The Charalito and La Justiciera collective emerged in 2013 in Mexico City. Their creators are Edson Martínez Luna (director, actor and dancer) and Valentina Martínez Gallardo (actress and director), from that point on, they have collaborated with artists from different disciplines.
The objective of the collective is to develop interdisciplinary stage projects that promote creations in experimentation labs with the collaboration of invited artists in order to generate a continuous dialogue between different artistic disciplines: dance, cinema, music, literature, theater; among others.
Our poetic tries to establish links between the different artistic languages, always looking for to open up different creative possibilities, without determining absolutes and instead open questions for the artists involved and the viewers.
Our research goes around certain themes and obsessions such as origin, animality, desire, love, violence, daily life, the infra ordinary, and death. We tried to generate provocation and surprise, and on the other way questioning our way of being in life.
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She has developed her work integrating various disciplines: acting, directing and dance.
She studied the acting career, at Casa del Teatro, from Luis de Tavira, and she attended the directing workshop with Emilio G.Whebi in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2018.
She is a member of the Charalito Collective and La Justiciera. Also she has worked with the directors: David Hevia, Martin Acosta, Aurora Cano and Mariana García Franco. Some of her principal projects are: Play Medea, 2008, she was part of the company “El Rocinante” in 2009 with the plays Bodas de Sangre (Blod Wedding) and Salir al mundo (Coming out to the world), Proyecto Siberia (Siberia Project) 2013, Watashi o qué diablos (Watashi or what the hell) 2013, Desmantelamiento de un pez (Dismantling of a fish) 2014, Yo no soy Muhammad Alí (I am not Muhammad Ali) 2015, performing in Berlin, Germnay.
She directs Prohibido mirar al piso (Don´t look at the floor) 2017; directs and acts at Sed (Thirst) 2017, Bramido de Ciervo (Deer Bellow) 2018, and Último Reino (Last Kingdom) 2019; she has danced in Jessica’s Sandoval company in the projects Folia and Do not disturb. She has received twice the creators’ grant of Creadores Escénicos of the FONCA (2014 and 2017), and she has been beneficiary of the program Fomento y Coinversiones by FONCA. In 2020 she had the main character in the movie A quién Cierra los ojos (To who closes the eyes), directed by the spanish director Ana Díez.
He has developed his work integrating different disciplines and techniques around the scenic work of: theater, dance and oral narration. He has worked with the companies Teatro Línea de Sombra and El regreso de Ulises.
He is member of Colectivo Charalito. Some of his work are: Palomita Pop, apuntes sobre la inmediatez (Popcorn Pop, scripts on immediacy) award winner of the University Theater Festival prize, UNAM, 2011. Watashi o qué diablos (Watashi or what the hell) 2013, Desmantelamiento de un pez (Dismantling a fish) 2014, Yo no soy Muhammad Alí (I am not Muhammad Ali). In 2016 Lo que pas es que el perro mordió (What happens is that the dog bit) and Australia. In 2017 Pequeño Habitante (Small Inhabitant). In 2017 he co-directs Sed (Thirst), with Valentina Martínez Gallardo, work selected for the 39th National Theater Exhibition. In 2018 he works as co-director of the play Resonancias (Resonances) by Alicia Sánchez. In 2018 Paisaje, estampida de tortugas (Landscape, Turtle stamped), and Bramido de Ciervo (Deer Bellow). And in 2019, Último Reino (The Last Kingdom), project supproted by FONCA.
He has participated as an oral narrator of the Alas and Raíces program of CONACULTA (National Council for Arts and Culture) from 2006 to 2013.
He has taught in the Body Theater Diploma course, in the CEDRAM a diploma course of acting specializing in bio mechanics, and as of the year 2006 until today he teaches at the CEA, from Televisa teaching the subject Body Expression. He currently teaches the subject of Theater in the Bachelor of Contemporary Circus Arts of Cirko De Mente. He was a fellow of the Creadores Escénicos (Scenic Creators) by FONCA, program 2017-2018 in the interdisciplinary area.