Hugo Suarez on The show Body Rhapsody
Iran Theater- Hugo Suarez, the director of the " Body Rhapsody " show, said that he and his wife initially started their acting with street performances, and their initial performances were pantomime shows, which became more perfect over time. And they reach this type of body puppet performance.
Acting in dramatic arts is a combination of body abilities, expression and feeling. But among the performing arts artists, there are also those who use one of these tools more than usual. Hugo Suarez is one of them.
Body Rhapsody by this Peruvian artist was performed on the stage on the sixth day of the 19th Tehran-Mubarak Puppet Theater Festival. He makes actors from his body parts (hands, knees, etc.).
Tell us about yourself and your artistic background.
I am Hugo Suarez from Peru. In 1989, together with my wife Ines Pasic, we started making and performing puppet shows. Our work is designing puppets and performing puppet shows based on the use of different parts of the body such as hands, knees and stomach. We are still working on new creations of puppet show art. For example, the last performance technique we designed is a kind of mouth puppet that I performed on stage today. My wife and I direct together. Over the years of experience, new episodes have been added to our work and to this day it is still being added and perfected, and we are still creating and producing new puppets and performance techniques.
You use a box to carry stage props, so your performance is very similar to a street show. Is your main goal a stage performance or a street performance?
At first, my wife and I started performing with street performances. Our initial performances were pantomime shows, which were perfected over time and reached this type of body puppet performance. Our main expertise and performance method is the same, and we do not specialize in other performance styles and methods.
How do you evaluate Tehran puppet Theater Festival?
It is my first day in Iran, so I haven't managed to see any show yet, but i think that this festival has been organized very well so far. I am very satisfied with the feedback from the audience in my first performance. They seemed to me to be very similar to the Latin American audience, who are very responsive and emotional towards the show. I am very much looking forward to seeing the performances in the coming days.