Teatro Campesino (Organization)
Overview
Works: | 130 works in 288 publications in 4 languages and 3,732 library holdings |
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Genres: | Literature Folklore Animated films Documentary films Music Drama Legends Religious films Songs and music Popular music |
Roles: | Performer, Producer |
Classifications: | PS3572.A387, 812.54 |
Publication Timeline
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Most widely held works about
Teatro Campesino (Organization)
- El Teatro Campesino : theater in the Chicano movement by Yolanda Broyles-González( Book )
- Taking it to the streets : the social protest theater of Luis Valdez and Amiri Baraka by Harry Justin Elam( Book )
- Bettina Gray speaks with Luis Valdez( Visual )
- El Teatro Campesino de Luis Valdez (1965-1980) by Arturo C Flores( Book )
- El Teatro Campesino : the evolution of America's first Chicano theatre company, 1965-1985( Book )
- Chicano-Theater zwischen Agitprop und Broadway : die Entwicklung des Teatro Campesino (1965-1985) by Christiane Rahner( Book )
- El Teatro Campesino by Teatro Campesino (Organization)( )
- Radical theatre festival, San Francisco State College, Sept. 1968 by San Francisco Mime Troupe( Book )
- Politics & Chicano culture : a perspective on El Teatro Campesino by Roy Eric Xavier( Book )
- El Teatro Campesino de Luis Valdez, 1965-1980 by Arturo C Flores( )
- El teatro( )
- El Teatro Campesino chicano y la vanguardia teatral, 1965-1975 by Manuel de Jesús Vega( )
- Between heaven and earth : actos of el Teatro Campesino by Jaime Darío Calvillo( )
- El Teatro Campesino : the evolution of American'a first Chicano theatre Company, 1965-1985( Book )
- Teatro Chicano by Fabián Santana( Book )
- Luis Valdez and El Teatro Campesino( Visual )
- An analysis of the theater of Luis Valdez by Mary D Boland( )
- El Teatro campesino( Visual )
- Visiones : Latino art & culture( Visual )
- The evolution of Chicano theater by Jorge A Huerta( )
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Most widely held works by
Teatro Campesino (Organization)
Luis Valdez--early works : Actos, Bernabé, and Pensamiento serpentino by
Luis Valdez(
Book
)
2 editions published in 1990 in English and held by 583 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of plays and a narrative poem by Luis Valdez
2 editions published in 1990 in English and held by 583 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of plays and a narrative poem by Luis Valdez
Rolas de Aztlán : Songs of the Chicano movement(
Recording
)
6 editions published in 2005 in Spanish and held by 234 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
6 editions published in 2005 in Spanish and held by 234 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Popol vuh : sacred book of the Quiché Maya(
Visual
)
10 editions published between 1988 and 2017 in English and Spanish and held by 186 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Portrays the creation myth of the Quiché Maya of ancient Guatemala. Gives life to the mystic history and art of the Maya, using animated drawings taken directly from classic Maya pottery
10 editions published between 1988 and 2017 in English and Spanish and held by 186 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Portrays the creation myth of the Quiché Maya of ancient Guatemala. Gives life to the mystic history and art of the Maya, using animated drawings taken directly from classic Maya pottery
Actos by
Luis Valdez(
Book
)
10 editions published between 1971 and 1978 in Spanish and English and held by 170 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
10 editions published between 1971 and 1978 in Spanish and English and held by 170 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Popol vuh(
Visual
)
6 editions published between 1986 and 2004 in English and Spanish and held by 158 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Portrays the creation myth of the Quiché Maya of ancient Guatemala. Gives life to the mystic history and art of the Maya, using animated drawings taken directly from classic Maya pottery
6 editions published between 1986 and 2004 in English and Spanish and held by 158 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Portrays the creation myth of the Quiché Maya of ancient Guatemala. Gives life to the mystic history and art of the Maya, using animated drawings taken directly from classic Maya pottery
I am Joaquin(
Visual
)
25 editions published between 1969 and 2015 in English and held by 80 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A dramatization of the Chicano poem of the same title by Rodolpho "Corky" Gonzales about the Mexican-American experience from Cortes to the current farm workers' struggle, emphasizing the problems of the oppressed and exploited Mexicans
25 editions published between 1969 and 2015 in English and held by 80 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A dramatization of the Chicano poem of the same title by Rodolpho "Corky" Gonzales about the Mexican-American experience from Cortes to the current farm workers' struggle, emphasizing the problems of the oppressed and exploited Mexicans
La Pastorela(
Visual
)
7 editions published between 1991 and 2012 in English and Spanish and held by 64 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Filmed in and around San Juan Bautista Mission, La Pastorela is a musical retelling of the shepherds' journey to Bethlehem to see the Christ Child. We see the play through the eyes of a young Chicana. In her surrealistic dream, she makes the journey with the shepherds
