RO
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Short Bio:

 

Ro is an interdisciplinary artist. Facilitator, Dramaturg, Theatre Director, Playwright, Performer, Poet, Producer and Arts worker based in Ireland since 2007. Their aim is to provide training and entertainment that is Interdisciplinary and promotes social cohesion. Their practice is committed to further inclusion, ethical portrayal and visibility of minorities on stage. Their work is collaborative, site responsive and intersectional, with a sustainability focus.

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About Me:

 

I was born in Argentina and I grew up in Italy. I have been  living, working and furthering my studies in Ireland since 2007. Theatre and art brought me to disillusion as a teenager and I only found my path back at 26. I found out then that arts and theatre were to become my essence and my curse. In Dublin I achieved the Fetac Level 5 in Theatre Performance and the BA in Drama and Theatre Studies in Trinity College then an MA in Playwriting and Dramaturgy. In the meantime I facilitated workshops aimed to beginners, minorities, LGBT community, elderly and children. The aim was always to share and learn. I directed and wrote plays and forum theatre events. I am inspired by Boal's Techniques, Churchill's politics and Brechtian theories. I have an eye for surreal aesthetic and dream-like states of theatre .I have an interested for raw documentary theatre for which I trained with Vivi tellas in Argentina. My aim is to write and direct as well as promote multiculturalism, multidisciplinary plays and events. I believe in arts for the greater good of the self and therefore of the planet. I like to add elements of Clowning and physical theatre to any type of play. I devised and written shows that were in the Samuel Beckett Theatre, The Out House, Teacher's Club and Doyles, A4 Sounds, Sean O'Casey Theatre, Pearse Centre and Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin. I was also a technical and stage manager for plays in the Listowel Writers Festival, Civic, and Peacock. I believe in the power of arts in order to process trauma and develop as a more conscious person. I also directed shows as part of Scene and Heard Festival, Debut Festival in Trinity College, Provoke Festival and Galway Theatre Festival.

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As a performer I acted in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice for the 5 Lamps Festival, in the Physical Theatre performances: "Dreams" directed by Loli Ross Gordon and "The Climber" for the Latin Sphere theatre as part of the 10 days in Dublin festival and the Ranelagh Art Festival. I also participated in Invisible Theatre performances throughout Dublin. I performed with multicultural Dublin based Theatre company: the Seventh Land Theatre for an adaptation of Master and Margarita. I acted in Meeting Ghosts in College Park: by Bairbre Ní Chaoimh in Trinity College as well as in The World We Live In Directed By Sarah-Jane Scaife. I devised and performed in The Galway Theatre festival with The Cabinet Theatre Company in 2016 and got the chance to act, sing and dance thanks to Capitalism: The Musical in 2017.

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As visual artist I practice Sculpture, Abstract and Collage and Texture Paintings. My skills are apt for prop making and set designing as well as costume design. My aim is to always use a mix of different materials and ephemeral art. From paintings made with my own blood to little blue tack snails left around Dublin in abandoned houses, to decorate the housing crisis.

Adding elements of photography, Pastiche and Symbolism. My aim is to develop and explore the difficulties related to multiculturalism, sexuality and gender struggles with art, creativity and design.

I am also developing new performance arts pieces, songs, plays and sculptures to promote unity and understanding of the self as well as the other.

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As a Facilitator I work to share my skills, learn and facilitate peer learning environment that are anti-hierarchical, open, conscious and collaborative. Cross-cultural collaboration and Transculturalism are at the centre of my intersectional and inclusive approach. I believe in fostering, supporting and exploring the talents in the room, to create learning spaces that have a lasting creative and personal impact.

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TRAINING

2020-2021 MA in Playwriting and Dramaturgy NUIG

2013 –  2017 BA Drama and Theatre Studies in Trinity College
2014 April - June Viewpoints and Suzuki Workshop
2012 – 13 Marino College of Further Education - Theatre Performance FETAC level 5
2013 Royal Shakespeare Company production based workshop on “As You Like It”
2013 March Voice and text workshop with Voice Director, Andrea Ainsworth in the Abbey Theatre 2013 February One day workshop on LeCoq's Seven Levels of Tension with actor Ronan Dempsey 2013 January One day Commedia dell’arte Workshop with Cormac Walsh
2012 December The Lir - One Day Monologue Workshop with David Horan
2012 December Introduction to Method Acting with Ignacy Rybarczyk
2012 November One day Community Drama Workshop with Cormac Walsh
2012 October - One day Arial workshop with paperdolls
2012 September- Dublin Tour Guide Foundation Course with Failte Ireland
2007 January -One Month Radio Speaker course with OKMUSIK

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AWARDS

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Dublin Bus Community Spirit Award

DLRCOCO Artist Award

NEIC Community group Award

Community Integration Fund - Department of Justice and Equality Funding

New Voices of Ireland Series - Selected artist
NEIC community funding for adult learning
Niall Smyth Memorial Bursary 

Third place over 25’s Public Speaking competition