of Zoubeir Ben Bouchta (Morocco) as an international observer.

The selected authors may initiate individual contact with a translator during the four days of this meeting. Each translator will see a maximum of 16 authors. A total of 64 playwrights, partners of SGAE, of the AAT or members of the Rivas Cherif Laboratory (CDN), have been selected to meet with the six translators.

An AC / E representative and a representative of the SGAE Foundation will present this program at the opening ceremony of the International Theater Book Salon, on Friday, October 18 at 1:30 p.m.

Six translators in search of author

As a novelty, in this edition, authors who have been selected by more than four translators to interview (Paco Gámez, Nieves Rodríguez Rodríguez and Víctor Vegas) will have the opportunity to meet the six in a joint session, in order to that translators can ask the questions they deem appropriate to get to know this work better. The sessions will be held this Thursday and Friday afternoon and will be open doors, so that producers and publishers can also witness it, if they wish, unable to ask questions during the session.

Moroccan playwright and screenwriter Zoubeir Ben Bouchta, currently director of the Riad Sultan Cultural and Artistic Space in the Kasbah of Tangier, which will open in 2020, will attend these sessions as an international observer.

To this program is added a series of activities around contemporary dramaturgy such as dialogues between authors, round tables, theater awards, professional meetings with agents of the sector, representations of youth microteatro, a debate moderated by Félix Estaire between Ernesto Caballero and Lucia Carballal, and four days of dramatized readings, among others.

This activity adds to the dramatized reading cycles that the SGAE Foundation regularly organizes as the SGAE Dramatized Reading Cycle that includes the winning texts of the latest editions of the SGAE Awards of Jardiel Poncela and Children's Theater, LAM Contest or the Writing Laboratory Theatrical, which will take place from November 10 at the Sala Berlanga in Madrid and in theaters throughout Spain.

Theater Pitching: Can you tell me in five minutes?

The SGAE Foundation also organizes a series of professional sessions in which the authors can present a theatrical text for five minutes to editors, producers, stage directors, representatives, programmers, companies and other agents in the sector. The activity will take place on Thursday 17 at 7.30 pm and its objective is to facilitate the meeting between the authorship and the other agents involved in the sectorial framework, in order to promote the creation of new projects. As a novelty, in this new edition, we will have the presence of international producers: Rui Frati del Théâtre de l'Opprimé (Paris) and MigrActions Festival, Juan Luis Acevedo de Iati Theater, Teátrica y FuerzaFest (New York) and Zoubeir Ben Bouchta del Cultural and Artistic Space Riad Sultan. Kasbah (Tangier), among others.

Three news from the SGAE Foundation

In addition, the SGAE Foundation will have an exhibition space and its own point of sale in the XX International Theater Book Fair. This showcase will allow the public to know the editorial background of the Foundation, which is completed with three titles published this November, corresponding to two of the winning texts of the last edition of the SGAE Theater Awards: Eloy and tomorrow. A genre tale from Iñigo Guardaminoy Astrolabe from Paco Romeu. These works are the winners of the XII International Leopoldo Alas Mínguez Contest, which summon the SGAE Foundation and the Visible Association, and the XIX SGAE Children's Theater Award, which the SGAE Foundation co-publishes together with Anaya in its collection Book souprespectively. To these texts is added the publication of A third place by Denise Despeyroux, finalist for Best Theater Authorship at the XXI Max Performing Arts Awards, organized by the SGAE Foundation.

These three texts are the last to be integrated into the entity's extensive editorial catalog, which has more than two hundred titles so far and outlines the state of the contemporary scene. Thus, to the aforementioned theater collections of the SGAE Foundation, the Teatroautor collection, manuals, guides, essays, biographies, anthologies and studies on management policies, marketing and loyalty of audiences are added, all for sale in the XX Hall Theatrical Book International.

Aid for the translation of theatrical texts

Continuing with the internationalization work of the SGAE partner authors, the SGAE Foundation has convened in 2019 the Aid for the Translation of Theater Texts, whose registration period ends on November 15 of this year. This aid, first convened in 2016, allowed some of the beneficiaries to meet at these meetings, such as Felix Estaire, which Ivana Krpan translated Rhapsody for a tall man; Borja Ortiz de Gondra, who requested help for William Gregory (United Kingdom) to translate his work The Gondra, a Basque story, or Vanessa Montfort who claimed her to translate her work with Pino Tierno (Italy) The Greyhound

About the International Theater Book Fair

The AAT has been organizing the International Theater Book Fair since 2000. This initiative aims to disseminate the theater book; both to the author's work and to the texts related to some of the specialties of the performing arts. Throughout its nineteen editions, it has attained great importance nationwide as it is the only event specialized in promoting dramatic texts in their literary version. Apart from offering editorial news, a series of parallel activities are organized (dramatized readings, presentations, awards, meetings, round tables, etc.) in which different professionals from the sector participate.

About translators

Alejandra Alem (Portugal). Translator and producer. Degree in Languages, Literatures and Cultures – French and Spanish Studies – Minor in Translation from the Nova University of Lisbon. He obtained the University Diploma of Portuguese Foreign Language by the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon. Uruguayan and French, he has lived in Lisbon since 1990 where he studied acting at the Institute of Formation, Theater and Theater Production and production at the Higher School of Theater and Cinema. In 2001 he founded the theater company Primeiros Sintomas in Lisbon, premiering with the show A’Ros Suicidam-se from Greguerías by Ramón Gomez de la Serna. He has worked in theater and audiovisual in international productions in France, Portugal and Argentina.

Susan P. Berardini (U.S). Professor, translator and proofreader of Premiere Contemporary Spanish Plays. Doctor in Spanish literature from the University of Buffalo, where she specialized in contemporary Spanish theater. He wrote his doctoral thesis on the theater of Paloma Pedrero. She is currently a Spanish teacher at Pace University in New York and writes in the annual series Premiere Contemporary Spanish Plays, which is dedicated to the publication of contemporary Spanish theater translated into English. Among the novelties of this year, there will be a series of dramatized readings at the Embassy of Spain, in Washington, D.C., which will focus on the theater of Paloma Pedrero, Laila Ripoll and Yolanda García Serrano. Premiere Contemporary Spanish Plays It has 42 volumes, which represent the best playwrights in the country. The importance and success of this series were recognized in 2015, when he received the Best Editorial Work Award from the Theater Authors and Authors Association in Madrid. As a translator, in 2019 she published her English translations of twelve short works in the series SIZE DOESN'T MATTER / SIZE DOESN’T MATTER. These translations include pieces by Immaculate Alvear, Antonia Bueno, Alberto de Casso, Ignacio del Moral, Juana Escabias, Jerónimo López Mozo, Miguel Murillo, Ignacio Pajón, Néstor Villazón and Pedro Víllora. He is currently preparing a translation of I got lost in your eyes by José Ramón Fernández.

Manuela Cherubini (Italy). Director, author and translator. Degree in Theater History at the Faculty of History and Philosophy of the University of Rome "La Sapienza". Since 2002 he studies Dramaturgy with José Sanchis Sinisterra in courses at the Institut del Teatre de Barcelona and at the National Dramatic Center in Madrid. He has translated to Italian works and essays by Sanchis Sinisterra, Juan Mayorga, Javier Daulte, Daniel Veronese, Federico León and Rafael Spregelburd, among others, as well as the volumes of compilation and analysis of theater in Spanish. As director, she has staged works by Rafael Spregelburd, Daniel Veronese or Juan Mayorga.

Tim Gutteridge (United Kingdom). Translator, Bachelor of History, and Master in Applied Linguistics. He was a translation professor at the Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. Member of the Institute of Translation and Interpretation of the United Kingdom (ITI), of the Association
of Literary Translators (TA), and of the Mediterranean Network of Publishers and Translators (MET), a member of the group of theater translators, Out of the Wings (OOTW)
Among his theatrical translations are: Rukeli by Carlos Contreras Elvira, trad. 2017, with financial help from the SGAE Foundation; The swallow / The swallow by Guillem Clua, trad. 2017, prod. Cervantes Theater, London, 2017 and 2018; ed. Antígona Ediciones, Madrid, 2018 .; MORON. / I.D.I.O.T. by Jordi Casanovas, trad. 2018; ongoing project, production is expected in 2020; The flag / The flag by Guillem Clua, trad. 2018; Bad joke / Bad joke by Jordi Casanovas, trad. 2018; prod., Omnibus Theater, London, 2019.

