The Arena Rodrigo case against Contemporary Dance

Rodrigo Arena is an Argentinian stage artist. In his artistic work he questions the aesthetic monopoly and the intellectual principles of contemporary art. He works in the fields of dance, performance and writing. In 2019 he got the award for Best Director at La Bienal de Arte Joven (AR) and was invited to be part of the Argentinian delegation of stage directors at the Avignon festival in France. He was a member of the Performance Art Laboratory at the San Martín Theater of Buenos Aires and worked as an actor in the play Don Gil de las calzas verdes, at the Complejo Teatral de Buenos Aires.

In 2015 Arena wrote the personal diary My days without Victory (Mis días sin Victoria) and staged a play based on the same, participating in various national and international festivals, such as the International Theater Festival of Buenos Aires (AR), Santiago OFF(CH), El Aleph (MEX) and La Bienal de Arte Joven (AR). He was granted numerous production support form institutions such as CC Recoleta, Instituto Prodanza and Fondo Nacional de las Artes.

He also directed the works How to explain art to a dead hare in 2059, The Martyr, Il Morto Qui Parla, Parrhesia in exile, Frustrated interviews with successful dancers (a.o.).