visual theater“Collaborating with director/visual artist Robert Wilson in New York led to a PhD dissertation and book series on his creative process. Later in Mexico City, I played a role in introducing Butoh to the National Center for the Arts. In Madrid, I had participated in works by a national theater and a theater-dance company, while directing university theater.” — PV
“This body of work is shaped by the power of movement, the poetic fusion of word and image, and a strong sense of light, time, and space. Visual theater is seen as a multi-sensory experience, where the body speaks through silence and beauty is expressed in every element on stage. Through visual architectures, storytelling is redefined, both intimate and expansive, to inspire.”
VISUAL THEATER
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Robert Wilson
THE DAYS BEFORE: death destruction and detroit III by Robert Wilson. Lincoln Center, New York. Video design collaborator: Pedro Valiente
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Butoh
Flying Fish Over Mexico, Tecnológico de Monterrey, CNA, Mexico. Director: Pedro Valiente
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Tilmun Teatro
Roberto Zucco by Bernard-Marie Koltès, Caresses by Sergi Belbel, Nothing to America by Julio Cortázar, Tilmun Teatro.. UCM. Director: Pedro Valiente
VISUAL POETRY
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You Are Mythical
Film by Crossing Stages UC3M European project. Director: Pedro Valiente
In You Are Mythical, documentary film produced through an European Project at UC3M, VISUAL POEMS explore performing arts on screen: [01] Penelope 08:40: performance for screen [02] Antigone 20:00: performance for music video [03] Jason 29:07: Bunraku theater [04] Siren 41:50: dance for screen [05] Oedipus 49:58: performance for video installation [06] Narcissus 59:35: performance for art installation [07] Ulysses 01:10:25: performance for music video
Penelope Builds Ships
(2018, Spain, 3:11) visual poem from You Are Mythical documentary film, screened on Notodofilmfest
Crossroads To Be Seen
“Going through a cross-disciplinary practice, Pedro Valiente’s creative journey spans performance, visual media, and cultural narratives. The work evolves through collaborations that merge theater with technology, crafting immersive, multi-layered projects where story and visuals breathe together.
NEW YORK I Working with Robert Wilson on The Days Before: DDD III [video design collaborator], Valiente absorbed a radical approach to visual storytelling —where image, time, and space coexist in powerful, sculptural tableaux vivants. This experience shaped a vision of the stage as an open environment, a shifting architecture inviting new modes of audience encounter.
MEXICO CITY I Vaiente’s work evolved in Flying Fish Over Mexico [director], a multimedia performance blending Butoh, film, and poetry. Rooted in landscapes of myth and memory, the piece at the National Center for the Arts, brought together students and artists in a collective ritual —a living tapestry where stage forms dissolved into one.
MADRID I Earlier in Spain, Tilmun Teatro [director] worked on contemporary authors in the frame of university theater. Roberto Zucco by Bernard-Marie Koltès, Caresses by Sergi Belbel, and Nothing to America by Julio Cortázar channeled an early use of video on stage, and live music —new stage languages were in the making bringing technology into a contemporary fabric.
This creative path connects past influences with emerging futures. Searching immersive media, it continues to look at the crossroads of identity, culture, and narrative —inviting audiences into spaces where art is not only seen, but lived.” Site I EXTERNAL REVIEW