Rodrigo Rodrigues is a Brazilian filmmaker, actor, theatre director,
theatrical producer, film producer, set and costume designer, and
author based in London, United Kingdom. Rodrigues developed a facial
expression technique for actors that was taught in workshops at the
Gaiety School of Acting and was the basis for his book Facial
Expression for the Actor. He created the Irish theatre group The
Dublin Core and won the Irish Times Theatre Awards for best costume
designer for the play The Trojan Women, which used costumes made from
recycled materials.Rodrigues was born in São Paulo, Brazil, to an
Afro-French father and Brazilian mother with Spanish, Portuguese and
Italian origins. He was introduced to the performing arts by his
mother, Terezinha Benatti, at age seven and began to regularly perform
in plays at the school theatre by eleven years old. In 1993, he
attended drama school Escola de Arte Dramática de Jundiaà and
graduated two years later having performed a total of 400 hours of
theater presentations.Rodrigues completed acting courses at Teatro
Escola Claudio Melo from 1997 to 1998. In 1999, Rodrigues closed his
Art Espace to continue studies in the arts including enrollment into
Escola de Teatro Ewerton de Castro and Indac Escola de Artes to
continue studies in the arts including his enrollment into Escola de
Teatro Ewerton de Castro and Indac Escola de Artes with Flavia Pucci,
a Japanese dance theatre, founded by Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno,
where he participated in the studies of Butoh technique. Rodrigues
studied filmmaking at the Irish Film Academy. He also studied at the
Kazuo Ohno dance studio, Hodogaya in Yokohama, Japan, to develop his
studies of Butoh.
theatrical producer, film producer, set and costume designer, and
author based in London, United Kingdom. Rodrigues developed a facial
expression technique for actors that was taught in workshops at the
Gaiety School of Acting and was the basis for his book Facial
Expression for the Actor. He created the Irish theatre group The
Dublin Core and won the Irish Times Theatre Awards for best costume
designer for the play The Trojan Women, which used costumes made from
recycled materials.Rodrigues was born in São Paulo, Brazil, to an
Afro-French father and Brazilian mother with Spanish, Portuguese and
Italian origins. He was introduced to the performing arts by his
mother, Terezinha Benatti, at age seven and began to regularly perform
in plays at the school theatre by eleven years old. In 1993, he
attended drama school Escola de Arte Dramática de Jundiaà and
graduated two years later having performed a total of 400 hours of
theater presentations.Rodrigues completed acting courses at Teatro
Escola Claudio Melo from 1997 to 1998. In 1999, Rodrigues closed his
Art Espace to continue studies in the arts including enrollment into
Escola de Teatro Ewerton de Castro and Indac Escola de Artes to
continue studies in the arts including his enrollment into Escola de
Teatro Ewerton de Castro and Indac Escola de Artes with Flavia Pucci,
a Japanese dance theatre, founded by Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno,
where he participated in the studies of Butoh technique. Rodrigues
studied filmmaking at the Irish Film Academy. He also studied at the
Kazuo Ohno dance studio, Hodogaya in Yokohama, Japan, to develop his
studies of Butoh.
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