7 editions published between 1991 and 2012 in English and Spanish and held by 64 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Filmed in and around San Juan Bautista Mission, La Pastorela is a musical retelling of the shepherds' journey to Bethlehem to see the Christ Child. We see the play through the eyes of a young Chicana. In her surrealistic dream, she makes the journey with the shepherds
La pastorela : the shepherds' tale(
Visual
)
2 editions published in 1991 in Multiple languages and English and held by 32 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Filmed in and around San Juan Bautista Mission, La Pastorela is a musical retelling of the shepherds' journey to Bethlehem to see the Christ Child. We see the play through the eyes of a young Chicana. In her surrealistic dream, she repeats the journey, but through her own contemporary references
2 editions published in 1991 in Multiple languages and English and held by 32 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Filmed in and around San Juan Bautista Mission, La Pastorela is a musical retelling of the shepherds' journey to Bethlehem to see the Christ Child. We see the play through the eyes of a young Chicana. In her surrealistic dream, she repeats the journey, but through her own contemporary references
Los vendidos = The sellouts by
Luis Valdez(
Visual
)
12 editions published between 1972 and 2016 in English and Spanish and held by 32 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An introduction about the Teatro Campesino and its purpose is followed by a play dramatizing stereotypes and feelings of Mexican Americans in the United States
12 editions published between 1972 and 2016 in English and Spanish and held by 32 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An introduction about the Teatro Campesino and its purpose is followed by a play dramatizing stereotypes and feelings of Mexican Americans in the United States
Actos y el Teatro Campesino by
Luis Valdez(
Book
)
2 editions published between 1971 and 1978 in Spanish and English and held by 18 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published between 1971 and 1978 in Spanish and English and held by 18 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
El Teatro Campesino by
Teatro Campesino (Organization)(
Book
)
7 editions published between 1990 and 1999 in English and held by 14 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Bilingual examination of the history and contributions of El Teatro Campesino
7 editions published between 1990 and 1999 in English and held by 14 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Bilingual examination of the history and contributions of El Teatro Campesino
El corrido(
Visual
)
6 editions published between 1976 and 2000 in English and held by 9 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A story in song and dance, parallels a Mexican bracero's illegal entry into the United States until his death in the slums of a barrio
6 editions published between 1976 and 2000 in English and held by 9 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A story in song and dance, parallels a Mexican bracero's illegal entry into the United States until his death in the slums of a barrio
El Teatro notes : the quarterly newsletter of El Teatro Campesino(
)
in English and held by 6 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
in English and held by 6 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Corridos! : Tales of passion and revolution by
Ildefonso Méndez Martínez(
Visual
)
2 editions published in 1987 in English and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Examines the influence of Corridos, Mexican and Mexican American ballads, which celebrate popular heroes and folk tales and provide a sense of history and standards of public morality. Includes performances of Corridos in a program originally produced for stage, with historical and critical commentary between performances
2 editions published in 1987 in English and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Examines the influence of Corridos, Mexican and Mexican American ballads, which celebrate popular heroes and folk tales and provide a sense of history and standards of public morality. Includes performances of Corridos in a program originally produced for stage, with historical and critical commentary between performances
El teatro : el Teatro Campesino newsletter(
)
in English and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
in English and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
El Teatro Campesino's Corridos, a new American musical by Luis Valdez : Variety Arts Theatre(
Book
)
2 editions published between 1984 and 1987 in English and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published between 1984 and 1987 in English and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
La Virgen del Tepeyac by
Teatro Campesino (Organization)(
Recording
)
1 edition published in 2000 in Spanish and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 2000 in Spanish and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Mundo Mata(
Visual
)
3 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
It is the summer of 1973, and the United Farm Workers are fighting for their lives. Led by Cesar Chavez, a march comes to Burlap, California, a fictional tank town in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley. This is the background for playwright, director and El Teatro Campesinos founder Luis Valdez vintage classic, Mundo Mata a period piece that exposes the raw realities of life in a small farmworker town. As part of an epic struggle to achieve victory in union elections among ranches up and down the state, the campaign in Burlap brings together two brothers and pulls them apart. One is Bullet Mata, who returns to his old hometown for the first time in twelve years; the other, his older brother Mundo, a Vietnam veteran. Bullet is a college dropout, turned Chavista sworn to non-violence. Mundo is a drug dealer, secretly hired by two growers to stop Chavez. While the issue of violence versus non-violence becomes a personal matter between the two brothers, Mundo Mata also resonates within a larger landscape of the Civil Rights movement and the Vietnam War. What if Cesar Chavez had been assassinated in 1973? Would history remember him differently? These are some of the questions implied in this gritty drama about the farmworkers struggle for justice. Mundo Mata premiered in 1976 in El Paso, Texas in the Chamizal Theater on the borderline with Juarez, Mexico. After being retired, the play was revived, rewritten and restaged, as documented in this 2001 production
