Alejandro De Mesa

Theatre-maker Performer Director

I am a Latin-American theatre-maker, actor and tap-dancer from Colombia exploring ideas about identity, performance and Latinx culture.

As an actor I have worked across stage and screen and have also participated actively on the cabaret circuit creating and performing my own numbers.

My performance work mixes music and humor, moving image, dance and design, taking influence from Vaudeville, gay culture and Latin American themes.

www.alejandrodemesa.com

Credits

WRITER, DIRECTOR and PERFORMER, Le Temple Dancer, Voila Festival, Online Cockpit Theatre, 2020.
CO-WRITER, CO-DIRECTOR and PERFORMER, Dis Place, Latitude Festival, 2016.
CO-WRITER, CO-DIRECTOR and PERFORMER, Dis Place, Downstairs at The Glory, 2016.
CO-WRITER, CO-DIRECTOR and PERFORMER, Dis Place, Camden’s People Theatre, 2016.
WRITER and PERFORMER, Palace, Oxo Bargehouse, 2014.
WRITER, DIRECTOR and PERFORMER, performing numbers regularly at Fool’s Moon Cabaret, Crazy Coqs, Upstairs at The Old Queen’s Head.

Training

ACTING
Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance (MA Collaborative Theatre Making)//UK
Ecole Philippe Gaulier // ÉTAMPES
Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático (RESAD)//MADRID
Estudis de Teatre (Lecoq Pedagogy)//BARCELONA

MOVEMENT AND DANCE
Karen Taft Dance Academy//MADRID

ARCHITECTURE
BArch Universidad Politécnica de Madrid//MADRID

Location

London

Experience

5-10 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Architecture
  • Comedy
  • Dance
  • Film - feature
  • Live art
  • Music
  • New technologies / digital
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • TV - drama

What I do

  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Facilitating
  • Languages
  • Movement Direction
  • Music - Can learn by ear
  • Music - Singing
  • Performing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Theatre making
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

Additional Languages

Spanish

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