David Valdelvira
David Valdelvira (October 3, 1977, Bilbao, Spain) is a Spanish actor, theater pedagogue and theatre director.
David Valdelvira | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 3, 1977 Bilbao, Spain |
| Nationality | Spain |
| Occupation | Actor, drama teacher, theatre director |
| Awards | “Buero” Theater Award |
Life and career
David Valdelvira was born in Bilbao (Spain).[1] He completed advanced studies in dramatic art and interpretation, with Marina Shimanskaya and Algis Arlauskas, under the Stanislavsky, Mikhail Chekhov, Grotowski and Vajtangov method (Russian method), following the methodologies of the Russian school.[2] He also completed postgraduate studies in interpretation with Ivan Verkhovykh. He also trained in energetic theatre, stage direction and playwriting.
He has been an actor and director at the Moscow Pyotr Fomenko Workshop Theatre (Theatre-Atelier Piotr Fomenko) in Russia. He is currently an actor, stage director and drama teacher.[3][4]
He has taught at the University of Navarra (2008-2009), at the Artebi Drama School (2007-2009) and is currently a theater pedagogue and acting teacher at the Ánima Eskola Drama School.[2]
As an actor, he is a member of different theater companies.[5][6][7] During the years 2011 and 2012 he was part of the company that represented the play When Five Years Pass of Federico García Lorca, directed by Iván Verkhovykh and Marina Shimanskaya, taking it on a tour of Saratov (Russia), at the festival in honor of Oleg Yankovsky, where Russian actors, playwrights and directors meet.[2]
Selected filmography and works
Some of his works
As actor (films):
- 2003, I have a dream, Dir. Olga Arlauskas
- 2004, 913, Dir. Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
- 2005, Sleeplessness, Dir. María Goiricelaya
As actor (theater):
- 2005, Life is a dream, Dir. Algis Arlauskas
- 2011-2012, When Five Years Pass, Dir. Ivan Verkhovykh and Marina Shimanskaya
- 2013, What to Remember, Dir. Marina Shimanskaya
As theatre director:
- 2008, The Hanger[8]
- 2010, Shadows of the Forgotten Ancestors
- 2012, The Mansion of Fear[9]
- 2012, An ordinary day at the Moulin Rouge
- 2013, The Tempest
- 2014, A Midsummer Night's Dream[10]
- 2016, Hot and cold[11]
- 2016, Masquerade Ball
- 2017, Hamlet[12]
Awards
Among the awards he has received as a theater director
- “Buero” Theater Award (2011), for Shadows of the Forgotten Ancestors.
- “Buero” Theater Award (2013), for An ordinary day at the Moulin Rouge.
- "Buero" Theater Award (2015), for A Midsummer Night's Dream.[10]
- FETABI Award (2017), for Hamlet.
References
- Iametza. "DAVID VALDELVIRA". euskalaktoreak.eus (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- Deia. "Rusia recibe a un 'imposible' Lorca". www.deia.eus (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- behindthemediablog (2014-11-04). "«Un actor solo es actor si actúa para el público y para sus compañeros, eso es arte, lo demás es prostitución.»". Behind The Media (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- "En los zapatos de los otros". El Correo (in Spanish). 2018-12-18. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- "Txaika Teatro ofrece hoy en Eibar un Chéjov «muy intenso y muy mágico»". El Correo (in European Spanish). 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- "Txaika Teatro ofrece hoy un Chéjov «muy intenso y muy mágico»". El Diario Vasco (in European Spanish). 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- "Txaika Teatro estrena 'Así que pasen cinco años' en Bilbao". Artezblai (in Spanish). 2011-07-05. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- Correo, El (2008-01-26). ""La percha"". agenda.elcorreo.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- Correo, El (2012-06-23). "Alumnos Ánima Eskola". agenda.elcorreo.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- ""Buero" Theater Award (2015)" (PDF).
- Deia. "Antídoto contra el réquiem por el teatro". www.deia.eus (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- "Ánima Eskola presenta 'Hamlet', en el Teatro Campos Elíseos de Bilbao, de la mano de la Fundación SGAE".