TESTIMONIALS
"His performance provoked in me childhood memories. I love the energy of his collective, please encore!”
-Dario Fo, Dario Fo, Nobel Prize in Literature
“You made me see things that I did not see before.”
-Donato Sartori, Mask Sculptor
"He reinvented human comedy. Beyond clichés, touching the great human emotions. Intelligent, open-minded and touching.”
-Pascale Lecoq,
École de Théâtre de Jacques Lecoq, Paris
“The quality of his work is particularly valuable to the opera world. He goes further in his research to make contemporary performance that is so easy to understand.
When I saw Carlos’ work I was having the absolute conviction that this has to be the future of Opera singing.“
-Íride Martínez, Soprano
"Carlos’ research has led him to new, innovative ways of looking at, constructing and directing theatre. He makes theatre that is three dimensional, bringing depth, perspective and the geometry of daily life to theatre. This creates what could be called a kind of spatial dramaturgy - not with set design, but with the moulding and manipulation of empty space. Inspiring, generous and mischievous!"
-Michael Levine, Scenographer
“I saw a completely new world that I hadn’t seen before. Profound kindness without any judgement... just impossible in our world. It is possible to tell people’s stories all together to have more evolution.”
-Elena Vassilieva,
Dramatic Soprano, specialized in Modern Music
"...powerful combination of abstraction and concreteness: on the one hand, there is the analysis of the abstract (spatial and temporal) qualities of theatre, and on the other, the ongoing attention for the concrete physical particularities of the arts of acting and storytelling."
-Wout van Tongeren, Dramaturge at Dutch National Opera & Ballet
"He has discovered ways to make the life within each character not only amuse and engage the audience, but also grab them by the throat and jerk them into the world on stage and, by extension, the world we live in."
-Sara Romersberger, Stage Director
COLLABORATIONS
Manifesto Poetico encounters various artistic journeys that confront the research from different cultural, artistic and disciplinary perspectives. The artists that participate in Manifesto Research contribute with their own expertise helping the research to develop in form and depth.
Manifesto Poetico research has been conducted with artists from The Netherlands, Argentina, United States, Portugal, United Kingdom, Malaysia, Colombia, China, Iran, Cyprus, Germany, Romania, Bali, Poland, Turkey, Italy, Greece, Austria, Ireland, France, Russia, Norway, Spain, Senegal, Canada and Mexico.
WHERE WE HAVE COLLABORATED
FRANCE
LEM – Ecole Jacques Lecoq (Paris) · Théâtre du Sagittaire (Amiens) · Mask Collective (Paris) · LECOQ LEES STUDIO (Paris)
THE NETHERLANDS
Dutch National Opera – Talent Development Academy (Amsterdam) · Sandberg Institute - Master Institute of Rietveld Academy (Amsterdam) · VocaalLab (Zaandam) · Muziektheater Hollands Diep (Dordrecht) · Fontys Academie (Tilburg) · ROC (Amsterdam) · F. Sanders Music Theatre School (Amsterdam) · ARTEZ Acting School (Arnhem) · CODARTS (Rotterdam) · HKU School of Arts (Utrecht) · De Acteerschool (Rotterdam) · CIRCUS Academy CODARTS (Rotterdam) · Nationaal Jeugd Musical Theater (Amsterdam) · CLINICLOWNS (Amersfoort) · PHILHARMONIE (Haarlem)
CYPRUS
Rooftop Theatre Group (Nicosia) · Home of Cooperation - Buffer Festival (Nicosia)
