Ready for 2014

Film Festival

Hey guys, last weenend i went to San Miguel de Allende a beautiful city in the state of Guanajuato, México to the 16th Guanajuato International Film Festival.
I had a great time and this week end the festival will take place in Guanajuato City, many important people will come like: Darren Aronofsky and Dany Boyle!
Follow me this weekend, i will tell you everithing about this great festival.

The world premiere of the mexican movie: Almost 30

San Miguel de Allende from the sky!

San Miguel de Allende DownTown

A few pics!
Thanks for reading
Pablo Cuen

EscArt Festival 2013 Interviews

Hello guys, i leave here the link to watch the interviews of EscArt Festival. Enjoy!
Pablo Cuen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6kpfdRwCnE

Giselle

Hi guys, last friday I went to the Palace of Fine Arts to see the ballet Giselle with the national dance company. It was a wonderful and exciting spectacle. The season premiere coincided with the release of 172 years ago.
The dancers were sublime, and music with live orchestra, made ​​a wonderful moment.

I leave a few pictures!

Palace of Fine Arts

Inside the palace of fine arts

Roof of the palace. 

The dancers

Act 2 of Giselle

Hola a todos, el viernes pasado fui al palacio de bellas artes a ver el ballet Giselle con la compañía nacional de danza. Fue un espectáculo maravilloso y emocionante. El estreno de la temporada coincidió con el estreno de hace 172 años.
Los bailarines estuvieron sublimes, y la música con la orquesta en vivo, hicieron de  un momento maravilloso.

Les dejo unas cuantas fotos!


Pablo Cuen

Every time is movie time!

I share to you my new little collection of movies! For this rainy day there is nothing better than good movies!  Have a great weekend guys!
Pablo Cuen

Día lluvioso en Mexico DF

View from my place in mexico city.  This day is perfect for have a cup of coffee and watch Woody Allen movies!  What do you think? 
Have a nice day.
Pablo Cuen

EscArt Festival 2013

The Lion King 

EscArt Festival 2013

El festival de El Rey León en Irapuato, Guanajuato de la acemia EscArt fue un éxito total. Con sus más de 100 bailarines y artistas lograron que la sociedad irapuatense se conmoviera de una forma extraordinaria.
La música de Elton John, la coreografía original de EscArt y la increíble creatividad hicieron de estas dos funciones del 14 y 15 de Junio, dos de las mejores puestas en escena de esta academia.

Les compartiré estos días, fotos e historias de esta increíble puesta en escena.

The circle of life

Red birds

En el back stage, hicieron un trabajo increíble!

Carlos y Susana Eguiluz

 Las jirafas

Calentando motores

Pumba!

Leona

A unos minutos de empezar

The circle of life

The Lion King

Puebla or Angelópolis

A month ago I went to Puebla. It is a beautiful town near Mexico City. Legend has it that the city of Puebla was drawn by angels, because the streets are straight and around the city center is well planned, it is so ordered so they say that was traced by the angels, because usually the Mexican cities do not grow with good urban plan.

Another reason why it is called the city of angels is because when the Spanish built the cathedral did not know how to climb the bell tower, the legend tells that the Spanish went to sleep and when they woke up, the bell was placed. They called this city Puebla de los Angeles, or Angelópolis.

Now, walking through the streets, you can see the contrast of what was once the splendor of this city and you can see the modern area with its shopping malls and nightclubs in Cholula, a small village that is part of the metropolitan area of this beautiful city

Puebla is the fifth largest city in Mexico. It has a beautiful flora and fauna, from the church of Cholula which is built on top of a pyramid you can see the volcanoes Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl.

I leave some of the photos I took on this trip.

Thanks for reading
Pablo Cuen

Los portales

El centro de Puebla

Calle principal en los Portales Puebla

Portales

La casa del alfeñique

Hace un mes fui a Puebla. Es una hermosa ciudad muy cercana de la ciudad de México. La leyenda cuenta que la ciudad de Puebla fue trazada por los ángeles, porque las calles son rectas y todo el centro de la ciudad está perfectamente planeado, está tan ordenado que por eso dicen que fue trazada por los ángeles, porque por lo regular las mexicanas ciudades no crecen con un buen plan urbano.

Otra de las razones por la que es llamada la ciudad de los ángeles es porque cuando los españoles construyeron la catedral no sabían como subir la campana a la torre, la leyenda narra, que los españoles se fueron a dormir y que cuando despertaron, la campana ya estaba colocada.  Así que llamaron a esta ciudad Puebla de los Ángeles, o Angelópolis.

