Jesusa Rodríguez
Jesusa Rodríguez (born 1955,
Her low-cost "espectáculos" (a
Biography
In the 1980s, Rodríguez notably directed an adaption of
From 1990 until 2005, she and her wife, the Argentine singer/actress Liliana Felipe, operated El Hábito and Teatro de la Capilla, alternative performances spaces in Mexico City. El Hábito is now under the administration of Las Reinas Chulas, and Rodríguez is now dedicated to independent projects.[3]
Rodríguez's works regularly revisit historical cultures, icons, and symbols, such as her "La gira mamal de la
Other famous female icons recreated by Rodríguez in her shows include Frida Kahlo (Trece señoritas, 1983), La Malinche (transformed by Rodríguez into an interpreter for former president Ernesto Zedillo and the U.S. Marines) and the nun Juana Inés de la Cruz ("Las trampas del fatuo", 1990, and "Sor Juana en Almoloya," 1995). Jesusa has impersonated Sor Juana in many political demonstrations and, as part of the Mexico City Pride March. In these particular cases, Rodríguez represented her version of Mexican history "by revisiting and emphasizing the dissident sexualities of these women, who have been hidden or strategically forgotten by official culture".[6]
In 2002, she collaborated with Liliana Felipe and Regina Orozcos on "New War, New War," for the 3rd Encuentro of the
Rodríguez also contributes regularly to Mexico's most important feminist journal, Debate Feminista.
Selected performances
- 1990: La gira mamal de la Coatlicue, Teatro Bar El Habito, Mexico City
- 1991: La Malinche en Dios T.V., Teatro Bar El Habito, Mexico City
- 1992: Cielo de abajo, Teatro Bar El Habito, Mexico City
- 1995: Sor Juana en Almoloya, Teatro Bar El Habito, Mexico City
- 2001: La soldadera autogena, Encuentro of the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, Monterrey, Mexico
- 2004: Cabaret prehispanico, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum New York[8]
References
- ^ Abelleyra, Angélica (2000-10-29). "MODELO INTERNET". Portada (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-05-13.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
- ^ Harmony, Olga (2011-12-22). "Libros de teatro /I". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-05-13.
- OCLC 869456256.[page needed]
- hdl:2333.1/1jwstqs1.
- ^ Marín, Paola. "The First Wave of Contemporary Mexican Cabaret: Queering the Dramatic Text of the Culture". Karpa 1.1 (2008) [1]
- ^ "Jesusa Rodríguez, Liliana Felipe & Regina Orozco New war, new war Globalization, migration and the public sphere". hidvl.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- ISBN 978-3-7913-5680-8.
Sources
- Costantino, Roselyn, "Visibility as Strategy: Jesusa Rodríguez's Body in Play", Corpus Delecti: Performance (2000)
- Art of the Americas. Ed. Coco Fusco. London/New York: Routledge: pp. 63 – 77
External links
- Debate Feminista on Twitter
- Teatro de la Capilla
- Jesusa Rodríguez Papers at Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at New York University