Franziska Muche (Germany). Translator specialized in theater. She has a degree in Language Studies, Economics and Civilization from the University of Passau, in Translation and Interpreting from the University of Granada and has trained as an actress and playwright at the Michael Chekhov Studio in Berlin (2007-2010). He has worked at the Association of Academic Cooperation in Brussels, to promote internationalization in the field of higher education. Since 2007 she is dedicated to theater as a translator, director and playwright in youth theater. Between 2013 and 2016 he directed the series of dramatized readings AMBIGÚ at the Alte Kantine Wedding in Berlin, dedicated to international contemporary dramaturgy. Franziska Muche translates works by Spanish-speaking playwrights into German and, in collaboration with Pilar Sánchez Molina, from German to Spanish. As a translator, she has collaborated frequently with the Goethe Institute in Madrid and the PANTHEA and Sprachspiel agency, as well as with several publishers of plays, German theaters, important festivals and with the theater magazine Theater der Zeit. In 2016 he is the sole jury of the Anna Seghers literature prize and participates in the Authors Meeting with Translators organized by the SGAE Foundation and the AAT. Between 2017 and 2019 he receives twice the support of the SGAE Foundation for his translation of works by José Manuel Mora and Abel González Melo. In 2018/2019, he translates into a team of four translators new Cuban works for the Theater der Zeit publishing house and receives a scholarship from the German Translators Fund to develop the concept of a series of theater anthologies translated from Spanish.

He is a managing member of the Drama Panorama theater translators platform.

Francoise Thanas (France). Translator Graduated in Letters, Spanish and Theater Studies, she coordinated numerous theatrical translation seminars in France and Latin America, mainly in Argentina and Uruguay. Make documentary subtitles. He has directed two books: Argentina, dramatic writing today Y Uruguay, dramatic writing today. She is the author of the essay Atahualpa Yupanqui. Has translated Impunity exercise, the Juan Gelman case by Carlos Liscano, Astor by Diana Piazzolla (Coup de coeur of the Charles Cros Academy), Living word (texts and poems of the disappeared during the Argentine dictatorship), and poems by Delmira Agustini, Alfonsina Storni and Violeta Parra. Among the playwrights, he translates the texts of numerous Spanish and Latin American authors. Their translations are published by Les Solitaires Intempestifs, Sud-Papiers, Éditions Théâtrales, Indigo, Hamac / Septentrion (Québec), Frictions Magazines and Du Théâtre. He coordinated the tribute to the Argentine actor and author Eduardo Pavlovsky. This event was scheduled in Buenos Aires in November 2017, and included many testimonies of French artists, photos and documents, excerpts from pieces recorded by France Culture. He received the Don Quijote Festival Translation Award, from the Lyon Theater Authors Conference, and the Teatro del Mundo Award, awarded by the Rojas Cultural Center of the University of Buenos Aires.

Zouberi Ben Bouchta (Morocco). Playwright, screenwriter and cultural manager. He trained in Theater Writing at the Al-Maâmura Center in Rabat and at the Maison des Cultures du Monde in Paris, under the direction of Chrif Khandar (1987). In 1997 he made an initiatory stay in The making of documentary cinema in the Parisian workshops Varan, which culminated in the realization of the short film An invisible hand on Goussainville. He trained in dramaturgy under the assistance of the English writer April de Angelis of the Royal Court Theater that organized the Andalusian Theater Center, Teatro Alhambra in Granada (1999). She also obtained a scholarship for a stay at the City of Arts in Paris in 2011. In the early 2000s she worked with the American director Allen Stuart (1920-2011) on an artistic stay at the La MaMa theater in Manhatan (New York) , where he elaborated the story of Ahmed Yacobi The night before thinking. Winner of the Prize of the Union of Writers of Morocco, of Young Creators in 1992 with his play The octopus and the prize for the best dramatic text at the National Festival of Moroccan Theater in Meknés, twice, in 2004 and 2008, for his works Lala Y’mila Y White feet. He was honored in Tunisia in the 14th edition of the Theater Days of Carthage (2009).

The suitcase and the frost (1993) and The cage (1996), followed by Red fire (2006), to which
other dramatic works happened that achieved much more fame for their diffusion, reception and representation among which stand out: Shakespeare Street (2017), Tinjitanus (2015), The naked bread man (2014), and Tangier Hotel, a trilogy composed of three works, Sing, wave !, Lala Y’mila, Y Shakespeare Street. In 2009 he published the book of literary testimonies Hafa coffee, a loneliness among the crowd and in 2003, co-authored with Yahya Ibn Ualid, publishes Dialogue with Mohamed Chukri. He currently serves as director of the Cultural and Artistic Space Riad Sultan at the Kasbah of Tangier, which will open in 2020. He attends the VII Meeting of Authors with Translators invited by the SGAE Foundation through the PICE program of AC / E and with the collaboration of the Ministry of Culture of the Embassy of Spain in Morocco and the Dramatic Center
National (CDN-INAEM).

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CIRCULAR has the objective of contributing to make visible the new theatrical production of Latin America through staging, dramatized readings, workshops, editorial news and round tables.

The presentation of CIRCULAR will take place in the Manuel de Falla Room, SGAE (Calle Fernando VI, 4), on Thursday, October 10, at 7:00 p.m.

Complete dossier (PDF)

With the sponsorship of the Ministry of Culture and the Iberescena Program, CIRCULAR will host for two weeks an extensive program of activities, highlighting six shows of Latin American companies, in places as emblematic as Casa de América, spaces such as the Pilar Miró Cultural Center and independent theaters such as Ship 73.

In Colombia, Petra Theater intervenes, one of the most representative scenic groups in the South American country, and which has recently celebrated its 34 years of existence, with I am not crazy, work written and directed by Fabio Rubiano and performed by the renowned actress Marcela Valencia.

From Portugal the company Em Nome do Caos, in co-production with the Teatro da Trindade – INATEL, of Lisbon, arrives with #Emigrants, a creation by Ricardo Boléo from texts by the Russian poets Al Berto and Fernando Pessoa and the Polish writer Slawomir Mrozek.

Chile will also accompany us, with Ba € Nqü € ro $: the world of finance unmasked by an irreverent saltimbanqui inspired by Shylock, of The merchant of Venice, played by Andrés del Bosque, one of the best connoisseurs of the jester's transgressive art.

Laura Almela, outstanding theater actress in Mexico, will present the play Some stories, inspired by stories by Juan José Arreola, Alice Munro, Saki and Graham Green. The show features the live musical participation of Anna Margules (peak flute).

The Madrid company ARTISTAS Y. will intervene with Chronicle of a kidnappingby Mario Diament, Konex 2014 award as one of the five most relevant playwrights of the decade in Argentina. A thriller Psychological directed by Lidio Sánchez Caro who delves into the fears of contemporary societies.

Dominican Republic will also be present with Park Bench, by Russian writer Alexander Gelman, in the version of Teatro Mandragora, by María Castillo. Actress, director and producer, is one of the main figures of the Dominican scene: several years responsible for the National School of Dramatic Arts, and the National Theater Company, from 2000 to 2006.

In the Pavón Kamikaze Theater, dramatized readings of recent works will be offered, with texts by two internationally recognized authors: Elizabeth Ovalle, from the Dominican Republic, and David Olguín, from Mexico.

CIRCULAR includes work sessions with Latin American creators, specialists in different areas of the performing arts, such as Andrés del Bosque, who will give the workshop "The sacred jester".

CIRCULAR will also make a presentation of books in which authors and publishers committed to the publication of recent texts will meet. A look at the Ibero-American theater from the female perspective.

Finally, round tables will be developed on strategies for the implementation of theatrical projects: the use of New Technologies and the operation of the networks for the national and international projection of shows.

In its first edition, CIRCULAR 2019 will host six companies, ten playwrights, and more than forty performing arts professionals from Latin America.

