Nazaret Vázquez Antón
Theatre for Roots
"Teatro como herramienta de sensibilización, educación y solidaridad para la paz"
"Academic background:"
Degree in Gender Equality. Feminarian, 2020. Equality in international and national gender equality policies, education and gender equality in the company.
Master in International Solidarity Action, Cooperation and Social Inclusion. University Carlos III Madrid, 2017/18. International cooperation for development. Migrations, asylum and care for refugees. Intervention in contexts of crisis, catastrophes, disasters and conflicts from humanitarian action. Social inclusion and protection of vulnerable people and groups at risk or exclusion.
Degree in Theatre Studies and Research. Department of Theatre Research, Sorbonne Nouvelle University. Paris (France) 2012-2016. Research, cultural management, direction and dramaturgy, cultural economics. Specialized in intercultural, contemporary and political theater.
Baccalaureate in humanities. IES Atenea, Madrid (Spain) 2009-2011.
Other interests/formations:
National Congress "Culture of Peace from Women and Diverse Cosmovisions", Tepic, Nayarit. Mexico. 2019
Round table "Mujeres Migrantes" (Women Migrants) together with ONG Rescate, March 2018.
Seminar "Adaptation of the European Model of Shared Security and Defense to the N. E. International". Institute of International and European Studies "Francisco de Vitoria", Carlos III Madrid. 2017.
Balinese Theater Stage "Topeng" and workshops on philosophy and Hindu-Balinese culture with dancer Elisabeth Cecci. Padang Bali (Indonesia). 2015-2016.
Masterclass with Odin teatret company, in collaboration with Ariane Mnouchkine. At "La Cartoucherie" Theatre du Soleil, Paris. March 2015.
Acting courses. School Actor Studio Juan Carlos Corazza. Madrid. 2009-2012.
Professional experience:
January 2021 – Present: Director, Coordinator and Artist in the research project and creation of a play with a grant from the Madrid City Council, together with Theatre for Roots and Manos Unidas about the migratory processes from Venezuela to Ecuador by women victims of violence, human trafficking and prostitution.
May - Present: Associate professor of Social Inclusion Strategies through Art and Education in the Master in International Solidarity Action and Social Inclusion (21st-22st edition) organized by the University Carlos III Madrid’s Institute of International and European Studies "Francisco de Vitoria”, in collaboration with CEAR, CIDEAL and Red Cross.
January 2021 - May 2021: Line Producer with Perspektiv Producciones for the documentary on Historical Memory in Spain, directed by Manuel Correa.
March 2020 - Present: Research on Historical Memory in Spain after the Civil War and Creation of "Presente Permanente" play.
March 2020 - Present: Co-founder and Coordinator of G3 Lab, "Global, Gender and Green Laboratory for Change" project for the promotion and dissemination of culture, education and art applied to the environment and gender together with the 0-99 intergenerational program of Medialab Prado.
February 2020: Responsible for the identification and formulation of an Education and Awareness-raising project together with Theatre for Roots in collaboration with Manos Unidas, for a public school campaign in vulnerable neighbourhoods of Madrid with teenagers in 2020-2021, through theatre.
March 2017 – Present: Founder, Director and Coordinator of "Theatre for Roots" organization. Identification, formulation, implementation and coordination of social action projects with other social entities. Social intervention and art and theatre education teacher within the association with different groups of people in vulnerable situations, with a gender, identity, human rights and environmental perspective. Writer and director of artistic performances with a social aspect. Link to article about the residency. http://theatreforroots.org/
- https://www.facebook.com/theatreforroots/October - December 2019: Artist in residence in the IBERESCENA 2019 Formulation, coordination and execution of scenic creation workshops with a gender and environmental perspective, together with women, children and teenagers in the secondary and public school of San Francisco as well as in the social center "Entreamigos”. Research and documentation on gender violence. Theater as an educational, cooperative and social tool with different populations in the field, to raise awareness about the environment, gender perspective and prevention of gender and domestic violence and sexual reproduction. Link to article about the residency. - http://lilha.org/nazareth-vazquez-y-victoria-zapata/
October 2019: Director, playwright and coordinator of the show "Colombia Es", theatrical work to raise awareness about the armed conflict in Colombia, communities and community initiatives as responses in the conflict. Community work with people from Colombia directly or indirectly affected by the Colombian conflict in Madrid, Spain. Link to article from El País.
January 2019- December 2019: Coordinator at Theatre for Roots of a cultural and social project with PBI, MUNDUBAT of awareness and education through theatre about Central American migrations and the Peace Process in Colombia subsidized by the city council of Madrid, Spain. Responsible for the strategies of initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, control and closure of the project. Coordination of the two plays and the cultural and project management. Follow-up and accompaniment of the project and its social part. Work with refugees and exiles who have suffered the conflict in Colombia and reside in Spain.
October - December 2018: (Ministry of Justice, INPEC, Colsubsidio, Fundación Acción Interna and Teatro interno) Bogotá, Colombia. Theatre teaching staff and psychosocial accompaniment to persons deprived of liberty who are in the process of resocialization in the House of Freedom.
September 2018: Organizer and Facilitator of "Women, Migrant and Cultural Identity" event, produced by CCEMX, AECID, Mexico City. Exhibition event together with different gender experts on the issues of human trafficking, human rights violations and migration with a gender perspective. Link event. Streaming : https://www.facebook.com/ccemx.org/videos/2118760301705372/
August 2018: Coordinator of a children’s and teenagers’ theatre festival produced by CCEMX, Mexico City, at AECID (AGENCIA DE COOPERACIÓN ESPAÑOLA). Mexico City.
June 2018 - September 2018: Assistant to the Deputy Director of Cultural Cooperation at the Spanish Cultural Centre of Mexico at AECID (AGENCIA DE COOPERACIÓN ESPAÑOLA). Mexico City. Direction, formulation, creation, management, monitoring and production of cultural, educational and artistic projects and events related to human rights, gender and migrations among others.... Search for funding and resources. Contribution to the design of the Peacebuilding, Human Rights and Gender Program for 2019/20. Participation in different negotiations and funding of collaborative projects curated with partner institutions.
November 2017 - May 2018: Internship at the UNESCO Center. Creation of education and awareness projects. Formulation of projects. Realization, management, search for funding and alliances of public and private partners for projects related to intangible heritage, culture and inclusion. Translator of "peace notebooks". Creation, elaboration and implementation of educational and cultural projects.
2016: Playwright and Artistic Director of "La mort à Bali" show, co-produced by the Sorbonne, FSDIE, and l'ATEP.
2015: Artistic Director of “Le bateleur” company (loi 1901, COD. Français) Paris.
2014: Internship as Production/Communication and Cultural Mediation Assistant at “Theatre de la Colline”, Paris, France.
2014: Community Manager at "Theatre Pazzo", with Virginie Sibalo. Paris, France.
2012: Supporting Actress in the feature film "Bombay-Goa" directed by Juan Estelrich.
2011: Actress in "Las más fuertes" play, directed by Eusebio Lázaro, within the "Festival de Otoño en primavera". Fernan Gomez Theater. Madrid, Spain.