Ecology of Theatre: Pedagogy as a Space for Exchange

Ecology of Theatre: Pedagogy as a Space for Exchange
Julia Varley dialogues with Eugenia Cano (Mexico) and Teresa Ralli (Perú)

Webinar in Spanish with simultaneous translation into English and Italian

Participation is free; registration is required at the following link: :https://bit.ly/4rt4EYc

Eugenia Cano and Teresa Ralli are actresses, directors, activists, and teachers who belong to the environment of group theatre, with a tradition of self-taught apprenticeship. Teresa Ralli, founder of the Yuyachkani Cultural Group, is a recognised point of reference for a Latin American perspective on theatre technique.

Eugenia Cano, founder of Teatro Kalipatos, spent many years in Kerala, India, learning Kathakali, an Indian dance-theatre form, which she now shares with performances and classes in Mexico. Both have organised festivals and meetings in collaboration with the Magdalena Project network.

Both teach at universities, creating a not necessarily academic environment for exchange and development.

The theme chosen for this last online conversation of 2025 will allow us to discuss training and learning, and how the passage of experience in theatre is a responsibility we assume to sow transformation.

Eugenia Cano is a theatre artist, feminist, and mother. She studied acting at the National School of Theatre Arts and, after graduating, moved to Canada to study mime. She then went to Kerala, India, to study Kathakali. In 2001, she returned to Mexico and founded the Teatro Kalipatos group, which brings together artists from various disciplines and with which she continues to collaborate today. She teaches at the University of Guanajuato, central Mexico, and at the Iberoamerican University in Mexico City. A supporter of lost causes, she firmly holds onto the utopian ideals that once drew her to theatre.

Teresa Ralli is a founder and member of the Yuyachkani Cultural Group since 1971. She attended the International School of Theatre Anthropology (ISTA), where she received training from Jerzy Grotowski, I Made Pasek Tempo from Bali, Katsuko Azuma of Buyo Kabuki in Japan, and Sanjukta Panigrahi from India, all of whom continue to influence her today. She is part of The Magdalena Project, a network of women in contemporary theatre. She is completing a Master’s degree in Cultural Studies at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and a Master’s degree in Advanced Theatre Studies at the UNIR in La Rioja, Spain. She has received the Medal of Meritorious Personality of Culture from the Peruvian Ministry of Culture.