Juanita Boada Salazar

(FR)
Juanita est une comédienne, metteuse en scène et architecte colombienne, originaire de Bogota. Après avoir obtenu son diplôme d’Architecte à l'Université de Los Andes (Colombie), elle décide de suivre sa vraie passion : le théâtre.
Depuis 2005 elle fait des stages de théâtre classique, physique, clown, improvisation et cirque. En 2011 elle dirige le cirque Los Clavos pendant une année. En 2012 elle commence sa formation à l’École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq, en suivant le cours d’initiation, le Laboratoire d’Étude du Mouvement (LEM), l’atelier d’écriture. En 2016 elle obtient le diplôme de l’école Lecoq et commence le Master en Études Théâtrales à la Sorbonne Nouvelle. Elle travaille également comme assistante de production dans l’atelier parisien de l’artiste plasticien Carlos Cruz-Diez.

Elle intègre la compagnie GRRR de Susana Lastreto pour le spectacle La Cerisaie, variations chantées qui a débuté l’été 2016 au Théâtre 14 (Paris) et qui a joué en 2018 au Théâtre de l’Épée de bois à La Cartoucherie. Elle rejoint Le Manoir de Paris en Automne 2019 pour le spectacle Asylum. Elle rejoint également l’Opéra National de Paris en tant que Comédienne/Mime pour la production Benvenuto Cellini (2018) mise en scène par Terry Gilliam et Leah Hausman, les productions de Simon Boccanegra (2018) et L’or du Rhin (2020) mises en scène par Calixto Bieito et de Faust mise en scène par Tobias Kratzer (2021 et 2022). Dans sa recherche autour du mouvement elle rencontre Gaia Saitta avec laquelle elle organise et crée le festival Poétiser le monde qui aura lieu à Grez-sur Loing dans l'été 2021.

Elle est la fondatrice de la compagnie Antennarius Pictus.

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(EN)
Juanita Boada is a passionate and varied artist based in Paris, graduated Architect from Colombian University of Los Andes (Bogotá), actress, clown, director and stage designer trained with Ecole Internationale de Theatre Jacques Lecoq (Paris), Teatro Libre (Bogotá) and Mushaisa Experiencia (Bogotá).

Always moved by her passion Juanita has immersed herself into many different worlds, as a photographer (student of Viki Ospina) she has traveled around the world searching for her own interpretation of reality and has collaborated with Disneyland Paris as an official photographer. In her early years, she trained as a violinist and mezzo-soprano singer in Academia Cristancho (Bogotá) and in 2018 she integrated the Voice2gether Gospel Academy (Paris). Her musical interest influences her artistic work, mixing sounds and auditive experiences. She has also discovered a deep appreciation for literature inspired by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Julio Cortazar, Jose Saramago and Evelio Rosero which motivates her writer side and let her travel into her own stories and vision of life.

Throughout her college life, she reaffirmed her sensitive and human inspiration working as a volunteer at the NGO Un techo para mi País as well as working and living with Colombian indigenous, experiences that changed her way of thinking to consider life as a sacred treasure. In 2008 she joined Mushaisa Experiencia where she trained herself in human skills and Leadership and working as a guide she was inspired by Cirque du Soleil's work and joined Mushaisa's theatre group performing with her Clown. In 2010 she founds Los Clavos Circus produced, directed and performed in association with Bogota's Mayor Alegría, El reto es comprender, La vida se pasa a mil and Salvador el gato panadero.

During her stay in Paris, she has performed as one of the main characters in Disneyland Paris. As well as this she joined Cie Grrr, working alongside - and learning from Susana Lastreto. In 2018 she becomes part of the regular actors of Opera National de Paris and performs in two Operas: Benvenuto Cellini directed by Terry Gilliam and Leah Haussman, Simon Boccanegra (2019) and L'Or du Rhin (2020) directed by Calixto Bieito, as well as Faust (2021-2022) directed by Tobias Kratzer. In 2019 she becomes part of the show ASYLUM for Le Manoir de Paris. As well as performing, Juanita has begun establishing herself as a director. She is the co-founder of the Theatre Company Antennarius Pictus.

She is a sensitive, dreamer and believer of art as the best way of living and building a different world.