Marta Pazos Explained

Marta Pazos
Birth Place:Vigo, Spain
Occupation:Theater director, set designer, playwright, actress
Partner:Hugo Torres
Children:2
Education:University of Barcelona

Marta Pazos (born 1976) is a Spanish theater director, set designer, playwright, and actress. She is a cofounder of the Voadora theater company, which she worked with until it disbanded in May 2022.

Early life and education

Marta Pazos was born in Vigo in 1976, the daughter of a nurse and a jazz musician. She earned a licentiate in fine arts from the University of Barcelona, with a specialization in painting.[1]

In 1999, she created her first show and founded her first company, called Belmondo.[1] In 2007, she founded the theater company Voadora, together with the actor Hugo Torres and producer José Díaz.[1]

Torres is also her romantic partner, and they have two children together.[1]

Career

As the theater director of Voadora, Pazos oversaw numerous shows, including Tokio3, a finalist at the 2013 Premios Max in the Best New Show category, and winner of five María Casares Theater Awards.[2] She later mentioned this as one of her most complex jobs as a director.

Her 2017 play Sueño de una noche de verano, cowritten with Mario Layera, is a reimagining of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, with the character Lysander being forbidden to marry because he is transgender.[3] Garage opened the 2017–2018 season of the MA Scéne Nationale of Montbéliard in France.[4] Her 2019 musical Hemos venido a darlo todo took inspiration from the Voyager Golden Records which were launched into space in 1977.[5]

Pazos has also directed productions such as (2017), the first work in Galician by Ramón del Valle-Inclán, for the .[6] She directed and designed scenery for the opera A amnesia de Clío (2019), composed by Fernando Buide with a libretto by Fernando Epelde.[7] Also in 2019, she directed the opera buffa Je suis narcissiste, composed by Raquel García-Tomás with a libretto by, a coproduction of the Òpera de Butxaca, Teatro Real, Teatro Español, and Teatre Lliure.[8] [9] This was nominated for Best World Premiere at the International Opera Awards.[10]

In 2020, Pazos directed Siglo mío, bestia mía by . In February 2021, she directed the first theatrical adaptation of Federico García Lorca's only film script, Viaje a la Luna, for the Teatre Lliure in Barcelona. In May of that year, she premiered her third Shakespeare adaptation, Othello, at the in Madrid, and in November, she premiered Lorca's Play Without a Title for the Centro Dramático Nacional.[1]

In 2022, she premiered the play As oito da tarde cando morren as nais by Avelina Pérez at the Galician Dramatic Center. Then, together with Christina Rosenvinge and, she directed Safo, which premiered at the .[1] She also created Twist for the Circo Price Theater in Madrid.[11] The same year, she began a residency as coordinator of the creation laboratory of the master's degree program in Artistic Teaching, Thought, and Contemporary Scenic Creation at the Superior School of Dramatic Art of Castile and León.[12]

Her company Voadora disbanded in May 2022.[13] In a July 2023 interview, Pazos explained,

In 2023, Pazos directed the opera Alexina B., composed by Raquel García-Tomás with a text by Irène Gayraud, inspired by the memoirs of Herculine Barbin, Mes Souvenirs.[14]

Her works are characterized by an aesthetic in which the use of color is predominant.[1]

