Presentation
“Errabundo Pelele , Comapañía
de Títeres Errantes" born under the roof of the Casa-Taller de Marionetas
de Pepe Otal in 2012 by Roberto Alonso Gil (Burgos, 1977).
Since 2009 Roberto Alonso Gil is a member of the
Casa-Taller de Marionetas de Pepe Otal
(Barcelona, Spain), learning center specializing in the art of puppetry that
focuses dignify puppet as a broad and full of possibilities language that
enriches the Performing Arts.
After several years of experience in the management and organization in the Casa-Taller
de Marionetas de Pepe Otal at the beginning of 2012 with four puppeteers more
initianted the collective project " Laboratory Titirinante: Street
Workshop Puppets & Puppeteers", initiating in February 2013 a tour of Latin America in a bus become an itinerant workshop. The whole 2012 was
dedicated to the preparation, organization and project management as well as
the creation and presentation in Spain and France of the two shows of the
company: "In skopum et rubrum " and "Sin piernas y a lo loco: cabaret
ambulante".
The
"Laboratory Titirinante" ran for six months traveling Mexico,
Guatemala, San Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
In July 2013 after this
collective experience Roberto Alonso Gil decides to move on and reinitiated his personal project "Errabundo Pelele, Compañía
de Títeres Errantes", touring Costa Rica during six months until the end
of 2013.
Curriculum Vitae:
Roberto
Alonso starts his first steps in the art world in the group of street
entertainment ZASKATIMBA (medieval markets, juggling, balloon modeling, walking
performs, fire... ) Burgos,1997-2000.
Degree
in Biochemistry from the Univeridad the Basque Country.
Doctor of
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - Autonomous University of Madrid.
Courses
"Introduction to theater with objects" and "Introduction to the
construction of puppets" in the School
of Theatre Puppet TITEREARTE (Barcelona).
Workshop "Building foam puppets I and II " (Leticia Fried –La Columna Curvada) - Casa-Taller
de Marionetas de Pepe Otal (Barcelona,
2009).
Course
"Puppet theater lighting", Company "A la sombrita títeres" (Barcelona,
2010).
Annual
course "Creating a puppet show” Remiendo School Theatre, Granada (2010).
As a
member of the Casa-Taller de Marionetas has participated in numerous shows with
the puppets Cabaret "Let us go " touring in Barcelona, Zaragoza, Navarra and the Basque Country.
In
collaboration with Laura Galli, Francesca Montanari and Marco Belloni (Italy) found the Compañía Titiriqué?, creating
their first show "In Somnio: show of humans and objects about human and
objects", touring at Granada, Barcelona and at the International Puppet Festival
Titiriguada 2011 (Guadalajara).
During
the World Puppet Festival 2011 at Charleville- Mezieres (France) Errabundo
Pelele is presented as a wandering puppet character locked in his suitcase, a
character who will subsequently lead to his first solo show and the creation of
the company "Errabundo Pelele, Compañía de Títeres Errantes".
After
several years of experience in the management and organization in the
Casa-Taller de Marionetas de Pepe Otal at the beginning of 2012 with four
puppeteers more initianted the collective project " Laboratory
Titirinante: Street Workshop Puppets & Puppeteers", initiating in
February 2013 a
tour of Latin America in a bus become an itinerant workshop. The whole 2012 was
dedicated to the preparation, organization and project management as well as
the creation and presentation in Spain and France of the two shows of the
company: "In skopum et rubrum " and "Sin piernas y a lo loco:
cabaret ambulante".
http://www.laboratoriotitirinante.com
*
Presentation of "Laboratorio Titirinante" in 2012 :
Arts Festival “Desplaza't”
(Barcelona).
Titirimundi International Puppet
Festival (Segovia).
Festival of Street Arts Theatre and
Valladolid.
Street Theatre Festival of Aurillac
(France).
Festival International du Jeune
Public "Au Bonheur des Mômes" (France).
Fest'arts Festival Libourne (France).
International Puppet Festival
TITIRIGUADA (Guadalajara).
Balkiberfest Puppet Festival 2012
(Esplugues del Llobregat).
International Puppet Festival of
Bilbao.
International Puppet Festival of
Tolosa.
*
Presentation of "Laboratory Titirinante" in Latin America:
International Puppet Festival of San
Miguel de Allende (Mexico).
World Puppet Festival - Popular
Culture Center (Queretaro, Mexico).
Principal Theater of Huamantla
(Tlaxcala, Mexico ).
International Puppet Festival of
Morelia (Michoacan, Mexico).
Training Center Spanish Cooperation
Agency (AECI) (Guatemala).
Roque Dalton Theatre and Theatre of
the University Matías Delgado (San Salvador)
Central America Festival Theatre
Meeting (San José, Costa Rica).
Impromptu – Giratablas Theatre (San
José, Costa Rica).
* Workshop
"Nonverbal Communication" taught by Mexican Deaf Theater Company "Sign
and Word” - Central America Festival Theatre Meeting (San José, Costa Rica).
* June of 2013, Roberto Alonso started his solo puppeteer tour reinitiating his
own individual project "Errabundo Pelele, Compañía de Títeres Errantes".
* Presentations of “Walking Errabundo Pelele" in Spain:
• International Festival of Puppet and Object Theatre - TOT 2012 (Barcelona, Spain).
•
Festival of Arts and Music in the street "Magic Night" (Huesca,
2012).
• International Puppet Festival TITIRIGUADA (Guadalajara, 2012).
* Presentation of “Walking Errabundo Pelele" in
Latin America:
• World Puppet Festival - Popular Cultures
Center Querétaro (Mexico, March
2013).
•
Principal Theater of Huamantla (Mexico, April 2013).
• International Festival of Puppet Tecamac (Mexico, April 2013).
• Community of Santa Maria de Jesus (Guatemala, May 2013).
• Impromptu - Giratablas Theatre (San José , Costa Rica , June 2013).
• Festival Barra del Colorado Organizations (Costa Rica, August 2013).
• Program "Fall in love with your city" Youth and Culture Ministry of
Costa Rica (November, 2013).
• "Night of the Living Cultures Community " - Theatre La Aduana (Costa Rica,
November 2013).
• Cultural Festival "Ritmo y Sabor" Limón (Costa Rica, November
2013).
• XVI National Theatre Festival “The Gold Chucheca” Puntarenas (Costa Rica,
November 2013).
• VI Cultural Festival GuanacasteArte (Costa Rica, November 2013).
• IV Festival “Quijotes y Molinos” of Tilarán (Costa Rica, November 2013).
* In late 2013 he returned to Spain and start
the process of creating two new shows
"Erratic Swing, meeting and disagreements with Errático Swing” and
"Stories of an errant suitcase”.
* During March and April of
2014 Errabundo Pelele, Compañía de Títeres Errantes will on tour in Costa Rica
at:
Cultural Festival of Guanacaste 2014 – World Sub-17
FIFA Soccer Championship.
IX Festival de las Esferas – Palmar Sur.
Internacional Arts Festival of Costa Rica
(San José).
V
Festival “Quijiotes y Molinos” (Tilarán, San Luis).
*May of 2014:
XVI Internacional Puppet Festival of Lleida (Spain).
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