Silvia Gómez Giusto

Argentina

She began her career as a choreographer and performer in dance and theatre. In 2011 her first play Irreal was selected for the Óperas Primas cycle at the Centro Cultural Rojas and from there she began her work as a playwright and director. This was followed by El origen, siete vidas and in 2016 she will premiere INDIA, also written by her. She is also Artistic Director of Vicente López en Escena – Festival de Teatro en espacios inesperados and curator of the theatre cycle and seminars York en Escena, both for the Secretaría de Cultura de Vicente López. For her training and production she has received grants and subsidies from the Goethe Institute, Freiburg Theatre (Germany), Fondo Nacional de las Artes, Fondo de Cultura del Gobierno de la Ciudad and Instituto Nacional de Teatro among others. In 2016 he will premiere INDIA, also written by him, a play for which he won the 2016 Artei Award.