The great lie of Romeo and Juliet is the name of the play, which seeks to attack those beliefs that, disguised as love and duty, are violent for everyone.
It is about a multidisciplinary staging that Enrique Arroyo undertook, a master’s degree in Management and Cultural Development, from the CUAAD of the UdeG, through the project Zip up -art and action-.
In an interview for Ciudad Olinka, the manager explained that This is not a remake of William Shakespeare’s play.
Rather, it is only a pretext to question what said story, tragic and idealized, represents in the imaginary and how it depersonalizes.
“Shakespiare’s original play became the banner of romantic love, maybe wanting it or maybe not “
“From there, gender stereotypes of how to be a Romeo and a Juliet in a relationship were born.”
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“We take these stereotypes and we take it to the forum theater, which is a theater of participation and what is staged are situations of conflict and the audience is expected to participate to solve them“.
He explained that the characters are adolescents who live situations of normalized violence.
Esther, Aldo and Alex face their own prejudices about love, flirting and sexting.
These protagonists are played by Esther Yuen, Donaldo Tornéz and Alejandro López. And it has the leadership of Enrique Arroyo himself.
“There are three different scenes: one is dating violence, another is about bullying and the third is violence between adolescent males.”
How to enjoy “The great lie of Romeo and Juliet”?
The functions of this work are the February 25 and 26, at 7:00 p.m..
“On stage we will see testimonies of men who question how macho they are and what are the limits when it comes to flirting or dating.”
Minutes before the show, people will need to sign up for WhatsApp groups; there you can see testimonial videos of the characters.
There you can meet them and interact with them, discover part of their context, their intentions and delve into the subject.
Subsequently, the presentation will be made live through the Zoom platform.
During the performance, the characters face each other and it will be the audience’s job to help them find a solution.
The accesses are free and can be requested by means of a message to the Facebook page of Zip up -art and action- or on Instagram: @ subete.elcierra
Theater to deconstruct
Zip up -art and action- It is a recently created multidisciplinary project that works from a gender perspective with emphasis on the generation of peaceful and supportive masculinities.
“We are targeting young people and the idea arises from the master’s degree in Management and Cultural Development.”
“In addition to an investigation, an approach with groups of adolescents and observation of clotheslines of harassment and journalistic analysis.”
This work has the support of the University of Guadalajara; the Ministry of Culture of Jalisco, through Proyecta Producciones.
“These two performances are the premiere of the season and we will continue in secondary and high schools in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area.”
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