More information in www.circularteatroiberoamericano.com

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Malaga, Max 2020 Stage

The gala of the XXIII Max Awards for the Performing Arts will take place on June 29 at the Cervantes Theater

It is the fifth time that these awards have been in the Andalusian Community

The SGAE Foundation and the City of Malaga announced today at a press conference the Stage in which the XXIII edition of the Max Awards for the Performing Arts, the greatest recognition of the talent of theater and dance professionals in our country. The tables of Cervantes Theater of Malaga will host the award ceremony of these awards, which will be held on June 29, 2020.

The SGAE Foundation and the City of Malaga have signed today the collaboration agreement for the XXIII gala of the Max 2020 Awards at an event held at the Consistory of Malaga and open to the media, in which all have also been presented The news of the new edition. In the meeting the mayor of Malaga, Francisco de la TorreHe recalled that the Max Awards ceremony will coincide with the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Cervantes Theater: "The gala will be a stimulus for the Performing Arts of Spain and the creative and emerging theater activity in Malaga, which will be given visibility It is a very special year for Malaga and the Cervantes Theater. We hope it will be an unforgettable gala. "

For its part, Pilar Jurado, president of the SGAE, has highlighted the support of the session, his love and commitment to culture "believing in it and making it a way of life. All this work has turned Malaga into a cultural capital of reference. The theater is a of the oldest arts that we have today still makes us reflect and think about the future.The Max Awards are a showcase of creators, of people who leave their legacy for future generations.We thank you for welcoming us and we hope that these awards have the brightness that theater deserves, "he explained.

Juan Ramón Arnáiz, president of the SGAE Foundation, has stressed the importance of holding the Max Awards: “Re-celebrating the Max awards in Andalusia is very important. It is a unique framework in which we enjoy a perfect climate, it also serves to draw attention to the work done by the creators and artists of the Performing Arts in this autonomous community. We can only thank, on this occasion, the Malaga City Council for their love and attention towards the scenic sector. We are sure that the enthusiasm with which the Max awards have been received by the Malaga City Council will help make this next edition one of the most remembered in the future. ”

In the meeting they have been present Francisco de la Torre, mayor of Malaga; Pilar Jurado, president of the SGAE; Juan Ramón Arnáiz, president of the SGAE Foundation; Noelia Losada, Councilor for Culture and Sports of the City of Malaga; Juan Antonio Vigar, di-rector-manager of the Cervantes Theater, and Veronica Repiso, director of the SGAE in Andalusia.

For the fifth time, the Max in Andalusia

The itinerant nature of the Max Awards has taken them throughout their 23 editions through different theaters of the Spanish geography. With this there are now five occasions when these awards to theater and dance professionals come to Andalusia (in 2000 at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, in 2008 at the Lope de Vega Theater in the same city, in 2011 in the Great Theater of Córdoba, and in 2018 at the Cartuja Center CITE of Seville). However, it will be the first time that the great festival of the Performing Arts takes place in Malaga.

Spanish Performing Arts have outstanding professionals from Malaga, whose work has been deservedly recognized in the Max. This is the case of the company El Espejo Negro by Ángel Calvente and Carmen Ledesma, who received the Max for Best Children's Show in 2009 for The life of a louse called Matthias and in 2012 by The fantastic journey of Jonah the sperm. Also, another great winner has been the choreographer and dancer Rocío Molina, who won the Max for Best Choreography in 2015 by Burning forest, in the same category in 2017 by Fallen from heaven, for which she was also winner as Best Female Dance Performer, and as Best Dance Show in 2019 for Shout pelao, which also won the award for Best Sound Space. In the category of Best Supporting Actor, he won the Max Pepón Nieto in 2015 for The Eunuch and Ángel Ruiz did the same for Miguel de Molina naked, in 2017, this time as Best Leading Actor.

Between the Malaga finalists El Espejo Negro and Rocío Molina have appeared on many occasions in recent years, but other renowned figures have also been nominated. This is the case of creators of the stature of actress Kiti Mánver, who was selected as Best Leading Actress in 2014 by The wounds of the wind and in 2018 by Sensitive, or choreographer Luz Arcas (Cía. La Pharmaco), who entered the list of nominees in 2013 for Exodus: first dayin 2017 by Kaspar Hauser. The orphan of Europe, and in 2019 by A great political emotion, where she was nominated in the categories of Dance Show, Choreography, Female Performer and Musical Composition.

The Andalusian Community He has received more than twenty Max Awards. Thus, it is worth mentioning the work of a lifetime of Salvador Távora, which received the Max Award of Honor in 2017, and that will be released with the Max a Carmen as a Show with Greater International Presence. Or many others, related in many occasions with dance and flamenco, such as Antonio Canales and his flamenco ballet in 1998 with Gypsy as Best Dance Show, or with Bengues Variations on the house of Bernarda Alba Y Guernica Suite, as Best Male Dance Performer the following year, which he also repeated in 2001 for Cinderella; Cristina Hoyos, in 2000, as Best Female Dance Performer for Arsa and take; the Flamenco Ballet of Sara Baras as Best Dance Show and Best Choreography for Juana the Mad in 2001; Eva Yerbabuena, who has won the Max for Best Dance Show with Lime and song (2005), Rain (2010), When I was (2012), and Best Female Dance Performer on many other occasions, as in Oh in 2014, Appearances in 2018, and in the last edition by Sugar tales; o Israel Galván, winner of the Best Male Dance Performer in 2011 for Wrestling returns to Price or in 2012, where he also won the Max for Best Choreography for The curve and in 2014 by The real / Le réel / The real.

They also obtained the precious apple Andalusian appointments such as the International Flamenco Biennial of Seville (2015) or the Month of Dance (2009) scheduled in the Andalusian capital, the Golden Age Theater Days of Almeria (2013) as well as Axioma Theater ( 2005), the Teatro Central de Sevilla (2014), Laví e Bel for Best Musical Show for Liquid Cabaret in 2009, or professionals and companies such as Alejandro Cruz Benavides, Best Musical Direction for The Left Barrada of Laví e bel (2012), Manuel Liñán, Best Male Dance Performer for Cup to cup (2013) and Reversible (2017), as Daniel Doña by Psyche in 2019, La Maquiné by Grimm Forest (Best Children's Show 2014), The Funamviolistas de 8co80 Cultural Management (Best Revelation Show 2014), or Alberto Conejero (Best Theater Author for The Dark Stone, 2016), among others.

Other cities such as Barcelona, ​​Bilbao, Córdoba, Guadalajara, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Madrid, Seville, Valencia, Valladolid, Vigo or Zaragoza have also received these awards in previous editions.

Collaboration agreement

The collaboration agreement signed between the Cervantes Theater and the SGAE Foundation states that the theater will contribute the amount of 170,000 euros (taxes not included) for the realization of the gala and the SGAE Foundation undertakes to take care of all the expenses derived from the organization of the same that were necessary for its realization and that were not supported by the Cervantes Theater, both parties being able to seek sponsors for the gala.

About the Max Awards

Organized by the SGAE Foundation since 1998, the Max Awards, whose award is designed by the poet and plastic artist Joan Brossa (Barcelona-1919/1999), promoter of one of the renovating groups of Spanish postwar art, have consolidated throughout these years as the broadest recognition in the field of performing arts in the Spanish state.

In recent years, the Max Awards for the Performing Arts have established themselves as the benchmarks of the sector, reaching a growing number of followers and awakening the interest of companies of all types and throughout the national territory. In its last edition, held on May 20, 2019 at the Calderón Theater in Valladolid, around 3,000 professionals attended and 359 shows were registered.

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Winners of the XXII Max Awards of Performing Arts, 2018-2019

The Jury for the Selection of Winners of the XXII edition of the Max Awards for Performing Arts, 2019, chaired by Ms. Teresa Nieto (President), Mr. Eloy Arenas, Ms. Mar Gómez and Ms. Doña Pedrero, as well as Ms. Yolanda García Serrano, as representative of the Organizing Committee (without vote) and Ms. Andrea de Gregorio, Coordinator of the Scenic Arts Department of Fundación SGAE, as Secretary without vote.

Reports that the XXII edition of the Max Performing Arts Awards have attended a total of 366 shows inscribed, of which 119 they were candidates, Y 35 were finalists. The latter being reviewed and analyzed by the present jury within the deadline established by the organization and, after the deliberations made today by the members of the jury, agree to proclaim as winners of the XXII edition of the Max Performing Arts Awards, 2019 to the following shows and professionals, ordered by category (nineteen):

1.- Best theater show

The Tenderness of City Theater and Abbey Theater.

two.- Best dance show

Scream pelao of Compañía Rocío Molina – Danza Molina, S.L.

