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Juan Carlos Corazza theater tour: "Remembering Yermo" (Spain)
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May 13-14, 19:00
Meyerhold Center 
 One of the most famous and innovative theaters in Spain is the Theater Studio-School directed by Juan Carlos Corazza and their latest tour will take place this May in Moscow. This is not the maestro's first visit to Moscow. Starting with "Comedy and the Dream" last February, Corazza's theater now presents the performance based on the poem by Federico Garcia Lorca "Yermo", May 13 and 14 at the Meyerhold Centre. One of Corazza's best students, the actor Javier Bardem, participates in the performance. As part of the tour on May 15, Juan Carlos Corassa and Javier Bardem, will introduce their master-classes for the students of the Moscow theater and film schools.
Director and teacher Juan Carlos Corazza graduated from the School of Dramatic Art in Buenos Aires. He began his career as an actor and has played numerous roles in theater, film and TV shows. In 1990, he was invited to lead and teach at Andalusian Theatre Center (Centro Andaluz de Teatro). In the same year in Madrid, he created the Actors Studio 'Corazza' (Estudio Corazza para el actor), now one of the most innovative, prestigious and influential drama school in Spain, where he remains as a director and a trustee. He has also taught in Italy, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Mexico and the United States. For more than 25 years he has worked as a director and teacher. Today Corrazza is a widely recognized contributer to education as a creator of special programs for universities and centers of professional education. Over the years he has presented works of William Shakespeare, August Strindberg, Federico Garcia Lorca, Ernest Hemingway, Steven Berkoff, Elmer Rice, Tortona Wilder, Frank Wedekind, Bertolt Brecht, Aristophanes, Euripides and Chekhov.
Established in 1990, Corazza's School-Studio has consistently attracted outstanding teachers from around the world along with popular program of student exchange. The methods of teaching in this studio discern an individual approach towards personal and professional growth of the actor. Their ideas and development are considered by groups of professionals with impartiality and humane understanding. The teachers are working to ensure that the actor will achieve the complete artistic freedom of expression by building and mastering inner confidence and artistic sense. Annually Corazza's students perform alongside experienced actors as well as experimenting with other areas of theatre production. The student performances may be seen at many stages in Madrid and open to the public. The audience benefits from a new style of production, the actors gaining valuable experience in the process. Among the graduates of the Studio are the professional actors Javier Bardem, Manuel Moron, Alicia Borrachero, Rafa Kastehon, Elena Anaya, Roberto Enriquez, Ana Gracia, Violeta Perez, Juan Acosta, Manuel Velasco, Silvia Abascal, Susi Sanchez, Xavier Godinot, Jean Cornet, Sergio Peris Mencheta and many others.
In 2011, the studio Corazza was invited to participate in the program of the Year of Spain in Russia. The Corazza's tour is part of the project "Honouring Russia, the cradleland of modern theater and acting" supported by The Spanish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Ministry of Culture of Russian Federation and the State Society for Cultural Development. The press conference with the director and teacher Juan Carlos Corazza and the actor Javier Bardem will take place on May 13 at the Meyerhold Center. The tour is organized by the company "Cult-Project".
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