Juanjo Menéndez, director de escena
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2024
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25/05/2023
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Trata el presente trabajo de investigación del estudio de la figura de Juanjo Menéndez en tanto que director escénico teatral, definiendo su estilo, para extraer una idea clara de sus aportaciones al teatro de su época. El estudio de la información contenida en los cuadernos de dirección de las obras que dirigió, analizando sus intervenciones y modificaciones del texto, para asignar relevancia a las indicaciones y directrices que anotaba, escribía y dibujaba en dichos cuadernos, obteniendo, como resultado, una visión de su poética como creador teatral. Comenzando con el estudio de su biografía, dilatada en tanto que actor teatral, cinematográfico y televiso y, a la vez, productor y director de teatro, con compañía propia en algunos períodos. Para, a continuación, enfrentar su tarea creativa con el período que le correspondió vivir, en su contexto social, político y cultural y, dentro de este último, con especial atención al contexto teatral. El núcleo de la investigación está constituido por el análisis de sus cuadernos de dirección, comenzando por la identificación de los libretos originales y el estudio de las acotaciones, tachaduras, enmiendas, añadidos, esquemas y dibujos para descubrir su finalidad, su impronta personal en la dirección. Desde el estudio de las herramientas de creación espectacular en las que se apoya un director escénico, identificando su personal tratamiento del ritmo, de la proxémica, de la sinésica, de la interpretación actoral, de la luz, del sonido, de la atmósfera y del resto de significantes para alcanzar la definición de un modo de trabajo y la identificación de un resultado propio de este creador para atribuir la existencia de una poética personal de Juanjo Menéndez...
This research paper deals with the study of the figure of Juanjo Menéndez as a theater stage director, defining his style, to extract a clear idea of his contributions to the theater of his time.The study of the information contained in the direction notebooks of the works that he directed, analyzing his interventions and modifications of the text, to assign relevance to the indications and guidelines that he noted, wrote and drew in said notebooks, obtaining, as a result, a vision of his poetics as a theater creator.Beginning with the study of his biography, extensive as a theater, film and television actor and, at the same time, producer and theater director, with his own company in some periods. To then face his creative task with the period that corresponded him to live, in its social, political and cultural context and, within the latter, with special attention to the theatrical context.The core of the investigation is made up of the analysis of his director's notebooks, beginning with the identification of the original scripts and the study of the annotations, erasures, amendments, additions, diagrams and drawings to discover their purpose, their personal imprint on the address.From the study of the spectacular creation tools on which a stage director relies, identifying his personal treatment of rhythm, proxemics, synesics, acting performance, light, sound, atmosphere and other signifiers to reach the definition of a way of working and the identification of a result typical of this creator to attribute the existence of a personal poetics of Juanjo Menéndez...
This research paper deals with the study of the figure of Juanjo Menéndez as a theater stage director, defining his style, to extract a clear idea of his contributions to the theater of his time.The study of the information contained in the direction notebooks of the works that he directed, analyzing his interventions and modifications of the text, to assign relevance to the indications and guidelines that he noted, wrote and drew in said notebooks, obtaining, as a result, a vision of his poetics as a theater creator.Beginning with the study of his biography, extensive as a theater, film and television actor and, at the same time, producer and theater director, with his own company in some periods. To then face his creative task with the period that corresponded him to live, in its social, political and cultural context and, within the latter, with special attention to the theatrical context.The core of the investigation is made up of the analysis of his director's notebooks, beginning with the identification of the original scripts and the study of the annotations, erasures, amendments, additions, diagrams and drawings to discover their purpose, their personal imprint on the address.From the study of the spectacular creation tools on which a stage director relies, identifying his personal treatment of rhythm, proxemics, synesics, acting performance, light, sound, atmosphere and other signifiers to reach the definition of a way of working and the identification of a result typical of this creator to attribute the existence of a personal poetics of Juanjo Menéndez...
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Tesis inédita de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Filología, leída el 25-05-2023