Meeting Comando Dramatúrxico
Sunday 11 May 4 p.m.
City of Culture | Gaiás Centre Museum, Floor 0
The Comando Dramatúrxico [Dramaturgic Command] invites you to a special meeting in its second year of action and growth. A diverse team, led by writer, playwright, and professor Afonso Becerra de Becerreá. The Comando Dramatúrxico is a laboratory/school that accompanies the festival by amplifying the artistic experience of the program designed by Kirenia Martínez Acosta. This amplification builds bridges between performances and audiences, fosters reflection through active listening and analysis, proposes actions that enhance artistic experiences, and leaves lasting testimonies to be shared with those unable to attend the festival and with future generations.
In this activity, the Comando will offer some insights into its dramaturgical adventure, creating a space to explore the interconnections between festivals, territories, and people, with the presence of artists from the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands and Colombia. We will also witness the revelation of unpublished and unexpected aspects from the artists involved in this edition of Escenas do Cambio. Additionally, we will explore the concept of “Lostopía” through a collective thinking game.
Beforehand, you will also be able to meet the Comando Dramatúrxico at the Gaiás Centre Museum on Friday, May 9, starting at 1:15 p.m. This will be a first opportunity to share impressions about the beginning of the festival with artists, production and distribution professionals, and also with the public, in a gathering open to anyone interested in contemporary performing arts.
Comando Dramatúrxico 2025
Afonso Becerra – Playwright, stage director, and professor in the Department of Stage Direction and Playwriting at ESAD Galicia. He also directs erregueté | Revista Galega de Teatro and contributes to various media outlets. He holds a PhD in Performing Arts from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and a higher degree in Dramatic Arts from the Institut del Teatre de Barcelona.
An González – Stage creator, director, teacher, and physical theater actress. She coordinates the Festival de Teatro Universitario and directs the Aula de Teatro de la USC – Lugo and its companies. She also leads Bengala Teatro Físico and co-manages Vórtice. A graduate in Visual Arts and Dance (URJC), she specialized in Physical Theater and earned a Master’s in Cultural Management (UNC, Argentina). She has trained with Tolcachir, Ernesto Martínez Correa, and Marta Pazos. As an actress, she has worked with Kyu Teatro Japonés and Al Descubierto Physical Theatre. Currently, she directs En Carne Viva and works on Alicia Wants To.
Beatriz Bello.- She holds a degree in Sociology and a postgraduate degree in Programs and Public Policies. With training and over 20 years of experience in the performing arts, she has directed projects in Chile, Argentina, and Spain. Currently, she co-directs the Laboratorio de Artes Vivas de Canarias (LAV-C) and works as a manager, producer, and consultant on mediation and audience development projects for public and private organizations.
Carlos Labraña – Galician playwright specializing in children’s theater. He has won numerous awards in this field, including the Xeración Nós, Estornela, Manuel María, Barriga Verde, SGAE, and O Facho, with works frequently performed in schools. Notable pieces include O Valo, Moito Morro Corporation Sociedade Ilimitada, Mambrú volveu da guerra, and Ícaras.
Carlota Castro – Performance artist working as a creator, educator, director, producer, and playwright. She is the co-artistic director of BALA – Núcleo Dramatúrgico since its foundation. She is pursuing a PhD in Artistic Education at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Porto University. She believes in politically engaged art that fosters transformative reflection on the present.
Celina Fernández Ponte – Director, actress, and arts manager. A graduate of ESAD Galicia, she also holds a Master’s in Contemporary Stage Direction and studied at Scuola Conia under Claudia Castelluci. Her work is rooted in visual arts. She currently co-directs the Festival Nombrarse Volcán, directs Mozas que se arrincan os cabelos, a durational piece inspired by The Trojan Women by Euripides, and Fábrica de Fume, a community project by Centro Dramático Galego.
Darío Bardam – Canarian dancer trained at Teatro Victoria, Institut del Teatre, DOCH, and JLU Universität Giessen. He has worked with Deborah Hay, Cristina Caprioli, Aleksandar Georgiev, Ofelia Jarl Ortega, Philip Berlin, and Poliana Lima, among others. He is co-creator of STEAM ROOM and ICC, and co-director of Laboratorio de Artes Vivas de Canarias.