3.- Best musical or lyrical show

The crazy opera of Klemark Theater Shows S.A, Rami Eldar and Yllana Productions.

4.- Best street show

Floats He said. David Moreno & Cristina Calleja.

5.- Best show for children, youth or family audiences

Dices of Ventrículo Veloz, S.L.U.

6.- Best revelation show

Iphigenia in Vallecas by Serena Producciones, S.L.

7.- Best theatrical authorship

– Josep Mª Miró i Coromina for Temps Salvatge.

8.- Best revelation authorship

Daniel J. Meyer for A.K.A. (Also Known As).

9.- Better adaptation or theatrical version

Jordi Prat i Coll by Els jocs florals of Canprosa.

10 Better musical composition for stage show

Sílvia Pérez Cruz for Scream pelao.

eleven.- Better choreography

Sharon Fridman for Erritu

12.- Best stage direction

Xavier Albertí for Temps Salvatge.

13.- Best design of scenic space

Curt Allen Wilmer by Lehman Trilogy.

14.- Best costume design

Deborah Macias for Comedy Aquilana.

fifteen.- Better lighting design

Juanjo Llorens for The curious incident of the dog at midnight.

16.- Best actress protagonist

María Hervás for Iphigenia in Vallecas.

17.- Best leading actor

Albert Salazar for A.K.A. (Also Known As).

18.- Better feminine interpreter of dance

Eva Yerbabuena for Tales of sugar.

19.- Best male dance performer

Daniel Doña for Psyche.

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Gala of the XXII Max Performing Arts Awards

The gala will take place at 8 pm at the Teatro Calderón in Valladolid

Concha Velasco will receive the Max de Honor Prize in her hometown

TVE will broadcast the gala live and in high definition by The 2, within a special program dedicated to the theater

"The party of freedom". This is the motto on which the XXII edition of the Max Awards that SGAE Foundation organizes this afternoon, at 8 pm, at the Calderón Theater in Valladolid, a gala that will highlight the Castilian-Leonese culture through the arts, tradition and the avant-garde. The gala will be broadcasted by La 2 of Radio Televisión Española live and for the first time in high definition.

Organized by the SGAE Foundation, with the collaboration of the City Council of Valladolid and the Foundation of Universities and Higher Education of the Junta de Castilla y León, the awards for excellence of the Spanish Performing Arts will run for a holiday in which it will be celebrated before all freedom.

"We want the Max Awards to be a celebration of freedom, to give voice to all people and groups, always with respect, and to remind us that art, in any of its forms, should not be persecuted," he explained. Ana Graciani, which highlights that the gala is not just an awards ceremony, it is a unique show with a specific theme.

The great celebration of the Performing Arts arrives, for the first time, to Castilla y León, in a week that also celebrates the 20th edition of the International Festival of Theater and Street Arts of Valladolid, whose artists will liven up the red carpet prior to start of the gala, starting at 6pm.

The scenic director Ana Zamora leads a luxury team, made up of Elisa Sanz as a stage designer, winner of seven Max Awards, and Deborah Macías as costume designer and costume designer. Wheat, blue and gold colors will turn a sober proscenium into a brilliant field of Castile. A predominantly female team for prizes in which "this year women represent 53% of the finalists", as Graciani explained.

"The gala will be a holiday, from dawn to night," Zamora clarified. "The commitment of the SGAE Foundation to give it a theme and creative freedom when developing it has allowed us to build a party in which we have a group of people who are committed to an idea to transmit some principles from the scenic and the theatrical. "

On the stage, as master of ceremonies, the actor from Valladolid will meet Fernando Cayo (Dress of Púgil and with shirt of Darío Beltrán) that will lead the gala in its diverse moments: morning, afternoon and night. "It is a pride to present a gala that has personality and content, a celebration that celebrates the Performing Arts without copying the strategies of galas of cinematographic awards from other countries," he said.

The feeling of vindication of the Castilian art is the one that has prevailed at the time of fitting all the artistic proposals of the gala. A festival of the arts capable of combining tradition and avant-garde through recitals and performances that go from the dulzaineros and cabezudos to contemporary dance and pop today. The performances of Sílvia Pérez Cruz (dressed in Cortana), the Burgos group LA MODA, Amancio Prada, Eliseo Parra (Vertize Gala), Julia de Castro (dressed in Armani, with a dress by Leandro Cano in photocall), Nuevo Mester de Juglaría, Let the children play Big Band and in the memory figures like Agapito Marazuela, Luis Rosales or Miguel Hernández.

A XII edition that will have exceptional contributions to deliver the 22 prizes (19 of the finalist categories and three special prizes): Charo López, Lucía Miranda (dressed as Anita's Singer), Lucía Quintana, Marta Poveda, Ginés García Millán and Óscar de la Source (Dresses by Vertize Gala), Ana Otero (dressed by Laura Bernal), Alba Frechilla and María Negro (dressed as La Novia & Co).

Special broadcast in the Sala Berlanga

For the first time, fans of the Performing Arts have the opportunity to follow the Max 2019 Awards Gala live (streaming, today from 8 pm) from Sala Berlanga in Madrid (c / Andrés Mellado, 53. Limited capacity).

The SGAE Foundation has enabled the broadcast of the gala on the big screen for all fans of theater and dance who wish to live live the excitement of the award ceremony. A perfect occasion to meet in a room equipped to enjoy the most awaited ceremony of the year for the professionals of the world of Performing Arts, accompanied by the finalist companies.

At the end of the broadcast, there will be a raffle among the attendees to attend as a public the Max 2020 Awards (travel and stay for two people).

Three special prizes

Organized by the SGAE Foundation since 1998, the Max Awards, whose prize is designed by the poet and artist Joan Brossa (Barcelona-1919/1998), promoter of one of the renewing collectives of post-war Spanish art, have been consolidated as over these years as the broadest recognition in the field of Performing Arts in the Spanish State, reaching a growing number of followers and arousing the interest of companies of all types and throughout the national territory.

These awards celebrate 23 years keeping their three special awards: Max honor award, that this year has distinguished the figure of Concha Velasco as a pioneer of Spanish musical theater; the Amateur Max Award or of a social nature, which in its XXII edition share ex aequo the Alicante company Taules Teatre and the riojana The Garnacha Theater, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the Performing Arts; and the Max Public Award, granted to Genovese de Groc Teatre, by adding the highest number of votes through the online application #VotaMax

The Organizing Committee of the XXII edition of the Max Performing Arts Awards is composed of Ana Graciani, president of the SGAE Foundation; Pilar Jurado, president of the SGAE; the playwrights Juan Luis Mira, Paloma Pedrero and Óscar Castaño 'Garbitxu' (president of the Territorial Committee of SGAE in Euskadi); and the members of the School of Great Right of the SGAE Eduardo Galán, Yolanda García Serrano and the choreographer María Pagés.

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Freedom, tradition and modernity at the XXII Max Performing Arts Awards

The gala will take place this Monday, May 20, at 8 pm, at the Teatro Calderón in Valladolid

Concha Velasco will receive the Max de Honor Prize in her hometown

TVE will broadcast the gala live and in high definition by La 2, within a special program dedicated to theater

"The party of freedom" This is the motto on which the XXII edition of the Max Awards which will take place next May 20 at the Teatro Calderón in Valladolid, a gala that will highlight the Castilian-Leonese culture through the arts, tradition and the avant-garde. The gala will be broadcasted by La 2 of Radio Televisión Española live and for the first time in high definition, from 20 hours.

Organized by the SGAE Foundation, with the collaboration of the City Council of Valladolid and the Foundation of Universities and Higher Education of the Junta de Castilla y León, the awards for excellence of the Spanish Performing Arts will run for a holiday in which it will be celebrated before all freedom.

"This is a freedom with responsibility and vocation," said Ana Graciani, president of the SGAE Foundation, at the presentation of the gala before the media, held today in Madrid. The act was also attended by Óscar Puente, mayor of Valladolid; Urbana Gil, director of the Culture and Society area of ​​TVE; José María Viteri, artistic director of the Calderón Theater in Valladolid; Ana Zamora, director of the gala, and actor Fernando Cayo.

