Pedro Zavala Vivas

Background

Pedro was born in 1963 in Morelia, Michoacan de Ocampo, Mexico.

Education

He studied primary education at the "Guadalupe Victoria" and "Maestro Lauro Aguirre" schools in Mexico City. The secondary school was carried out at the Jesuit school "Instituto Patria", in Mexico City. He did high school at the College of Sciences and Humanities, Vallejo campus. He studied Dramatic Arts and Theater at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Years later he studied the degree of Psychology at the Humanitas University. He has the master's degree in Psychotherapy with a psychoanalytic approach. With this, he defines his profession as a teatrologist and psychologist.

Career

Pedro Zavala Vivas was interested in performing arts from a young age. After studying drama and theater at UNAM, he developed his profession acting in plays such as "The Husband" (Commedia Dell 'Arte), "La Perricholi", "De la Calle", directed by the prestigious theater directors of moment (Martha Luna, José Solé, Julio Castillo), in addition to other staging. At the same time, he became interested in teaching and began teaching scenic acting at prestigious drama academies such as "Institute of Performing Arts", "Andrés Soler Institute", "Virginia Fábregas Cultural Center", "Sylvia Derbez Cultural Center", "Training Center for Mexican Television", among others. He also directed plays including “La Dama del Alba” (A. Casona), “Pastors of the City” (E. Carballido and L.J. Hernández), “Bodas de Sangre” (F.G. Lorca), “Yerma” ( F.G. Lorca) National Theater Award for Best Direction, in 1999. As a writer he has published the book "Actor's Handbook", Editorial Trillas, Mexico, 2009 (1st Edition sold out, and reprint, 2014). He graduated as a Psychologist man from the Humanitas University (2016), so he began a second career with which he complements his long career as a theater professional. He has a master's degree in Psychotherapy with a psychoanalytic approach.

Works

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• book

  • Manual del actor

    (Este manual pretende compendiar los fundamentos de la act...)

Religion

Buddhism allows us to understand that suffering is caused by the desire of the fantasy, of the unreal, of the uncontextual, and Taoism allows the idea of understanding creation and creative force as an unknown purpose and principle; The concept of God is not possible to conceive under penalty of naming something different and exhibiting a certain arrogance. What we believe is God is easier than not, but since the human being needs to name everything, an appropriate name in this aspect for the Taoist is Tao or path.

Membership

• Asociación Nacional de Actores , Mexico

• Asociación General de Escritores Mexicanos , Mexico

Personality

Pedro Zavala Vivas is an art lover, he himself is an artist, he likes music (instrumental, pop, rock), he plays the keyboard, the electric bass, the guitar, and he likes singing. In addition to an actor, writer, theater director, and clinical psychologist, he draws, paints, and composes songs. He is also an amateur chess player, but of a respectable club level. He says of himself: "I am kind and sensitive, but also hateful and terrible."

References

• Teatro mexicano del siglo XX, 1900-1986 Pedro Zavala Vivas, pp. 360-361.
  1987