GROUP MEMBERS
Alegría Cáceres Benavides
Artistic Training Manager / Actress / Acting Coach
Bio
Actress, educator, researcher and acting coach. Born in Colombia and founder of the theater group Teatro Puentes Invisibles.
Initially formed by “Escuela Teatro Libre” in Bogota, Colombia. Later she trained with teachers from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Spain, France, Holland, India, Italy and relevant companies such as Odin Teatret (Denmark), Pantheatre (France), Malayerba (Ecuador), Lume (Brazil), Puente de los Vientos (international group directed by Iben Nagel Rasmussen), ParvathyBaúl (India).
As an actress, she has worked in different drama groups, participating in several festivals and international theater meetings, in 14 different countries.
As an educator, she has been teaching drama since 2010, specializing mainly in voice work.
As an acting coach, she has worked both in acting classes and in the creation of plays.
Víctor Stivelman
Actor / Dramaturgo / Director / Responsable Artístico
Bio
Actor, educator, researcher, playwright and theater director. Born in Argentina and founder of the theater group Teatro Puentes Invisibles.
He studies theatrical performance in Buenos Aires, and continues his training with different teachers and groups in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Denmark, Spain, United States, Holland, England, Italy, Switzerland and Taiwan. His dramatic and directing studies, are with such relevant personalities as Santiago García from Teatro La Candelaria (Colombia); Arístides Vargas from Teatro Malayerba (Ecuador); Cesar Brie from Teatro de los Andes (Bolivia) and Eugenio Barba from Odin Teatret (Denmark).
As an actor he has worked with 6 drama companies, in 4 different countries, participating in more than 40 drama festivals and meetings.
As a teacher he has taught since 2003, in different universities, drama schools, theater groups and international festivals, in 19 countries around Latin America, Europe and Africa.
As a director and playwright, he has worked since 2002 in 16 productions in five countries, which have been performed in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Spain, Peru, Chile, Nicaragua, Mexico and Dominican Republic, in more than 30 international festivals.
Cristina Cevallos
Actriz / Gestora / Productora / Responsable de Producción
Bio
Producer, Cultural Manager, Actress and Puppeteer. Born in Ecuador and member of the group Teatro Puentes Invisibles.
She began her artistic career with the Theater Group “Sintonison” under the direction of Victor Hugo Melo, where she worked as an actress and assistant. For 3 years she participated in the artistic residency of the puppet theater group “La Rana Sabia”, with the director Claudia Monsalve, and was trained in the drama laboratory of Grupo de Teatro Malayerba headed by Arístides Vargas.
Currently she is an Active member of ANAE (National Association of Performing Artist). Founding member and cultural manager of the Group of Artistic Experimentation “El Son del Cueche”.
In 2019 directs the circulation project winner of the competitive funding program of the Ministry of Culture and Heritage of Ecuador “Abriendo el Mundo del Teatro”.
In 2021 she produces the winning project of the IBERESCENA program “Rumbos: uno más uno, tres”, co-production between Ámbar Proyect of Peru and Teatro Puentes Invisibles of Ecuador.