Investigación-creación: Don Álvaro o la fuerza del verso

Abstract

This thesis documents a Montaje en Verso (Verse-Based Staging) process, developed within the course of the same name in the Performing Arts program at Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. The project took place during the first semester of 2024 and was presented to the public from June 3rd to 6th at Teatro Casa Teatrova in Bogotá. The course aimed to produce a theatrical staging, in this case performed by fourteen acting students under the direction of playwright, director, teacher, and theatre researcher Camilo Ramírez Triana, who guided the scenic approach to the play Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino, written within the context of Spanish Romanticism by Ángel Saavedra, Duke of Rivas. This thesis focuses on three methodological components selected by the author: 1. Contextual analysis of the play, including the historical background of the author and the story, as well as the author’s biography; 2. Theoretical study of Spanish verse: structure, axis, enjambment, synalepha, hiatus, diphthong, types of intonation, and verse pause; 3. Character creation: given circumstances, metric summary, and interpretation of unfamiliar words. Based on these elements, the work presents conclusive reflections drawn from the creative process, highlighting the challenges and accomplishments encountered throughout the staging.