Diana Longa – Playwright and stage creator. She completed her dramatic arts studies at ESAD Galicia in 2023 and began her professional career in 2024 as an assistant with the performing arts company Constance Hurlé. She also founded A Tríptica (dance) and A Boreada (theater). Since 2021, she has collaborated with erregueté, Revista Galega de Teatro, contributing opinion pieces and chronicles.
Diego Chamizo – Graduate in Stage Direction and Playwriting from ESAD Galicia and in Translation and Interpretation from UVigo. Since 2020, he has worked in various aspects of performing arts, including direction, playwriting, acting, and translation. His piece Neurose won the Certame Sumidoiros for new talents award in 2020. He has collaborated with international theaters such as Centro Dramático Galego, TNDMII de Lisboa, TNSJ do Porto, and Les Célestins de Lyon. Currently, he is the artistic director of VAIEMBORA and Colectivo #CBV.
Elisenda Farré – Cultural manager. She coordinates the performing arts section of Fira B!, market of music and performing arts of the Balearic Islands and oversees the creative division of IEB, an organization that promotes the international presence of Balearic culture. She has combined this role with university teaching and media collaborations. She is currently a board member of La Red.
Iván F. Caloto – Actor, director, playwright, and theater professor. He graduated in Dramatic Arts from ESAD Galicia, specializing in Stage Direction. His professional work spans various aspects of theater, from teaching children and adults to therapeutic applications. Since 2013, he has contributed reviews and chronicles to erregueté, ADE Teatro, O Galiñeiro, Praza Pública, and TVG’s Zig Zag Diario.
Jimmy Núñez – Actor and theater teacher in practice, cultural manager in theory. He graduated in Dramatic Arts from ESAD de Galicia in 2016 and holds a postgraduate degree in cultural management. He has worked with Galician and Portuguese theater companies while leading educational projects for children and adults in Vigo and surrounding areas. He teaches at Escola Municipal de Teatro de Vigo.
Juan Escalona – Theater facilitator with extensive experience. He began leading theater workshops in 2012 and started coordinating European projects in 2015. In 2021, he founded the FOCO association, where he currently works, and began his studies at ESAD de Galicia. He is trained in theater facilitation, non-formal education, and various theatrical techniques. He also conducts workshops and contributes to educational manuals.
María Díaz Mourín – Lawyer and pianist. Throughout her life, she has nurtured a deep passion for exploring new forms of expression and understanding art and creativity in their many manifestations. She trained as a pianist at Conservatorio Profesional de Música Xoán Montes and the Soviet school Rapsodia. She is currently studying theater performance.
Mariana Rodrigo – Actress, writer, and educator. Born in Buenos Aires, where she trained in independent theater and at university. She directed a cultural club and the communications department of a ministry. She arrived in A Coruña, after a stop in Dublin, guided by curiosity and driven by art. She believes in collective work and in theater’s power to challenge reality’s claim to being the only possibility.
Martha Hincapié Charry – Colombian artist, curator, choreographer, performer, and researcher. She holds an MA in Art in Context from UdK Berlin. She studied dance at Universidad Folkwang Essen under Pina Bausch’s direction. She is an IETM and ISPA 2025 fellow. Her work has been presented in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. She directs the independent festival Plataforma/SurReal in Berlin. Her curatorial practice reflects on (de)colonial processes and survival strategies for artists who migrate to Europe or engage in geopolitical perspectives from Abya Yala.
Xosé Alberte Alonso Carballeira – Born in Vilalba, he spent his childhood in Vigo. Theater came into his life later, in Lugo, with Caleac, while he was studying agronomy. Nearing thirty, he moved to France to study performing arts. After returning to Galicia, he earned a PhD with a dissertation on the relationship between play and theater—an essential element in his creative and research practice. He now directs Teatro Permanente, a recently established space for performing arts in Vigo.
