EL RINCÓN DE LOS MUERTOS
[THE CORNER OF THE DEAD]

Through the personal story of the Ayacuchano actor Ricardo Bromley, the monologue retraces the cycles of violence that pervade the city of Ayacucho, in the Peruvian Andes. The Quechuan name of the city means “corner of the dead,” a place where several conflicts took place: from the battle for the independence of Peru to grassroots uprisings, from the domestic armed conflict in the 1980s and 1990s to the massacre perpetrated by the army in 2022. In a conversational tone with the audience, the performer goes through these historical events and intertwines them with his own biography, alternating between narration, choreographed dances, and songs he plays in his Andean violin. Over the course of the show, he wonders about the origins of brutality and how it is possible to break its cycles. 

Yanira Dávila has a teaching degree in Communication Science and Arts and a specialist degree in Performing Arts from PUCP. She has taught biodrama, drama, and documentary film workshops, directed El Rostro and Así de Simple, and codirected the short film Tierra Sin Aire.  

Sebastián Rubio is a performing artist with a degree from PUCP. He has worked on different film, theater, and television projects. As a director, he has directed the documentary plays Proyecto 1980/2000, Desde Afuera, and Tregua. He is the codirector of the short film Tierra Sin Aire.   

Ricardo Bromley is an actor with a degree from PUCP, danzante de tijeras (scissors dancer, a dance from the Chanka region in Peru), and is a trained andean violinist. He has played parts in films including La Casa Rosada and de Palito Ortega, and in plays including Patrón Leal. 

CAST AND CREW 
Playwright: Sebastián Rubio
Direction: Yanira Dávila  and Sebastián Rubio
Cast: Ricardo Bromley
General production: Yanira Dávila 
Assistant director: Camila Palao
Assistant producer: Ena Féuer
Art direction and lighting direction: Mariano Márquez
Photography: Claudia Córdova
Production in Brazil: Circus Produções (Guto Ruocco) and Cêzê produção cultural (Caroline Zitto)
Assistant producer in Brazil: Francisco Meirelles 

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