"We want the Max Awards to be a celebration of freedom, to give voice to all people and groups, always with respect, and to remind us that art, in any of its forms, should not be persecuted," Graciani explained. , which highlights that the gala is not just an awards ceremony, it is a unique show with a specific theme.

For his part, the Mayor of Valladolid, Óscar Puente, thanked the SGAE Foundation for "having trusted in our city to host this important event. Be assured that Valladolid will be up to the level that the Max Awards deserve. "

The great celebration of the Performing Arts arrives, for the first time, to Castilla y León, because "it was already time for the Max Awards to come to Valladolid, a city that has amply demonstrated, and continues to do so, that it is a city of theater and in which this weekend the Max Awards coincide with the 20th edition of the International Festival of Theater and Street Arts of Valladolid ".

The feeling of vindication of the Castilian art, to which Bridge has made reference, is the one that has prevailed at the time of fitting all the artistic proposals of the gala. The scenic director Ana Zamora leads a luxury team, consisting of Elisa Sanz as the stage designer, winner of seven Max Awards, and Deborah Macias as costume designer and costume designer. Wheat, blue and gold colors will turn a sober proscenium into a brilliant field of Castile. A predominantly female team for prizes in which "this year women represent 53% of the finalists", as Ana Graciani explained.

"The gala will be a holiday, from dawn to night," Zamora clarified. "The commitment of the SGAE Foundation to give it a theme and creative freedom when developing it has allowed us to build a party in which we have a group of people who are committed to an idea to transmit some principles from the scenic and the theatrical. "

On stage, as master of ceremonies, will be the Valladolid actor Fernando Cayo who will lead the gala at its various moments: morning, afternoon and evening. "It is a pride to present a gala that has personality and content, a celebration that celebrates the Performing Arts without copying the strategies of galas of cinematographic awards from other countries," he said.

A festival of the arts capable of combining tradition and avant-garde through recitals and performances that go from the dulzaineros and cabezudos to contemporary dance and pop today. Outstanding are the performances of Sílvia Pérez Cruz, the Burgos group LA MODA, Amancio Prada, Eliseo Parra, Julia de Castro, New Mester de Juglaría, the Let the children play Big Band and in memory figures such as Agapito Marazuela, Luis Rosales or Miguel Hernández .

A gala, the mayor has continued, to be held at the Teatro Calderón, "we are delighted that our most emblematic scenic space, which celebrates 155 years of life and 20 since its rehabilitation, welcomes with that reason to the most beautiful of the Spanish scene ". And he also wanted to accentuate the vallisoletano flavor that will give to this event two natives of the city: his presenter, Fernando Cayo, and Max de Honor, Concha Velasco.

The artistic director of the Teatro Calderón, José María Viteri, has highlighted this space as "the theatrical heart of Valladolid, a city that loves theater with 6 rooms that have continuous programming, and that celebrates the best way the 20 years since its rehabilitation : with the Festival of Performing Arts ".

Special broadcast in the Sala Berlanga

For the first time, fans of the Performing Arts have the opportunity to follow the Max 2019 Awards gala live (for streaming, next May 20 from 20 hours) from the Sala Berlanga in Madrid (c / Andrés Mellado, 53. Limited capacity).

The SGAE Foundation has enabled the broadcast of the gala on the big screen for all fans of theater and dance who wish to live live the excitement of the award ceremony. A perfect occasion to meet in a room equipped to enjoy the most awaited ceremony of the year for the professionals of the world of Performing Arts, accompanied by the finalist companies.

To attend, it is necessary to register in advance through the e-mail address salaberlanga@fundacionsgae.org, before May 17, 2019. At the end of the broadcast, there will be a raffle among the attendees to attend as a public the Max 2020 Awards (travel and stay for two people).

Special programming in La 2 de RTVE

Televisión Española will broadcast the XXII edition of the Max Awards in rigorous direct and for the first time in high definition. A gala that can be enjoyed on May 20 from 20 hours on La 2 and on rtve.es.

Urbana Gil explained that RTVE will continue betting on prizes with which they have toured many cities in Spain since 1998, because they have "characteristics and importance within the Performing Arts that makes us very proud of this content"

Thus, the emission of the gala is included in a special program in which you can also see the interviews of Fernando Cayo and Concha Velasco in the program Attention Works! on May 16 and 23, respectively, in addition to the traditional special that this program dedicated each year to the awards.

In addition, the program History of our cinema from Friday 17 will broadcast two films, adaptations of plays: Yerma, by Federico García Lorca, and Almost a gentleman, José María Forqué's film, starring Concha Velasco, who will attend the program as a guest at the colloquium.

By last, Spanish version will emit this Sunday 19 Girlfriend, adaptation of Paula Ortiz for the big screen of the applauded text Blood Wedding of Lorca. The program will be completed with a symposium dedicated to the poet from Granada and the theater in which Jaime de los Santos, Councilor for Culture of the Community of Madrid, will participate; Carlota Ferrer, playwright and director of the Fall Festival; and Irma Correa, member of the Young Company.

Three special prizes

Organized by the SGAE Foundation since 1998, the Max Awards, whose award is designed by the poet and artist Joan Brossa (Barcelona-1919/1998), promoter of one of the renewing collectives of post-war Spanish art, has consolidated over these years as the broadest recognition in the field of Performing Arts in Spain, reaching every time a greater number of followers and arousing the interest of companies of all types and throughout the national territory.

These awards celebrate 23 years keeping their three special awards: Max honor award, that this year has distinguished the figure of Concha Velasco as a pioneer of Spanish musical theater; the Max Amateur or Social Prize, which in their XXII edition share ex aequo the company from Alicante Taules Teatre and the riojana The Garnacha Theater, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the Performing Arts; and the Max Public Award, granted to Genovese of Groc Teatre, by adding the highest number of votes through the online application #VotaMax.

The Organizing Committee of the XXII edition of the Max Performing Arts Awards is composed of Ana Graciani, president of the SGAE Foundation; Pilar Jurado, president of the SGAE; the dramatists Juan Luis Mira, Paloma Pedrero Y Óscar Castaño 'Garbitxu' (president of the Territorial Committee of SGAE in Euskadi); and the members of the School of Great Law of the SGAE Eduardo Galán, Yolanda García Serrano and the choreographer María Pagés.

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The Valencian company Groc Teatre wins, with 'Genovese', the Max Prize of the Public 2019

Written and directed by the alcoyano Miguel Ferrando, the work is an allegation against sexist violence based on the real story of the murder of Kitty Genovese in the New York of 1964

Written and directed by Miguel Ferrando Rocher for the Valencian theater company Groc Teatre, the play Genovese has risen with the Max Public Award in its edition of 2019, thanks to the votes cast through the application on-line #VotaMax and in the voting section of the official website of the Max. This is the second time that the Max Performing Arts Awards have granted this special award – which is in addition to the Max de Honor and Max Amateur Awards, as well as the 19 contest categories -, with which it is desired to recognize the favorite show of this season for fans of the performing arts. In 2019, a total of 9,443 people participated in the vote (compared to 4,926 in 2018), and 11,782 votes were counted (one year before, 7,132).

The architects of the assembly Genovese will receive the award on May 20 during the gala of the XXII edition of the Max Awards for Performing Arts, organized by the SGAE Foundation with the collaboration of the City Council of Valladolid and the Foundation of Universities and Higher Education of the Junta de Castilla y Lion. The ceremony will also be broadcast live at 8 pm at La 2 de TVE.

With Genovese, the company Groc Teatre won a nomination, in the category of Best Revelation Show, in the current edition of the Max Awards, but did not manage to be among the finalists. The award has now reached them from the hands of its own public. "It has been an incredible surprise. For a small company like Groc Teatre, which also has only been active for six years, such a prize is a gift, "Miguel Ferrando comments excitedly. "The fact that it has been the public that has recognized our work is especially significant, since Genovese It is a complicated, hard, shocking work. In fact, after some performances, we have organized round tables with the public and the comments have always been wonderful, very emotional. We feel that with Genovese We have connected with the public, with their feelings, "he adds.

