Carlos Celdrán
Specialty
theater direction
Training
Master at the 'Alicia Alonso' University Institute of Dance, at the Rey Juan Carlos University of Madrid (URJC)
Graduate in Performing Arts from the Higher Institute of Arts of Havana
Career path
Award-winning and highly regarded theater director, playwright, academic and professor.
Creator of his own theater group, now world-famous, Argos Teatro, whose main objective has been to give a new vital breath to the canon of modern European theater, with performances of Brecht, Beckett, Ibsen and Strindberg.
The high point of the company's existence to date has been production Ten millones, a piece written and directed by Celdrán, gaining critical recognition both in Cuba and internationally.
He has worked as a professor at high-level institutions in Cuba, South America and Europe. A teacher at the Higher Institute of Arts of Cuba for more than 20 years, he has also been the director of the Master's course in Stage Direction since 2016. At the same time, he continues with dramaturgical direction and creation at Argos Teatro.
Subjects and workshops
BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN PERFORMING ARTS + INTERPRETATION (curriculum in extinction)
Interpretation Techniques II
Interpretation Workshop III
Awards, mentions and recognitions
Cuban Theater Critics Award in the category of best staging (has received this award 16 times from 1988 to 2018)
National Distinction of Cuban Culture
Cuban National Theater Award