El Teatro Campesino - Wikipedia El Teatro Campesino From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Redirected from Teatro Campesino) Jump to navigation Jump to search El Teatro Campesino Formation 1965 Delano, California Type Theatre group Purpose Commedia dell'arte Location San Juan Bautista, California Artistic director(s) Kinan Valdez Notable members Luis Valdez Diane Rodriguez Website Official Site Part of a series on Chicanos and Mexican Americans Terms Identity Chicana/o Mexican American Chola/o La Raza Pachuca Pachuco Pinta/o Xicanx History Early-American Period Josefa Segovia Las Gorras Blancas Mexican–American War Mutualista San Elizario Salt War Sonoratown Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Pre-Chicano Movement 1917 Bath riots Bisbee Deportation Bracero program Cantaloupe strike of 1928 California agricultural strikes La Matanza Mexican Repatriation Operation Wetback Plan de San Diego Porvenir Massacre Sleepy Lagoon trial Zoot Suit Riots Chicano Movement Aztlán Black-brown unity Brown Berets Católicos por La Raza Chicanismo Chicano Moratorium Colegio César Chávez CFMN Conferencia de Mujeres CRP East L.A. walkouts Hijas de Cuauhtémoc Huelga schools United Farm Workers Land grant struggle Las Adelitas de Aztlán Los Siete de la Raza Los Seis de Boulder MANA MAYO MEChA PCUN Plan Espiritual de Aztlán Plan de Santa Bárbara Quinto Sol Raza Unida Party Southern California drywall strike Culture Language Caló Chicano English Food New Mexican cuisine Tex-Mex cuisine Music Chicano rap Chicano rock Tejano music Symbols Centro Cultural de la Raza Lowrider Lowrider bicycle Mexican-American folklore Zoot suit Literature Literature Xicana literature Chicano literature Chicano poetry Autobiographical Always Running Living Up the Street Who Would Have Thought It? 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Performing in both English and Spanish, El Teatro Campesino was founded in 1965 as the cultural arm of the United Farm Workers and the Chicano Movement with the "full support of César Chávez."[1] Originally based in Delano, California, during the Delano Strike, the theatre is currently based in San Juan Bautista, California. Currently, El Teatro Campesino’s mission is “…to create a popular art with 21st century tools that presents a more just and accurate account of human history, while encouraging the young women and men of a new generation to take control of their own destiny through creative discipline, vibrant education, economic independence, and artistic excellence.”[2] Contents 1 History 1.1 Modern era 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links History[edit] Poster for Teatro Campesino performing at a strike benefit with Quicksilver Messenger Service; July 1966 at The Fillmore, San Francisco. Luis Valdez, along with Agustin Lira (Teatro de la Tierra), founded the troupe. After attending San Jose State University and working briefly with the San Francisco Mime Troupe, Luis Valdez met Agustin Lira,a local Chicano with theatrical experience who had already hit upon the idea of using theater as an organizing tool in the fields and was already involved in the United Farmworkers Union in Delano.[1] Teatro Campesino's early performances drew on varied traditions, such as commedia dell'arte, Spanish religious dramas adapted for teaching Mission Indians, Mexican folk humor, a century-old tradition of Mexican performances in California, and Aztec and Maya sacred ritual dramas.[2] El Teatro Campesino started as the cultural wing of the United Farm Workers union in California's central valley, to help raise both Mexican workers and American people awareness of the Delano grape strike controversies during the two years of the strike (1965 – 1967).[3] Although the troupe began by entertaining the farmworkers, within a year of their founding they began to tour to raise funds for the striking farm workers. While being relocated to Del Rey, California and then Fresno, California from 1967-1971, their subject matter had expanded to include aspects of Chicano culture that went beyond the fields: education, the Vietnam War, indigenous roots, and racism.[3]The work of the theater has been considered by critics of Chicano art, such as Holly Barnet-Sanchez, as a "major catalyst for an explosion of Chicano/a arts."[1] Modern era[edit] In 1971, they moved their headquarters to San Juan Bautista and adapted traditional religious plays La Virgen del Tepeyac and La Pastorela for Christmas celebrations. As Chicano culture received unprecedented attention in the United States, Valdez received national attention, and taught drama at the University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Santa Cruz. In 1973 they worked with British theater director Peter Brook; in 1976 they toured the play La Carpa through Europe, sponsored by the U.S. State Department. The company continues their yearly Christmas pageants, alternating annually between La Virgen del Tepeyac and La Pastorela. They also did revivals of Valdez's play Zoot Suit in 2002 and 2007 at their playhouse, as well as a Southwestern tour of the production in 2004. See also[edit] Mission San Juan Bautista Diane Rodriguez Notes[edit] ^ Organizational history, UCSB site. ^ Organizational history, UCSB site. ^ Organizational history, UCSB site. References[edit] ^ a b Barnet-Sanchez, Holly (2012). "Radical Mestizaje in Chicano/a Murals". In Anreus, Alejandro; Folgarait, Leonard; Greeley, Robin Adele Greeley (eds.). Mexican Muralism: A Critical History. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. pp. 246–251. ISBN 9780520271616. ^ "Our History | El Teatro Campesino". elteatrocampesino.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22. ^ Butticè, Claudio. "El Teatro Campesino - An Overview". Retrieved 20 July 2015. "El Teatro Campesino: An Interview with Luis Valdez" by Carl Heyward Broyles-Gonzalez, Yolanda. Teatro Campesino: Theater in the Chicano Movement. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1994. ISBN 0-292-70801-7 "Organizational history" from the California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives External links[edit] Official site Guide to the El Teatro Campesino Archives 1964-1988 at the California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives at the UC Santa Barbara Library El Teatro Campesino Video Collection on ImaginArte v t e Chicano and Mexican American topics Terms Chicano Mexican American La Raza Cholo Pachuco Pinto Hispanos Californios Nuevomexicanos Tejanos Blaxican Xicanx Pre-Chicano Movement 1917 Bath riots Bisbee Deportation Bracero program La Matanza Mexican Repatriation Operation Wetback Plan de San Diego Porvenir Massacre Sleepy Lagoon trial Zoot Suit Riots Chicano Movement Aztlán Católicos por La Raza Chicanismo Chicana feminism Chicano Blowouts Chicano Moratorium Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts PCUN Plan Espiritual de Aztlán Plan de Santa Bárbara Farm workers' rights campaign Land grant struggle Colegio César Chávez Los Siete de la Raza Los Seis de Boulder Culture Caló Chicano art Chicano films Chicano literature Chicano poetry Chicano Park Chicano rock Chicano rap Estrada Courts murals Lowrider Mexican muralism New Mexican cuisine New Mexico music Paño Skull art Teatro Campesino Tejano music Tex-Mex cuisine Tortilla art Zoot suit Chicana/o Theory Barrioization Coyolxauhqui imperative Gringo justice Nepantla New tribalism Rasquachismo Spiritual activism Vergüenza Youth control complex Supreme Court cases Botiller v. Dominguez Hernandez v. Texas San Antonio I.S.D. v. Rodriguez Espinoza v. Farah Manufacturing Co. U.S. v. Brignoni-Ponce Plyler v. Doe Medellín v. Texas Flores-Figueroa v. U.S. Leal Garcia v. Texas Mendez v. Westminster Bernal v. Fainter DHS v. Regents of the Univ. of Cal. 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