Interviews conducted by journalist Adriana Couto with pairs of guest artists and thinkers, some of whom have shows featured at MIRADA. The conversations address each one’s story and thought, showing the perspective of their work and connecting it with the festival’s pillars: Forest, Dream, and Hope.

Sep. 6 – Miguel Rubio Zapata (El Teatro Es un Sueño [Theater Is A Dream]) and Marisol Palacios (Esperanza [Hope])

Miguel Rubio Zapata is a cofounder and director of the Cultural Group Yuyachkani since 1971, in which he promotes creative theater based on actors’ production. He has received an honorary degree from the University of Havana and the National Culture Award from Peru. He has directed works including Theater Is a Dream (2022) and Antigone (2000), and writes for publications, including The Great Theater of Paucartambo (2022). He spearheads the Open Lab and has taught classes and conferences in several countries. He offers playwright consulting services to international projects and has directed theater interventions and choreographic routines in collaboration with artists from several parts of the world. 

Marisol Palacios has a degree from the theater school of the Catholic University of Peru. She was an intern at Théâtre du Soleil, in Paris, where she specialized in theater direction. She was involved in the creation of Lima’s Festival de Artes Escénicas – FAEL and the FAE Lima festival, in which she was artistic director.    

Adriana Couto is a journalist. She has been the host for TV Cultura’s Metrópolis—one of Brazil’s most traditional art and culture TV shows—for more than ten years. Also at TV Cultura, she has been a news anchor for Jornal da Cultura. She was a TV presenter and reporter for Canal Futura RJ and further developed her research in education and public journalism. At TV Globo, she has worked as a reporter for the music show FAMA and for RJTV. In 2016, 2018, and 2021, she received the Comunique-se Award as Best Cultural/Spoken Media Journalist. She also presents the show Mais Preta on Radio Nova Brasil FM.