Ana Woolf
Pedagogue, actress and director. Co-founder and artistic director of Magdalena 2a Generacióna Latin American Network of Women in Contemporary Arts, linked to the Magdalena Project. In 1996 she met Julia Varley and in 1999 she moved to Denmark to study with Julia Varley who accept her as her pupil and direct her in two performances and a work demonstration. Since 1998 Ana lives and develops her career in Europe, mostly in Denmark, Italy, France. She became international collaborator of Odin Teatret working as Eugenio Barbas's assistant director in three international projects and in one of the last performance in commemoration of the Odin Teatret's 50th anniversary. Since April 2011 Ana comes back to Argentina to start developing her work in her country and in Latin America. Teaching at the ISTA (International School of Theatre Anthropology) directed by E. Barba she developed a special training based on oriental techniques and Latin American rhythms "The scenic presence of the body/voice". She leads workshops all around the world. She develops her career as a directorwith professional actors in different countries: France, Denmark, Italy, Norway, Argentina and Brazil. Actually there are 6 performances running in those countries. Author of many articles reflecting about theatre and women art published in different Theatre Reviews (Cuba, Argentina, Denmark, New Zealand' Italy). She translated into Spanish: Water Stones (Julia Varley); Burning the house (Eugenio Barba); The blind horse (Iben Nagel Rasmussen), Traces (Roberta Carreri-revision) and Mirella Schino: Alchimists of the stage among other theatre articles.
Free Theatre hosting Ana who presented a performance and ran a workshop. |