3 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
It is the summer of 1973, and the United Farm Workers are fighting for their lives. Led by Cesar Chavez, a march comes to Burlap, California, a fictional tank town in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley. This is the background for playwright, director and El Teatro Campesinos founder Luis Valdez vintage classic, Mundo Mata a period piece that exposes the raw realities of life in a small farmworker town. As part of an epic struggle to achieve victory in union elections among ranches up and down the state, the campaign in Burlap brings together two brothers and pulls them apart. One is Bullet Mata, who returns to his old hometown for the first time in twelve years; the other, his older brother Mundo, a Vietnam veteran. Bullet is a college dropout, turned Chavista sworn to non-violence. Mundo is a drug dealer, secretly hired by two growers to stop Chavez. While the issue of violence versus non-violence becomes a personal matter between the two brothers, Mundo Mata also resonates within a larger landscape of the Civil Rights movement and the Vietnam War. What if Cesar Chavez had been assassinated in 1973? Would history remember him differently? These are some of the questions implied in this gritty drama about the farmworkers struggle for justice. Mundo Mata premiered in 1976 in El Paso, Texas in the Chamizal Theater on the borderline with Juarez, Mexico. After being retired, the play was revived, rewritten and restaged, as documented in this 2001 production
La pastorela(
Visual
)
1 edition published in 1995 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Founded in 1965 by Luis Valdez, El Teatro Campesino was initially the cultural wing of the United Farm Workers union in California's central valley. With a pointed political mission, ETC performed their actos in the fields, agitprop improvisations communicated eloquently with the workers, who could neither read nor write, but recognized themselves and their values in the actos. By 1970 ETC had gained an international reputation, with major contributions to Chicano culture in the U.S. and to the development and expansion of the boundaries of theater everywhere. Theirs is a popular theater rooted in the American streets, early California history, Mayan/Aztec mythology and Mexican folklore and spiritualism, all geared toward expression of social, political and cultural perceptions. This video documents the piece La Pastorela, which is performed biannually by El Teatro Campesino during the Christmas holidays, alternating with La Virgen del Tepeyac, in the historic Mission of San Juan Bautista, established in 1797. Pastorelas, or Shepherds Plays, originated in medieval Europe as religious dramas and were later brought to the new world and Alta California by the Spanish missionaries. La Pastorela recreates the long trek of those first pastores to the holy site of the Nativity. This adaptation of La Pastorela was originally created in 1975, under the direction of Luis Valdez, based on a traditional version from San Luis Potosi in Mexico. The Lucifer character of Luzbel and his demons attempt to thwart the shepherds from reaching Bethlehem and the Holy Manger. However, in a dynamic clash of good against evil, San Miguel, the Archangel, and an army of angels overpower the demonic powers of Luzbel and the shepherds are at last free to complete their journey. This particular production, staged in 1995 by Kinan Valdez, is a youthful and vibrant reincarnation of this ETC popular classic
1 edition published in 1995 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Founded in 1965 by Luis Valdez, El Teatro Campesino was initially the cultural wing of the United Farm Workers union in California's central valley. With a pointed political mission, ETC performed their actos in the fields, agitprop improvisations communicated eloquently with the workers, who could neither read nor write, but recognized themselves and their values in the actos. By 1970 ETC had gained an international reputation, with major contributions to Chicano culture in the U.S. and to the development and expansion of the boundaries of theater everywhere. Theirs is a popular theater rooted in the American streets, early California history, Mayan/Aztec mythology and Mexican folklore and spiritualism, all geared toward expression of social, political and cultural perceptions. This video documents the piece La Pastorela, which is performed biannually by El Teatro Campesino during the Christmas holidays, alternating with La Virgen del Tepeyac, in the historic Mission of San Juan Bautista, established in 1797. Pastorelas, or Shepherds Plays, originated in medieval Europe as religious dramas and were later brought to the new world and Alta California by the Spanish missionaries. La Pastorela recreates the long trek of those first pastores to the holy site of the Nativity. This adaptation of La Pastorela was originally created in 1975, under the direction of Luis Valdez, based on a traditional version from San Luis Potosi in Mexico. The Lucifer character of Luzbel and his demons attempt to thwart the shepherds from reaching Bethlehem and the Holy Manger. However, in a dynamic clash of good against evil, San Miguel, the Archangel, and an army of angels overpower the demonic powers of Luzbel and the shepherds are at last free to complete their journey. This particular production, staged in 1995 by Kinan Valdez, is a youthful and vibrant reincarnation of this ETC popular classic
