Shoshana Polanco

Shoshana Polanco is a creative producer based in Buenos Aires. Her area of expertise is international collaboration with a focus in Latin America. She has worked for major festivals, such as the Cervantino in Mexico, FIBA in Buenos Aires, and TeatroStageFest and Lincoln Center Festival in New York City. As a consultant, she has collaborated with Southern Exposure (Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation), Made in Scotland (Creative Scotland), Music Theatre Now (ITI Germany), Rolex Mentor and Protege Program (Rolex Foundation), and ALIAS (dance company based in Switzerland), among others. In New York City, she worked at BAM, PS122, Under the Radar, and The Builders Association. In Mexico, she works for La TeatrerĂ­a developing new productions and long-term strategies for the company. She recently co-curated ESCENICA, a new performing arts festival in Mexico City. She has been part of INCUBADORA, a new initiative for emerging artists in Buenos Aires, where she follows their creative processes and helps them build tools for presentation.


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Lengua materna / Mother tongue

I do not imagine a theater, because I live theater, breathe it in and out; I dream it. But, if I had to imagine a theater, then I'd like to imagine that the languages that have been forgotten, which are still spoken in many parts of the world, would be part of this new playwriting.