A leading Latin American theatre director practicing a theatre of creation and research based on material generated by actors, extending research on Peruvian culture into contemporary artistic expression

1. Founding member and artistic director of Grupo Cultural Yuyachkani (est. 1971), and a central figure in contemporary Peruvian theatre for over five decades

2. Representative works include Los Músicos Ambulantes (1983), Contraelviento (1989), Adiós Ayacucho (1990), Antígona (2000), Rosa Cuchillo (2002), and Sin Título – Técnica Mixta (2004)

3. Recipient of the National Culture Award of Peru (Lifetime Achievement, 2019), the Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Hispanic Theatre Festival of Miami (2023), and the José María Arguedas Medal (2025)

4. Keynote speaker at Sophia University (Japan) and the Ingmar Bergman Chair, UNAM (Mexico)

5. Director of the pedagogical initiatives El Teatro por Dentro and Laboratorio Abierto