Zenaida Alcalde
{{Short description|Spanish circus performer (born 1981)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
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| birth_place = Madrid, Spain
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| occupation = Circus performer, trapeze artist, actress, teacher
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Zenaida Alcalde (born 1981) is a Spanish circus performer, trapeze artist, actress, and teacher.
Biography
Alcalde was born in Madrid in 1981.{{Cite news |url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2019/02/07/madrid/1549532338_335737.html |title='Hoy en día no es más seguro estudiar una ingeniería que dedicarte al circo' |trans-title="Today it is not safer to study engineering than to dedicate yourself to the circus" |first=Daniel |last=Muela |newspaper=El País |place=Madrid |language=es |date=2019-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212033407/https://elpais.com/ccaa/2019/02/07/madrid/1549532338_335737.html |archive-date=2019-02-12 |url-status=deviated |access-date=2023-08-03}} She began her artistic career studying theater. Later, she learned about circus arts and began training at the {{ill|Carampa Circus School|es|Escuela de Circo Carampa}} in Madrid. She moved to London, where she lived for eight years, and studied at The Circus Space.{{Cite web |url=https://www.aisge.es/espanoles-en-dumbo |title=Magia y acrobacias madrileñas en 'Dumbo' |trans-title=Madrid Magic and Acrobatics in "Dumbo" |first=Pelayo |last=Escandón |publisher=Artistas Intérpretes, Sociedad de Gestión |language=es |date=2019-06-12 |access-date=2023-08-03}}
In 2008, together with fellow circus performer and magician {{ill|Miguel Muñoz Segura|es}}, Alcalde founded Puntocero Company, a group that performs shows mixing theater, circus, and magic.{{Cite news |url=https://elpais.com/espana/madrid/2020-08-11/circo-pintura-en-directo-y-sabiduria-femenina.html |title=Circo, pintura en directo y sabiduría femenina |trans-title=Circus, Live Painting and Feminine Wisdom |first=Marta |last=Villena |newspaper=El País |place=Madrid |language=es |date=2020-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017145037/https://elpais.com/espana/madrid/2020-08-11/circo-pintura-en-directo-y-sabiduria-femenina.html |archive-date=2020-10-17 |url-status=deviated |access-date=2023-08-03}} She also directed and acted in the shows Trece, Choices, and Fragmentada. Abroad, she has worked with DV8 Physical Theatre, Nofit State Circus, and the Tattoo Theater.{{Cite news |url=https://elpais.com/espana/madrid/2021-08-19/un-vodevil-a-la-madrilena-en-los-veranos-de-la-villa.html |title=Un vodevil a la madrileña en los Veranos de la Villa |trans-title=A Madrid-Style Vaudeville Act at the Veranos de la Villa |first=Miguel |last=Cantón |newspaper=El País |place=Madrid |language=es |date=2021-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819221140/https://elpais.com/espana/madrid/2021-08-19/un-vodevil-a-la-madrilena-en-los-veranos-de-la-villa.html |archive-date=2021-08-19 |url-status=deviated |access-date=2023-08-03}}{{Cite web |url=https://thecircusdiaries.com/2013/08/16/noodles-by-nofitstate-circus/ |title='Noodles', by NoFitState Circus |first=Katharine |last=Kavanagh |website=The Circus Diaries |date=2013-08-16 |access-date=2023-08-03}}
Since 2009, she has taught aerial techniques at the Carampa Circus School, and since 2014, in the Visual Arts and Dance program at King Juan Carlos University.
As part of the 2018–2019 Spanish-Colombian Foco Cultura agreement, promoted by {{ill|Acción Cultural Española|es}}, Alcalde won a residency for circus professionals, with the objective of sharing her work methods and developing a process of collaboration and mutual training with the Transeúnte Theater Scenic Collective in Pasto, Colombia.{{Cite web |url=https://www.accioncultural.es/es/residencia-para-profesionales-del-circo-en-colombia-2018 |title=Residencia para profesionales del circo en Colombia 2018 |trans-title=2018 Residency for Circus Professionals in Colombia |publisher=Acción Cultural Española |language=es |access-date=2023-08-03}}
In 2019, Alcalde appeared in the Disney film Dumbo, playing Catherine the Greater, alongside Muñoz and actors such as Colin Farrell and Danny DeVito.
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the demolition of the old Circo Price in {{ill|Plaza del Rey|es|Plaza del Rey (Madrid)}} in 1970, Teatro Circo Price in Ronda de Atocha presented the show Mil Novecientos Setenta Sombreros from 14 October to 1 November 2020. This was a circus and theater production with dramaturgy by Aránzazu Riosalido and Pepe Viyuela, under the direction of {{ill|Hernán Gené|es}}, and in which Alcalde performed the trapeze numbers.{{Cite web |url=https://www.teatrocircoprice.es/programacion/mil-novecientos-setenta-sombreros |title=Mil Novecientos Setenta Sombreros |publisher=Teatro Circo Price |language=es |access-date=2023-08-03}}
Her shows have been performed on various stages, as well as at circus and theater festivals and fairs, such as the London International Mime Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.{{Cite web |url=https://www.artezblai.com/olmedo-celebra-la-quinta-edicion-de-su-festival-circolmedo/ |title=Olmedo celebra la quinta edición de su festival Circolmedo |trans-title=Olmedo Celebrates the Fifth Edition of its Circolmedo Festival |publisher=Artezblai |language=es |date=2012-05-07 |access-date=2023-08-03}} She has also been the aerial choreographer of productions such as Rebe al Rebés and Sin miedo.{{Cite web |url=https://www.el-teatro.com/maintomano-y-el-miedo-a-salir/ |title=Maintomano y el miedo a salir |website=El Teatro |language=es |access-date=2023-08-03}}
In May 2023, Alcalde was one of the four circus directors invited to participate, with the short piece Extraña devoción, in the project Humanidad (Cinco visiones de Goya para circo), a production of the Teatro Circo Price, inspired by Francisco Goya's The Disasters of War.{{Cite news |url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/2023-05-19/humanidad-espectaculo-frankenstein-guerra-susan-sontag-goya_3631924/ |title='Humanidad': un espectáculo Frankenstein sobre la guerra con Susan Sontag y Goya |trans-title='Humanidad': A Frankenstein Show About the War With Susan Sontag and Goya |first=Marta |last=García Miranda |newspaper=El Confidencial |language=es |date=2023-05-19 |access-date=2023-08-03}}
==Awards and recognition==
In 2017, for Alcalde's show ¿Y ahora qué?, which combines acrobatics, humor, and poetry, Puntocero Company received the Audience Award at the 11th edition of the Ávila International Festival of New Languages (Artescena), chosen from among six works.{{Cite news |url=https://avilared.com//art/27344/irene-de-paz-y-punto-cero-premios-de-artescena |title=Irene de Paz y Punto Cero, premios de Artescena |first=Carlos |last=de Miguel |newspaper=Ávilared |language=es |date=2017-07-09 |access-date=2023-08-03}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.puntocero.org/en/ Puntocero Company]
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Category:21st-century Spanish actresses
Category:21st-century Spanish educators
Category:Academic staff of King Juan Carlos University