Awards and recognition

Notes and References

  1. News: Marta Pazos, la dramaturga que abraza los colores . Marta Pazos, the Playwright Who Embraces Colors . Rocío . García . . Madrid . es . 2022-07-26 . 2023-08-16 . subscription.
  2. News: 'Tokio 3' triunfan en unos Premios María Casares reivindicativos . "Tokio 3" Triumphs at a Demanding María Casares Awards . . Madrid . Santiago de Compostela . Europa Press . es . 2013-03-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200918070003/https://elpais.com/ccaa/2013/03/28/galicia/1364469442_948658.html . 2020-09-18 . deviated . 2023-08-17.
  3. News: ¿Y si Lisandro fuera transexual? . What if Lysander was Transsexual? . Paula . Corroto . . Madrid . es . 2017-03-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201130055452/https://elpais.com/cultura/2017/03/31/actualidad/1490960470_623112.html . 2020-11-30 . deviated . 2023-08-17.
  4. Voadora, contra el machismo de la industria automovilística en la cuna de Peugeot . Voadora, Against the Machismo of the Automobile Industry in the Cradle of Peugeot . Alberto . Ojeda . . es . 2017-10-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200810203510/https://elcultural.com/Voadora-contra-el-machismo-de-la-industria-automovilistica-en-la-cuna-de-Peugeot . 2020-08-10 . dead . 2023-08-17.
  5. Web site: Voadora – Hemos venido a darlo todo . La Mutant . es . 2023-08-17.
  6. Web site: El CDG inicia los ensayos de Martes de Carnaval bajo la dirección artística de Marta Pazos . The CDG Begins Rehearsals for Martes de Carnaval Under the Artistic Direction of Marta Pazos . . Santiago de Compostela . es . 2017-03-01 . 2023-08-17.
  7. Voadora estrena la ópera 'A amnesia de Clío' . Voadora Premieres the Opera "A amnesia de Clío" . Revista Godot . es . 2019-11-08 . 2023-08-17.
  8. News: 'Je suis narcissiste', ópera contemporánea... y de risa . "Je suis narcissiste", Contemporary Opera... and Laughable . Julio . Bravo . . Madrid . es . 2019-03-03 . 2023-08-17.
  9. Marta Pazos: 'Primero las personas y después el arte' . Marta Pazos: "People first and then art" . Álvaro . Vicente . Revista Godot . es . 2019-03-06 . 2023-08-17.
  10. News: Peralada y el Teatro Real, entre finalistas de los International Opera Awards . . Barcelona . EFE . es . 2020-02-10 . 2023-08-17.
  11. News: 'Twist': homenaje al Price . "Twist": Tribute to the Price . Diego . Doncel . . Madrid . es . 2022-10-21 . 2023-08-17.
  12. News: La creadora Marta Pazos participará en el nuevo máster de la Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático de Castilla y León . The Creator Marta Pazos Will Participate in the New Master's Degree Program of the Superior School of Dramatic Art of Castile and León . . Castile and León . es . 2022-04-16 . 2023-08-17.
  13. News: Voadora se despide tras 15 años: 'Es la última vez que trabajamos juntos' . Voadora Says Goodbye After 15 Years: "This is the last time we work together" . Montse . García . . Santiago de Compostela . es . 2022-05-06 . 2023-08-17.
  14. Web site: Estreno absoluto de la ópera de Raquel García-Tomás con dirección de escena de Marta Pazos . 18 March 2023 . World Premiere of the Opera by Raquel García-Tomás With Stage Direction by Marta Pazos . . es . 2023-08-17.
  15. Web site: The Portfolio: Voadora . Galician Critics' Awards . gl . 2023-08-17.
  16. Web site: O 29º FETEGA presenta a súa programación . Council of Galician Culture . Santiago de Compostela . gl . 2018-08-08 . 2023-08-17.
  17. News: Fotogalería. Gala Pontevedreses del Año . . es . 2019-10-18 . 2023-08-17.
  18. News: La pontevedresa Marta Pazos logra el María Casares a la Mejor Escenografía y el arousano Josito Porto el de Mejor Actor Secundario . Marta Pazos From Pontevedra Wins the María Casares for Best Set Design and Josito Porto From Arousa for Best Supporting Actor . . es . 2020-11-10 . 2023-08-17.
  19. News: A MIT de Ribadavia outorga o premio de honra a Marta Pazos . The MIT of Ribadavia Presents Honorary Award to Marta Pazos . Nós Diario . Santiago de Compostela . gl . 2020-06-25 . 2023-08-17.

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