Symbol against sexist violence

Miguel Ferrando Rocher explains that the germ of his work Genovese you have to look for it in a theatrical writing workshop taught in 2017 by the dramatist Xavier Puchades. "He proposed an exercise on the subject that is dealt with in the text. I was very interested in the story and decided to investigate further. From there I wrote the work, I later passed it to the actress Amparo Marí, who interprets it together Ilion Trebickaand he loved it. It was a whole succession of incredible factors. " The process continued with an initial assembly that allowed for slight adjustments until its official release in November 2018, in the Sala Matilde Salvador de La Nau of the Universitat de València.

The story that tells the work, by the way, is that of Kitty Genovese, a 28 year old girl who was raped and murdered in 1964 near the apartment in Queens (New York) where she lived. As it became known later, more than thirty people heard the cries for help from the young woman, but they did not react in any way. Since then, the Genovese case has inspired films, songs and even comics, and has become a symbol against macho violence. "Unfortunately, Genovese is a universal and timeless theme, given that, although it happened more than fifty years ago, it is still fully valid. So many years after that, we are still talking about the same thing, "laments the playwright from Alcoy.

The play GenoveseHowever, it is not a faithful recreation of that fateful episode. Miguel Ferrando explains: "The piece shows a parallel between the event in New York and another similar set in the present. I wanted to start from that real story so that the public of today could empathize more with this issue, and, in this way, denounce that the story of Kitty Genovese is not something that has already happened, but something that is still happening, with other protagonists and, perhaps, in other circumstances, but it is something real and everyday. "

About Groc Teatre

The company Groc Teatre was founded in 2013. Since that date, it has set up different assemblies, such as Fuss, Tourmalet (Crisàlide Award 2019 to the Actor Revelación, of the association Actors i Actrius Professionals Valencians, a Guille Zavala) or Good luck Mr. Gorsky. The hallmark of the company is that all its productions are nourished by real stories, as in the aforementioned case Genovese. "In my texts I try to start from authentic events, but little known by the public, to then take them to the stage in a different way. I love popular culture and those facts that one day give rise to big headlines in the media and shortly after, suddenly, disappear. I love to rescue those stories, discover them to the public, and that's where, in fact, I find inspiration and material for my works, "says Miguel Ferrando.

The actor and director Miguel Ferrando was born in Alcoy (Alicante) in 1985. He has studied Performing Direction and Dramaturgy at the School of Dramatic Arts of Valencia, in addition to attending numerous theatrical courses and workshops taught by, among others, Antonio Rojano, Carles Alberola, Paco Zarzoso or Eva Zapico. Director and founder of the company Groc Teatre, he has written, directed and premiered more than a dozen pieces. His work Tourmalet It has been published by La Caja Books.

Three special prizes

Organized by the SGAE Foundation since 1998, the Max Awards, whose award is designed by the poet and artist Joan Brossa (Barcelona-1919/1998), promoter of one of the renewing collectives of post-war Spanish art, has consolidated over these years as the broadest recognition in the field of Performing Arts in Spain, reaching every time a greater number of followers and arousing the interest of companies of all types and throughout the national territory.

These awards celebrate 23 years keeping their three special awards: Max honor award, that this year has distinguished the figure of Concha Velasco as a pioneer of Spanish musical theater; the Max Amateur or Social Prize, which in their XXII edition share ex aequo the company from Alicante Taules Teatre and the riojana The Garnacha Theater, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the Performing Arts; and the Max Public Award, granted to Genovese, by Groc Teatre, by adding the most votes through the online application #VotaMax.

The Organizing Committee of the XXII edition of the Max Performing Arts Awards is composed of Ana Graciani, president of the SGAE Foundation; Pilar Jurado, president of the SGAE; the dramatists Juan Luis Mira, Paloma Pedrero Y Óscar Castaño 'Garbitxu' (president of the Territorial Committee of SGAE in Euskadi); and the members of the School of Great Law of the SGAE Eduardo Galán, Yolanda García Serrano and the choreographer María Pagés.

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The companies Taules Teatre and La Garnacha Teatro share the Max Amateur Award 2019

With several decades of experience and numerous awards in their curricula, they have become two reference companies in the panorama of Spanish amateur theater

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The organizing committee of the Max Performing Arts Awards has granted the Max Amateur or Social Character Award 2019 ex aequo to companies Taules Teatre of Pinoso (Alicante) and The Garnacha Theater of Logroño (La Rioja). The first celebrates four decades of uninterrupted activity. Forty years, since its premiere in 1979, during which it has made more than sixty productions with which it has toured throughout the Spanish geography and, even, by different international festivals, from Mexico to India, and that have earned them to harvest more of a hundred awards. The committee of the Maxs has wanted to emphasize especially the role that the company has developed as a cultural promoter throughout the province of Alicante and, by extension, of the Valencian Community, and its permanent commitment to a theater amateur of great quality and committed to the reality of its environment.

Also veteran is La Garnacha Teatro, which since its creation in 1983 has established itself as a reference company in the amateur stage scene, both for its numerous awards and the rigor of its proposals, and for showing the consolidation of a cultural project in the one that practically continues the same team from its beginnings. In addition, this group has been the driving force of the Garnacha National Theater Competition of Rioja Haro, aimed at amateur and professional companies, which this year reaches its 22nd edition and has become the most important competition in its category of how many are held in all Spain.

On May 20, the director of Taules Teatre, José Antonio Pérez Fresco, and that of La Garnacha, Vicente Cuadrado Palma, will go on stage at the Calderón Theater in Valladolid to collect their respective awards during the gala of the XXII edition of the Max Awards for Performing Arts, organized by the SGAE Foundation with the collaboration of the Valladolid City Council and the Universities Foundation and Superior Teachings of the Junta de Castilla y León.

"Receiving the Max Amateur has meant, in addition to immense joy, recognition of a whole career of forty years," explains the director of Taules Teatre. "Four decades during which we have not ceased to release and rotate a single year, always wanting to grow and achieve maximum excellence. You can say that we are already an institution in our region, "he adds. In similar terms, the head of La Garnacha Teatro, Vicente Cuadrado, highlights the "immense joy" that this award has been for the entire company. "It has been something quite unexpected. The highest award we could aspire to, "he says.

Taules Teatre: 40 years of passion for theater

The passion for theater is what undoubtedly defines the work of Taules Teatre. This is the only way to understand the enormous involvement of the members of this company in a project that has been growing at the same rate that its audience was doing, and that, despite its own vocation amateur, aspires to offer a professional quality product to the spectators. "We are very demanding with ourselves, but also our public is more and more. People value our effort and the quality of our assemblies, and, in fact, of the nearly eight thousand inhabitants that our municipality of Pinoso has, around two thousand attend our representations regularly, "says José Antonio Pérez Fresco.

There is an anecdote that the director of the company recalls and that, somehow, portrays the members of Taules Teatre: "The Catalan writer and playwright Jaume Serra i Fontelles, with whom we maintain a magnificent relationship, he wrote for us Refugiats i fugitius, which we premiered in 2009. The work is about a group of people who every night take refuge in a station without trains to share stories with which to try to escape from everyday life and the monotony of their own lives. Serra told us that this is how he saw us all and, in reality, this story is a metaphor that defines us perfectly. The theatrers are very rare people "laughs Pérez Fresco.

The origin of Taules Teatre dates back to 1979, when a group of young people, moved by the euphoria of the Transition and the nascent democracy, decided to create a cultural association that, among other initiatives, soon launched with great success a film club and a theater group. The projections lasted five or six years, the theatrical activities, however, gained momentum and have not stopped in these four decades. "The company lasted because from the first moment the venom of the theater was permeating all of us. And in our audience. We managed to give life to a town away from large populations, in addition to offering cultural alternatives to our young people, so that they could be integrated and participate, "says the theatrical director. In this line, the training work that Taules Teatro has been developing since the early 90s has been particularly relevant, through the creation of a Municipal Performing Arts Workshop for girls and boys, which years later was transformed into a Theater School that currently has with almost a hundred students of all ages and from all over the region. "Over the years, we have made children and adults consider the theater as an essential aspect for their development. From our school, in addition, professionals from the scene have come out. All this feeds us, renews our enthusiasm and passion for theater, "he says.