Ahora, paseando por esas calles, se puedes ver el contraste de lo que alguna vez fue el esplendor de esa ciudad y también se puede ver la zona moderna con sus plazas comerciales y clubs nocturnos en Cholula, un pequeño pueblo que forma parte del área metropolitana de esta hermosa ciudad

Puebla es la quinta ciudad más grande de México. Tiene una hermosa flora y fauna, desde la iglesia de Cholula que está construida arriba de una pirámide se pueden ver los volcanes Popocatepelt y el iztaccihuatl.

Les dejo algunas de las fotos que tomé en este viaje.

Gracias por leer
Pablo Cuen

Carlos Eguiluz Interview

Carlos Eguiluz: mexican film director, talks about EscArt Academy plays in Irapuato, Guanajuato, México. This years play is The Lion King.

Here is the link to watch the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmvKLGfNdxE

Wait for more interviews only in LifePlaybook

Thanks for reading
Pablo Cuen

From Mexico City to Guanajuato

Good evening to all readers of Life Playbook.
Last night I left my beautiful and huge city of Mexico to come back to Guanajuato.

Mexico City Skyline

 

Mexico City cathedral

The weekend is full of surprises, tonight I will go to the symphony orchestra concert. The director will be Manuel de Elías, is a composer and conductor of classical music. He is the creator of the Latin American Association of Composers of Art Music. He studied piano and composition at the National Conservatory and the School of Music at the National University. Subsequently took courses in the United States and in Europe.
 

Baratillo Plaza Guanajuato

Guanajuato view

Teatro Juarez Guanajuato

 


















 



After the concert I will meet with my friends Guanajuato and go to visit the most typical and traditional nightlife Guanajuato.

Thanks for reading
Pablo Cuen

EscArt Interviews

Hi people! wait for the EscArt interviews previews only on www.lifeplaybook.blogspot.mx

Thanks for reading
Pablo Cuen

EscArt, The Lion King & The Strawberry City

Whats up lovely people from all over the world.

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing the teachers of the dance academy Escart in Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico, the city of Strawberry

Irapuato's Strawberry

 (Strawberry Fields)

Irapuato Downtown

This academy is doing The Lion King, an adaptation of the Broadway play.
This work will be adapted to ballet and hip hop. This incredible group of artists are doing everything possible to make this show happen. Irapuato City does not have a theater, but has an auditorium, where take place the cultural events of the Strawberry City. 

Choreography for the Lion King play

 
Here are some of the girls, the academy has over 100 students, ages from 4 to 30.
This academy was founded 44 year ago!
Many many people and great artists passed trough this class rooms.

Paulina Eguiluz, ballet teacher

In this picture you can see Paulina Eguiluz, one of the ballet teachers, she has been teacher since she was 13 years old!
She also is a Pilates instructor in this academy.
In this play she is choreographer and dancer.

Mask of one of the characters

Here you can see one of the students and Marimar Eguiluz, also a teacher in this academy and she also is the director of this montage, she is a fashion designer, and ballet dancer since she was 4 years old.

 

Hyena mask

In Escart Dance Academy are making over 100 costumes for the adaptation of the Lion King. The have: fashion designers, choreographers, and characterization experts

Making the mask

Bird costume

Two of the girls!

 All the costumes are designed by Marimar Eguiluz and Marcela Eguiluz. This surely is a family of artists!

Mask painting!

¿Remember that i came to irapuato to give this girls acting lessons?
Here they are doing an exercise that i gave to them.
 













The girls in their acting class, can you see the size of the classroom? is great isn't it?

Acting Class

 








They let me spy for a while!

The teachers of this academy are passionate and lovely people! great artists who search for integral education for the girls

 Jimena Cuen and Paulina Eguiluz, teacher and student rehearsing, for the Lion King. The presentation will be in 3 weeks in the Benito Juarez auditorium in Irapuato City.

They let me try on one of the masks!!

Here you can see the garden and the structures for the presentation!

The class rooms and the garden. There is a teacher back in the picture, Her name is Mariana Cuen Garibi.

 Marimar Eguiluz, and one of her students.

They rehearse every day because in three weeks will take place the presentation of the King Leon in Irapuato and have to have everything ready!

Learnings the steps!

Making masks!

The studens also help!!

I get to see one of the choreography

I will share with you guys: photos videos and interviews with teachers and dancers.
I hope you enjoy these posts, and expect more tomorrow, I'll go back to the dance academy Escart to continue with the interviews.
Today I was invited to see a Flamenco presentation, so whait for post also.

I'll be back later to share with you guys all the details of the Flamenco presentation.

Thanks for reading!!
 
Pablo Cuen