:: Life Achievement in the Performing Arts Award ::
RECIPIENT OF THE 2010 LIFE ACHIEVEMENT IN THE PERFORMING ARTS AWARD
Maestro José “Pepe” Solé (Mexico)
Born in 1929, he studied acting at the School of Theatre Arts at Mexico’s National Fine Arts Institute (INBA), studied under director Jean Moreau and later specialized in stage directing in Paris. He made his acting debut in 1946 in the company directed by Xavier Rojas and subsequently performed in plays such as El hombre, la bestia y la virtud and El cuadrante de la soledad, under directors such as Retes, Torre Lapham, Fábregas and Gorostiza. He made his directing debut with La mujer de mi vida, which he followed up with El tío Vania, Antígona, Juguetes olvidados, Macbeth, Los encantos de la culpa, Todos a la cama, La muralla china, Otelo and Sueño de una noche de verano, among many others. From 1966 to 1968, he directed the School of Theatre Arts. He was then appointed National Theatre Coordinator, a post that with some interruptions he occupied for 15 years. He founded Titiriglobo, which significantly boosted puppetry, and he laments its demise. Among his teachers, he remembers Clementina Otero as a wonderful guide, and Jean Moreau a generous man who made his actors feel he loved them. Solé says he is fortunate, as he has enjoyed many years of work and constant dedication to his trade. He has devoted his entire life to the profession he loves the most: the theatre.
RECIPIENTS OF THE LIFE ACHIEVEMENT IN THE PERFORMING ARTS AWARD
1989 – FRANCISCO MORÍN (Cuba/USA)
1990 – RAMÓN ANTONIO CRUSELLAS (Cuba/USA)
1991 – MARÍA JULIA CASANOVA (Cuba/USA)
1992 – ANDRÉS CASTRO (Cuba/USA)
1993 – ALEJANDRA BOERO (Argentina)
1994 – ISAAC CHOCRÓN (Venezuela)
1995 – JOSÉ MONLEÓN (Spain)
1996 – ANTONIO ABUJAMBRA (Brazil)
1997 – VICTORIA ESPINOSA (Puerto Rico)
1998 – HÉCTOR MENDOZA (Mexico)
1999 – MIREYA BARBOZA (Costa Rica)
2000 – GEORGE WOODYARD (USA)
2001 – ENRIQUE BUENAVENTURA (Colombia)
2002 – CLAUDIO DI GIRÓLAMO (Chile)
2003 – ESTELA MEDINA (Uruguay)
2004 – RAFAEL VILLALONA (Dominican Republic)
2005 – MARÍA IRENE FORNÉS (Cuba/USA)
2006 – EDDA DE LOS RIOS MORSELLI DE LATERZA (Paraguay)
2007 – MIRIAM COLÓN VALLE (USA)
2008 – JOSÉ SANCHIS SINISTERRA (Spain)
2009 – SANTIAGO GARCÍA PINZÓN (Colombia)