La carpa de los Rasquachis(
Visual
)
3 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Founded in 1965 by Luis Valdez, El Teatro Campesino was initially the cultural wing of the United Farm Workers union in California's central valley. With a pointed political mission, ETC performed their actos in the fields, agitprop improvisations communicated eloquently with the workers, who could neither read nor write, but recognized themselves and their values in the actos. By 1970 ETC had gained an international reputation, with major contributions to Chicano culture in the U.S. and to the development and expansion of the boundaries of theater everywhere. Theirs is a popular theater rooted in the American streets, early California history, Mayan/Aztec mythology and Mexican folklore and spiritualism, all geared toward expression of social, political and cultural perceptions. La Carpa de los Rasquachis was originally produced in 1974, and underwent several revisions until 1976, when it was locked into the definitive version seen in this revival performed by a new generation of ETC actors more than twenty years after its premiere. The carpa (itinerant tent show) presents the epic life story of the farmworker in America. Told through the struggles, frustrations and ultimate victory of a single Chicano, the Rasquachi saga (working-class, underdog) comes alive in corridos (Mexica ballads) that tell of lifes tragedies with an ironic, rollicking earthy good humor. The story follows Jesus Pelado Rasquachi, leaving his own mother and brother in Mexico as he heads for the United States, in hopes of getting rich as a bracero. Misfortune and fate, however, stalks his every footstep, in the guise of El Diablo and La Calavera. Tricked and betrayed at every turn, Jesus Pelado becomes a pathetic comic figure in the hands of the growers, contractors, bar owners, and social workers, and ultimately, the undertaker
3 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Founded in 1965 by Luis Valdez, El Teatro Campesino was initially the cultural wing of the United Farm Workers union in California's central valley. With a pointed political mission, ETC performed their actos in the fields, agitprop improvisations communicated eloquently with the workers, who could neither read nor write, but recognized themselves and their values in the actos. By 1970 ETC had gained an international reputation, with major contributions to Chicano culture in the U.S. and to the development and expansion of the boundaries of theater everywhere. Theirs is a popular theater rooted in the American streets, early California history, Mayan/Aztec mythology and Mexican folklore and spiritualism, all geared toward expression of social, political and cultural perceptions. La Carpa de los Rasquachis was originally produced in 1974, and underwent several revisions until 1976, when it was locked into the definitive version seen in this revival performed by a new generation of ETC actors more than twenty years after its premiere. The carpa (itinerant tent show) presents the epic life story of the farmworker in America. Told through the struggles, frustrations and ultimate victory of a single Chicano, the Rasquachi saga (working-class, underdog) comes alive in corridos (Mexica ballads) that tell of lifes tragedies with an ironic, rollicking earthy good humor. The story follows Jesus Pelado Rasquachi, leaving his own mother and brother in Mexico as he heads for the United States, in hopes of getting rich as a bracero. Misfortune and fate, however, stalks his every footstep, in the guise of El Diablo and La Calavera. Tricked and betrayed at every turn, Jesus Pelado becomes a pathetic comic figure in the hands of the growers, contractors, bar owners, and social workers, and ultimately, the undertaker
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- Valdez, Luis Interviewee Performer Consultant Director Author Narrator
- Broyles-González, Yolanda 1949- Author
- Baraka, Amiri 1934-2014
- Elam, Harry Justin Author
- Amlin, Patricia Producer Author of screenplay Director Creator
- Recinos, Adrián 1886-1962 Translator
- Edmonson, Munro S. Translator
- George, Larry Narrator
- KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
- Gray, Bettina 1949-
Associated Subjects
American drama American drama--Mexican American authors Angels Baraka, Amiri, California California--San Juan Bautista Central America Chicano movement Christmas music Christmas plays Christmas plays, Spanish Creation Devil Families Guatemala Hispanic Americans--Social life and customs Hispanic American theater Indian mythology Indians of Central America--Religion Jesus Christ Maya pottery Mayas--Religion Mexican American agricultural laborers Mexican American dramatists Mexican American families Mexican Americans Mexican Americans--Ethnic identity Mexican Americans in literature Mexican Americans--Intellectual life Mexican American theater Mexico Migrant agricultural laborers Musical theater Nativity of Jesus Christ Popol vuh Popular music Pottery Protest songs Quiché art Quiché Indians Quiché Indians--Religion Quiché mythology Shepherds in the Bible Songs, Spanish Teatro Campesino (Organization) Television adaptations Topical songs United States Valdez, Luis Workers' theater