Rodrigo Rodrigues

Rodrigo Rodrigues at the Irish Theater Awards

Rodrigo Rodrigues (born December 13, 1976 in São Paulo , Brazil ) is a Brazilian actor , director , producer , set - costume designer and writer . Rodrigues developed the Ko-Method , a technique designed to enable actors to portray different characters through a better understanding of facial expressions . He taught this technique in his workshops at the Gaiety School of Acting in Ireland and it served as the basis for his book Facial Expressions for Actors . He founded the Irish theater company The Dublin Core and won the 2010 Irish Theater Awards “Best Costume Designer” for the costumes for his play The Trojan Women , which he made from recycled materials.

Youth and education

Rodrigues was born in São Paulo , Brazil , to an Afro-French father and his Brazilian mother Terezinha Benatti . His mother introduced him to acting at the age of seven, and by the age of eleven he began to regularly appear in plays at his school. From 1993 he attended the Escola de Arte Dramatica drama school in Jundiaí, Brazil , for two years .

Rodrigues attended acting courses at the Teatro Escola Claudio Melo from 1997 to 1998 . In 1999 he closed the Espaco Cultural Porao , which he opened in 1997 , in order to continue his education in the field of art. He enrolled at the theater school of the actor Ewerton de Castro and at the Instituto de Arte e Ciência (INDAC). There he studied Butoh , a Japanese form of expressive dance developed by Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno . Rodrigues then studied at the Film Academy in Ireland and went to the Kazuo Ohnos Hodogaya dance school, a district of Yokohama , to deepen his knowledge of Butoh.

Artistic career

theatre

During his career, Rodrigues has been involved in more than 50 performances as a producer or actor. Among these performances is The Bacchae , directed by Brazilian director, writer and actor José Celso Martinez Corrêa.

Rodrigues toured with the Big Telly Theater Company, a theater company in Northern Ireland, and played the role of Sinbad on the Water Show, as well as in the musical, conducted by Zoe Seaton and Paul Boyd. During this time he also starred in the award-winning film The Looking Glass . Rodrigues starred in The Indian Wants The Coombe , an adaptation of Israel Horovitz's The Indian Wants The Bronx , at the Dublin Fringe Festival. Rodrigues also starred in A Queda Para O Alto , Oscar Wildes Salome and Molière's The Miser and The Tempest , by William Shakespeare , and has other references in Brendan Behan's The Hostage and Albert Camus' The Plague.

Movie and TV

Rodrigues starred in the film Fair City and in the miniseries Flight of the Earls . He developed the concept and directed the music video for DJ Tocadisco and co-produced the music video Felix da Housecat .

In 2005, Rodrigues starred alongside Rachel Rath in Paranoia , which was shown at the Cork Film Festival and awarded at the Portobello Film Festival . In 2007 he starred in the film Waterfall , which was shown at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival .

In 2011 he played the character Max in The Looking Glass , a film directed by Colin Downey. In 2014 he was cast in the film Londinium . In 2015 he starred Brian in 1603 and The Levellers with Shane Hart, Jadey Duffield and Brian Croucher. In 2016, Rodrigues took on the role as The Magnus in Roth at the side of Patrick Bergin .

to teach

In 1997, Rodrigues opened the Espaco Cultural Porao , a cultural college of art spaces that includes four floors of available rooms and for building and experimenting different art forms. In 2002, Rodrigues taught one of his own techniques, facial expressions for actors , at the Gaiety School of Acting , to then-students like Aidan Turner from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey . Rodrigues founded, organized and taught The Dublin Core , an award-winning theater company from the Irish Times Theater .

The Ko method

Rodrigues developed the Ko-Method , a technique used by actors in understanding the construction of different characters. The co-method is based on a scientific approach to the study for universal understanding. It focuses on the human body mechanisms and experimenting with partial movements of the body in order to establish and explore an understanding and alliance with the totality of life mechanisms.

Facial expressions for actors

The intent of this technique is to learn how to control your own reality in relation to movement, explanation, intonation, and language.

Rodrigues' book Facial Expressions for Actors provides an analysis from different perspectives and perspectives from around the world in search of something hidden that needs investigation and justification. The book explains that as the muscles of the face evolve, individuals can gain an understanding of the universe and reach a state of equilibrium , in their own interpretation of the individual.

Rodrigues found that understanding an individual's expression requires a secret knowledge, and that knowledge inspired him to look for certain points in connection with understanding human nature. Approaching art from a scientific perspective, he started with an objective idea based on the idea that important understandings that had been excluded should be included in the infinite art of representation. He found out that his research was related to science and studied anatomy , dramaturgy and various points of life. Rodrigues first experimented with his own techniques and then expanded his studies.

