Interview with Carlos Repilado
Outline
-Childhood in Santiago de Cuba. Catholic school.
-Moved to Havana in the late 50´s. IBM computer studies.
-Triumph of the Revolution. Early work.
-He enrolled at San Alejandro, evening course. Meets Ivan Tenorio and Guido Gonzalez.
-Servando Cabrera becomes his mentor in painting, he meets Berta Martinez and starts working in Teatro Estudio.
-Raquel Revuelta: his memories.
-Other people gathered in Teatro Estudio: Eduardo Vergara, Alicia Bustamante, Eslinda Núñez, Vicente Revuelta, Ana Viñas, Miriam Learra, Isabel Moreno, Mónica Guffanti. Theater discipline at that time.
-Some Teatro Estudio productions: La toma de La Habana por los ingleses, Bernarda, Macbeth.
-Some directors he worked with: Abelardo Estorino, Vicente Revuelta, Edwin Fernandez
-The Cuballet with Laura Alonso. His beginnings in the National Ballet of Cuba. Light Designs for Ivan Tenorio and Hilda Rivero Herrero´s choreographies.
-Differences between theater and dance work
-Work with Santiago Alfonso at Tropicana (cabaret)
-Relationship with painting: Antonia Eiriz as a model
-Friendship with Servando Cabrera. The quinquenio gris (also known as quesadato or pavonato)
-Teatro Estudio during the ‘quesadato’
-Rosa Fornés and other great actresses.
-Depauperation of Cuban theater. Loss of values and trades. Discipline and work ethic.
-The Importance of dramaturgical analysis in design creation. Estorino´s Production Ecos y murmullos de Comala.
-The Importance in his formation of Catholic schooling
- Friendship with Adria Santana.
-Other Passions: opera, symphonic music, cinema
-His travels and favorite places: Barcelona
Notes:
You can access the interview here.
Object details:
- Physical object creator:
- Lugo Herrera, Lilianne, July 29, 1987- (9453)
- Physical object type:
- Interviews
- Digital object format:
- Audio recording
- Object ID:
- cta0058000001
- Collection:
- Voces del Diseño
- License:
- CC-BY-NC-ND (Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivatives)
Related items:
Creators:
- Santiago Alfonso
- Alicia Bustamante
- Nelson Dorr
- Abelardo Estorino
- Rosita Fornés
- Mónica Guffanti
- Berta Martínez
- Carlos Repilado
- Raquel Revuelta
- Adria Santana
- Iván Tenorio
Productions:
- Bernarda (Sala Teatro Hubert de Blanck, October 1970)
- Ecos y murmullos de Comala (Sala Teatro Hubert de Blanck, August 11, 2012)
- La ronda (Sala Teatro Hubert de Blanck, October 7, 1984)
- La toma de La Habana por los ingleses (Sala Teatro Hubert de Blanck, June 6, 1970)
- Los pequeños burgueses (Sala Teatro Hubert de Blanck, March 9, 1975)
- Macbeth (Sala Teatro Hubert de Blanck, January 20, 1984)