The director of Taules Teatre, finally, points out two milestones in this long trajectory of the company. On the one hand, when in 1989, coinciding with the tenth anniversary of the theater collective, the Casa de la Cultura de Pinoso was inaugurated. There they found a suitable space to rehearse and represent their shows in conditions, which led them to "take the leap and face much riskier productions". Already in the 90s, on the other hand, when the theatrical competitions began to proliferate all over the country, the members of Taules Teatro saw there a possibility of undertaking new challenges and continuing to grow. His passion, again, was reinforced and recognized with numerous awards, more than a hundred since then, and with the jump to the international scene, participating in the Indian Theater Olympiad and in the Revolt Festival of the Mexican State of Durango. Acknowledgments to those who now add the Max Amateur Award 2019, which, in the words of José Antonio Pérez Fresco, will serve to provide "added value and new doses of passion to the company." For many years.

La Garnacha Theater: the dream of the theater

With almost forty years of history behind it and a spectacular curriculum, La Garnacha Teatro is considered one of the most prestigious amateur theater companies in Spain. The figures support it: its components have staged around forty works (currently, they have eight different productions in their repertoire) and add more than 350 awards in national competitions (and, among them, a total of 66 first prizes) . Also, as they like to point out, the company keeps four of its founding members in its ranks. "It seems like a dream," says the director of the theater group, Vicente Cuadrado Palma. "We never imagined that we would travel and get to know the entire Spanish geography, its gastronomy, its culture, its landscapes, doing what we like the most and finally reaching a recognition as important as the Max's," he adds.

The adventure began in 1983, when a group of students from the I.E.S. Brothers D'Elhuyar of Logroño joined together to, simply, "make theater". Since then, those young people have grown, but they say they keep their enthusiasm intact for the scene and, although they have been integrating new members to the company during the journey, they still prefer not to talk about generational relief: "We are still young and would like to continue with This project is the same as we started it, along with those who have joined us to make this story that we are passionate about and to which we have dedicated so many hours of dedication during all these years possible. "

They also keep intact that kind of motto that has guided them on their way: "We make theater to do theater". So, without more. Cuadrado explains: "We have always considered that the most important thing for us was the fact of doing theater, without this vocation could serve as a source of income for any. Therefore, La Garnacha has dispensed with the subsidies and never any member of the company has charged anything for their activity. Everything that is generated is reinvested in the group itself. " In this way, the theater collective has been adding each season new productions to their history, increasing their level of demand and avoiding prejudices. "We have represented all kinds of genres: comedy, tragedy, classical and avant-garde theater, children's theater, musical theater … And from works by emblematic authors, such as William Shakespeare, Albert Camus, Dario Fo or José Zorrilla, to classics of the Riojan theater as Manuel Bretón de los Herreros or contemporary playwrights like Alfonso Sastre and Ignacio García May"

In 2006, La Garnacha Teatro received a nomination in the Max Awards, in the category of Revelation Show, for The night of Madame Lucienne of Copi, under the direction of Angel Facio. "It is the only time that we have been directed by a professional, although it adapted to our group philosophy, but we had to renounce the nomination because it was not a professional company," says Vicente Cuadrado Palma. On May 20, however, the head of the company can go on stage to pick up a statuette at the gala of the Max. "By residing in a small community like La Rioja, where there are also very few theaters, the contests have allowed us to travel and make our work known throughout Spain. In a way, the prizes are the seeds that constantly renew our illusion and allow us, in addition, to finance new assemblies and initiatives ".

Some of those projects parallel to the company is, for example, the National Garnacha Theater Contest that since 1998 organized in the town of Haro. "The contest has a phase for amateur companies and another for professionals. It is a risk and, in fact, at first we thought it would not work. However, more than two decades later, the festival is fully consolidated and is a reference in Spanish theater, "he concludes.

Three special prizes

Organized by the SGAE Foundation since 1998, the Max Awards, whose prize is designed by the poet and artist Joan Brossa (Barcelona-1919/1998), promoter of one of the renewing collectives of post-war Spanish art, have been consolidated as over these years as the broadest recognition in the field of Performing Arts in the Spanish State, reaching a growing number of followers and arousing the interest of companies of all types and throughout the national territory.

These awards, whose next edition will be broadcast live at 8:00 pm on TVE's La 2, celebrate 23 years of keeping their three special awards: Max honor award, that this year has distinguished the figure of Concha Velasco as a pioneer of Spanish musical theater; the Max Amateur or Social Prize, which includes projects in favor of integration and social projection and amateur companies with an outstanding contribution to Performing Arts; and the Max Public Award, which will be granted to the show that has obtained the greatest number of votes from the public through the online application #VotaMax. .

The Organizing Committee of the 22nd edition of the Max Performing Arts Awards is composed of Ana Graciani, president of the SGAE Foundation; Pilar Jurado, president of the SGAE; the dramatists Juan Luis Mira, Paloma Pedrero Y Óscar Castaño 'Garbitxu' (president of the Territorial Committee of SGAE in Euskadi); and the members of the School of Great Law of the SGAE Eduardo Galán, Yolanda García Serrano and the choreographer María Pagés.

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Ana Zamora will direct the XXII Max Awards gala

The actor Fernando Cayo will present the gala on Monday May 20 at the Teatro Calderón in Valladolid

It is the first time that Castilla y León hosts the ceremony

The theater director Ana Zamora (Segovia, 1975) will be in charge of directing the gala of the XXII edition of the Max Performing Arts Awards organized by the SGAE Foundation, with the collaboration of the City Council of Valladolid, the Foundation of Universities and Higher Education of the Junta de Castilla y León. The ceremony, which will be held on May 20, at 8:00 pm, at the Calderón Theater in Valladolid, will be broadcast live by La 2 de Televisión Española (TVE).

The actor Fernando Cayo (Valladolid, 1968) will act as master of a ceremony that this year pivots on freedom. "We have given a lot of thought to this concept, which is something very difficult to define. We have chosen freedom from a double perspective: as a right of the creator and as an obligation linked to its responsibility to build a better society, "explains Ana Zamora.

In practice, the gala aims to adapt the theory of freedom of Granada poet Luis Rosales to the parameters of the theatrical performance, transited by texts of the Baroque theater and there will be space for nature and popular party. "It's an unconventional gala. It will be a journey from the traditional to the contemporary: freedom can not be understood without past, present and future, "says the director.

This is the first time that the ceremony of the Max Awards, traveling awards, has been held in Castilla y León. For that reason, its characteristic landscape will have a special meaning in the staging. "We have tried to work with Castilian references, but with our feet on the ground. This is a land that seems never to be fashionable. I think it is interesting to revisit aspects that mix tradition and modernity. And ours is a land where past and present dialogue to the problem. The gala will go through a holiday: we have focused on the Castilian field, yes, but there will also be sequins and show, "stresses Zamora.

Concha Velasco will collect the Max de Honor in her city

In addition to the 19 contest categories, throughout the gala will be awarded three special prizes: the Max Amateur or Social Character, the Special Max of the Public and the Max of Honor, which, as the past was made public week, he has returned to Concha Velasco. The actress, who will pick up the award that recognizes her entire career on stage in her city, Valladolid, is "very excited and with enormous respect for what the award means".

About Ana Zamora

Titled Superior in Direction of Scene and Dramaturgy (RESAD), in 2001 he founded Nao d'amores, with which he develops a fundamental research and training for the staging of the Pre-Baroque Theater, and with which he has released 12 shows and obtained numerous awards and nominations (José Luis Alonso Award 2001, ADE Management Award 2008, Ojo Critical Theater Award 2008). He has directed for the National Company of Classical Theater, Teatro de la Zarzuela, National Drama Center, participated in innumerable seminars and congresses, and has given training workshops in Spain and abroad. It is Corresponding Academic by the Royal Academy of History and Art of San Quirce.

About the Max Awards

Organized by the SGAE Foundation since 1998, the Max Awards, whose prize is designed by the poet and artist Joan Brossa (Barcelona-1919/1998), promoter of one of the renewing collectives of post-war Spanish art, have been consolidated as over these years as the broadest recognition in the field of Performing Arts in the Spanish State.

The Organizing Committee of the 22nd edition of the Max Performing Arts Awards is composed of Ana Graciani, president of the SGAE Foundation, Pilar Jurado, president of SGAE, the playwrights Juan Luis Mira, Paloma Pedrero and Óscar Castaño 'Garbitxu' (president of the Territorial Committee of SGAE in Euskadi) and the members of the School of Great Right of the SGAE Eduardo Galán, Yolanda García Serrano and the choreographer María Pagés.