Paraty Studios

In 2010, with the help of Fergal Fitzgerald, Rodrigues opened Paraty Studios , art spaces located in the middle of the Atlantic rainforest in Brazil . The art rooms were inhabited by the natives of Brazil who were actively involved in the process of acting and creating the costumes and sets for his film Currupira .

Rodrigues used organic materials to create artificial characters for his film. His film Currupira was cast with the Brazilian leading actress Lisa Negri, sponsored by the Ministry of Culture in Brazil and subsequently registered in the National Library in Brazil. Rodrigues worked on the sets, costume creation, scriptwriting, and experimented and created various characters for three years. His ecological approach to creating his costumes was subsequently published several times in Brazilian media such as Veja and ISTOE.

Awards

In 1993, Rodrigues received the award for best leading actor at the Monolog Festival at the Art School for Dramaturgy in Jundiai , Brazil , for his performance in Fafa Volte Para Seu Chico .

In 1998, Rodrigues received the Best Theatrical Production Award from the São Paulo Government Cultural Map Awards for his performance Mitos e Lendas for which he wrote, directed, produced and acted.

The DENETRAN Brazilian National Awards presented Rose Cereser, in 2001, with the award for the best project for Amigos do transito , which Rodrigues presented, conducted and in which he also cast a role. The next year, those also received the award, for that performance, at the National Volvo Awards for Best Educational Program.

In 2010 Rodrigues received The Best Costume Designer Award at the Irish Theater Awards at the Smock Alley Theater for his play The Trojan Woman , which Rodrigues and Alan King conducted together.

Filmography (selection)

• 2005: paranoia
• 2007: Waterfall
• 2007: toilet
• 2007: Flight of the Earls ( Imeacht Na N'Iarlaí , TV series)
• 2011: The Looking Glass
• 2015: Londinium: The Beginning (short film)
• 2016: 1603
• 2016: A Fistfull of Bullets

Music videos

• 2006: Harlot - Felix da Housecat
• 2007: DJ Tocadisco - Music Loud
• 2007: LadyVeda - Daddy
• 2013: Guto e Gabriel - Ingrata

Awards and nominations (selection)

• 1993
  • Jundiai Monologue Festival: Jundiai Awards: Best Actor in Fafa Volte Para Seu Chico
• 1998
  • Cultural Map Festival: Cultural Map Awards: Best Production in Mitos e Lendas
• 2001
  • DENETRAN National Festival: DENETRAN Awards: Best production in Amigos do transito
• 2010
  • Irish Times Theater Award: Irish Theater Awards: Best Costume Designer in The Trojan Women

Web links

• Rodrigo Rodrigues in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ^ Journal Earth Lea: Culture Performs Cinema Course . Folha da Terra. November 7, 2013. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 7, 2015. 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Igor Giannasi: Brazil is successful in Ireland with green costume . Veja. May 6, 2010. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 7, 2015. 
3. ↑ Cineasta jundiaiense tem como destino a cidade de Cannes . Jornal de Jundiaí. September 26, 2011. Archived from the original on July 24, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 23, 2015.  
4. ↑ Sinbad . Big Telly Theater Company.
5. ↑ Flight of the Earls Characters . Famous fix.
6. ^ Portobello Film Festival to celebrate Irish film . IFTN. August 2, 2005.
7. ↑ Paranoia . Archived from the original on July 24, 2015. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 23, 2015. 
8. ↑ Paranoia . Archived from the original on July 22, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 23, 2015. 
9. ↑ Espaco cultural Porão lanca revista . Jornal de Jundiaí. February 23, 2000. Archived from the original on July 24, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 23, 2015. 
10. ^ New Acting Workshop - Next Week . Filmmakers Network. August 2007.
11. ↑ Ppo Um Palco Mais Ecologico . O Artigo.
12. ^ ^{A b} Mariana Carvalho: Brazil stands out in Ireland with costumes made from recyclable material . Jornalismodigital2010's blog. June 2, 2010.
13. ↑ Currupira . Archived from the original on July 22, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 23, 2015. 
14. ↑ Rodrigo Rodrigues . Archived from the original on July 24, 2015. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 23, 2015. 
15. ↑ Rodrigo Rodrigues awards . Archived from the original on July 22, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 23, 2015. 
16. ↑ Teatro em Itupeva: "Mitos e Lendas" . Geral. March 19, 1998. Archived from the original on July 22, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 23, 2015. 
17. ^ Mapa Cultural do Estado . Pressao. 1997. Archived from the original on July 22, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 23, 2015. 
18. ↑ Marketadee: Irish Theater Awards . Bohemian Connection. March 1, 2010. Archived from the original on July 24, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 7, 2015.