AUSTRIA
Institut fur Musikpadagogik at Universitat fur Musik and Darstellende Kunst (Vienna) · BG/BRG (Wels)
IRELAND
THAT’S LIFE (GALWAY) · Macnas (Galway) · Youth Theatre Academy (Galway) · Youth Theatre Academy (Sligo) · Youth Theatre Academy (Limerick)
NORTHERN IRELAND
TINDERBOX THEATRE COMPANY (Belfast) · Youth Theatre Academy (Ennyskilen)
SPAIN
Training Centre Teatro de la Abadia (Madrid) · Escuela Patothom (Barcelona) · Escuela A. Vázquez de Castro (Madrid) · La Guindalera (Madrid) · Escuela Paso de Valverde (A Coruhna) · Escuela Internacional del Gesto (Madrid)
NORWAY
Floating Theatre (ÅS)
MALAYSIA
DPAC (Kuala Lumpur) · Kakiseni (Kuala Lumpur)
ITALY
Centro Maschere et Struttura Gestuali-Sartori (Abano Terme – Padova) · Accademia Dell’Arte (Arezzo)
UNITED STATES
Piccolo Theater (Chicago, IL) · UNC (Chapel Hill, NC) · TCU (Fort Worth, TX) · SMU (Dallas, TX) · UVA (Charlottesville, VA) · Wagner College (Staten Is. NY) · Boston University (MA) · Brown University (Riverside, RI) · Gallatin School NYU (NY) · FIU (Miami FL) · Sarah Lawrence Co (Bronxville NY) · Concord Academy (Boston MA) · Simmons College (Boston MA) · Hartford University (CT) · MUW (Columbia MS) · UARTS (Philadelphia PA) · Milton Academy (Boston MA) · Smith College (Northampton MA) · UMASS (Amherst MA) · Muhlenberg College (Allentown PA) · Rhodes College (Memphis TN) · Hendrix College (Conway ARK) · Trinity College (Hartford CT) · TUFTS University (Boston MA) · VCU (Richmond VA) · Richmond University (Richmond VA) · W&M College (Williamsburg VA) · PACE University (NYC) · Belmont Academy (Belmont MA) · American Academy of Dramatic Art (NYC) · American Academy of Dramatic Art (Hollywood, LA) · Whittier University (Whittier, CA) · University of Redlands (Redlands, CA) · ATME Association of Theatre Movement Educators (USA) · ATHE, Association for Theatre in Higher Education (USA) · UCONN (CT) · CaraMia (TX) · FairAsembly (TX) · University of Arizona (AZ)
UNITED KINGDOM
East 15 Acting School at University of Essex (Loughton) · Rose Bruford University (Bexley) · RCS-Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (Glasgow)
PORTUGAL
Operação Nariz Vermelho (Lisbon) · Operação Nariz Vermelho (Porto)
GERMANY
FilmKunst Roderick (Berlin) · Nuremberg University of Music (Nuremberg) · HUMOR HILFT HEILEN (BONN)
CANADA
Debajehmujig Creation Centre (Wikwemikong Unceded Territory) · Toronto University (Toronto) · Windsor College (Windsor) · Glendon College at York University (Toronto) · Upper Canada College (Toronto)
ROMANIA
Teatrul Masca (Bucharest)
POLAND
City Hall (Gdansk)
GREECE
Theater of Changes Acting school (Athens)
ARGENTINA
Belisario Acting School (BsAs) · IN Teatro Acting School (BsAs) · LEM Contemporary Dance Laboratory (BsAs) · Sala Cuarta Pared (San Pedro)
TURKEY
Bilkent University (Ankara) · Kadir Has University Stage (Istanbul) · Trabzon Devlet Tiyatrosu (Trabzon)
COLOMBIA
Universidad Pontificia Javeriana (Bogota) · Teatro Nacional (Bogota)
SENEGAL
Action Enfance Senegal (Dakar) · Kàddu Yaraax Théâtre-Forum Company (Dakar) · Kàddu Askanwi (Dakar)
MEXICO
FORO LARVA - Muestra Estatal de Teatro de Jalisco (Guadalajara) · OtEART (Guadalajara)
ECUADOR
Casa de la Cultura (Cuenca) · Universidad de Cuenca (Cuenca) · Teatro Experimental UC (Cuenca)
MALTA
National Theatre (Valleta)
CUBA
ENA (La Habana) · Argos Teatro (La Habana) · Grupo Teatro TIJO (Nueva Gerona) · UNEAC (Nueva Gerona)