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Concha Velasco, Max Award of Honor 2019

Pioneer of Spanish musical theater, the Organizing Committee has highlighted her vast career as an interpreter and her fight for women's rights

The Organizing Committee of the Max Performing Arts Awards makes known the Max Award of Honor 2019, which has been granted unanimously to the actress Concha Velasco for being a key figure in the history of Performing Arts. The committee, which has highlighted his vast career as an interpreter and has highlighted it as pioneer figure of the Spanish musical theater and her commitment to the female figure, makes public the award through this release.
The pucelana interpreter will receive the award next May 20 at the Teatro Calderón in Valladolid during the ceremony to deliver the XXII edition of the Max Awards for Performing Arts which organizes SGAE Foundation with the collaboration of the City Council of Valladolid and the Foundation of Universities and Higher Education of the Junta de Castilla y León. After hearing the news, the actress has declared receiving the prize "excited and with enormous respect for what it means. In addition, they deliver it to me at the Teatro Calderón in Valladolid, a stage that has given me a lot. "

Conception Velasco Varona He was born in Valladolid in 1939, the city from which he received the Gold Medal and in which he holds a street with his name. Actress of theater and cinema, singer, dancer and television presenter, has participated in more than 80 films and in thirty plays, becoming one of the most beloved faces of the Spanish scene.

The performer, who in her record has a Max Award in 2002 for Best Musical Show for Hello Dolly !, has highlighted the value of receiving the Max de Honor: "I'm excited about what it means to me. I already have a Max to the best producer and I have been a finalist in several occasions, that I am now awarded the Max de Honor award is very important, "he concluded.

Pioneer of musical theater in Spain

Her extensive record has made her an iconic figure of the Performing Arts, however, it was her work in Spanish musical theater that catapulted her as an interpreter and consolidated her as a reference. He stepped on stage for the first time at age 10, trained in Spanish dance and classical dance, worked in the ballet of the National Opera Company and in the flamenco company of Manolo Caracol.

Already in 1985 he joined The Spanish musical comedy, program that recovered the gender of the magazine sponsored by Celia Gámez. He continued his career on the small screen, presenting and participating in musical programs such as Live the show in which in addition to acting, served as a speaker for the authors of his time. Suddenly, Concha Velasco entered live, every Friday night, in Spanish homes and with a self-taught character managed to carve out a legend as icon and reference, as an artist and as a woman. "For me, the theater is my passion and also the spectator. Climbing onto the stage allows me to abstain from how much I am surrounded and give myself to the character I am doing at that moment. I am very grateful to the viewer for his affection. I owe him so much! "He confesses.

A pioneer of a genre that was yet to emerge in Spain, Concha Velasco built a meteoric career with musical works such as Mom, I want to be an artist (1986) by Juan José de Arteche or Carmen, Carmen (1988) by Antonio Gala, of whom he was a muse. In theater, his performances in The truhana (1992) and Friday apples (1999), also written by Antonio Gala. As a businesswoman, she had great success with the adaptation of the Broadway musical Hello, Dolly! who starred herself Recently he has worked in Hecuba (2013), in the Queen Juana (2014) and The funeral, show with which he is currently on tour.

Revolutionary and committed

It took off like this a meteoric race and a focus of interest that the pucelana took advantage of to denounce the situation of women and cry out for the advance of Spanish society. It was then when his face was linked to vindicating, empowered people who fought for equal rights between men and women. Known are his works in works such as Women's rights (1962), The boyfriend (1962) or Those that have to serve (1962), Filomena Marturano (1979) or I get off on the next one, and you? (1981), in which Velasco raised the feminist flag first in black and white and then in color.

Converted into a hymn of a generation, it used its popularity to serve as a speaker in the struggle for the rights of creators, to sponsor new authors and also engage in political movements. "Beside me there have been comrades like José Sacristán and Tony Leblanc. We are the benchmark of an era and our career has always been linked to the history of Spain, such as the strike of actors of 10 days in 1975 with which we managed to stop the country. The rights that we artists have today, we get them then, "he recalls. "I have been a pioneer, it is true, but above all I have a present. I never look back, nor resign myself with what I have been. The past is past, but I am present, "he concludes.

A film career

But in addition to the theater, his professional career has been linked to the seventh art. Already at 16 years old, he made his film debut in the film The generous bandit (1954) by José María Elorrieta. After that first experience they did not stop succeeding other highly successful films like The girls of the Red Cross (1958) by Rafael J. Salvia, Valentine's Day by Fernando Palacios (1959), The cheaters (1959) by Pedro Lazaga, and later in Beehive (1982) by Mario Camus, Beyond the garden by Pedro Olea (1996) and Paris-Timbuktu (1999) by Luis García Berlanga. In the 80s, her name is associated with television, in which she works as a presenter and actress, highlighting her leading role in Teresa of Jesus (1983) by Josefina Molina. Since 2011, she has joined the Spanish Television team as a presenter of Neighborhood cinema, work that combines since then with other recordings as The girls of the cable (Netflix) or Gran Hotel (Antenna 3).

A life of professional recognitions

Actress awarded with the 2012 Goya Honor Award, her career has been endorsed by numerous awards such as the Ondas Award (1988 and 2012), the Miguel Mihura Prize of the SGAE (1982), the National Theater Award Pepe Isbert (1999), the Gold Medal of the Film Academy 2003, Gold Medal of Merit at Work 2008, Prize A lifetime of the Academy of Television 2009, the Medal of Honor of the Circle of Cinematographic Writers 2010, Award of the Union of Actors 2012 and Valle-Inclán Theater Award in 2014, the Corral Comedy Award in 2016 and the National Theater Award 2016, among others. In addition, she was a finalist for Best Actress at the Max Awards in 2010 for her work in The life ahead, and won the Max Award for Best Musical Show for Hello, Dolly! in 2002. His is a record that continues to expand, as it was recently awarded with the prize Duende Zahorí Torrelavega Winter Festival and the Gold Medal of Madrid, delivered by the mayor Manuela Carmena.

Previous winners

In the previous years the award went to José Sanchis Sinisterra (2018); Salvador Távora (2017); Lola Herrera (2016); Rosa Maria Sardà (2015); María de Ávila (2014); Ana Diosdado (2013); Julia Gutiérrez Caba (2012); José Monleón (2011); Josep Maria Benet i Jornet (2010); Miguel Narros (2009); Víctor Ullate (2008); Fernando Arrabal (2007); Pilar López (2006); José Rodríguez Méndez (2005); Francisco Nieva (2004); Alfonso Sastre (2003); José Tamayo (2002); Antonio Gala (2001); Adolfo Marsillach (2000); Antonio Buero Vallejo (1999) and the Teatro de la Zarzuela (1998).

Three special prizes
Organized by the SGAE Foundation since 1998, the Max Awards, whose prize is designed by the poet and artist Joan Brossa (Barcelona-1919/1998), promoter of one of the renewing collectives of post-war Spanish art, have been consolidated as over these years as the broadest recognition in the field of Performing Arts in the Spanish State, reaching a growing number of followers and arousing the interest of companies of all types and throughout the national territory. In this latest edition, which will be broadcast live at 20 hours in La 2 of TVE.

These awards celebrate 23 years keeping their three special awards: Max honor award, that distinguishes the trajectory of a person that for his contribution, delivery and defense of the Performing Arts, the Max Amateur or Social Prize, which encompasses projects in favor of integration and social projection and to amateur companies with an outstanding contribution to Performing Arts, and Max Public Award, which will be granted to the show that obtains the greatest number of votes from the public through the online application #VotaMax, effective until April 30.

The Organizing Committee of the 22nd edition of the Max Performing Arts Awards is composed of Ana Graciani, president of the SGAE Foundation, Pilar Jurado, president of SGAE, the dramatists Juan Luis Mira, Paloma Pedrero Y Óscar Castaño 'Garbitxu' (president of the Territorial Committee of SGAE in Euskadi) and the members of the School of Great Law of the SGAE Eduardo Galán, Yolanda García Serrano and the choreographer María Pagés.

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