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Luis valdez Born/Early Life
Luis Valdez was born in Delano, California, and was the son of migrant farm workers. Luis is still alive to this day. He began working in the fields with his parents at the age of 6 and he has nine brothers and sisters. -
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Luis Miguel Valdez Born
Luis Valdez was born in Delano, California, and was the son of migrant farm workers. Luis is still alive to this day. He began working in the fields with his parents and nine brothers and sisters when he was six years old. -
The San Francisco Mime Troupe
Luis Valdez joined a the San Francisco Mime Troupe. He couldn't stop telling stories and writing plays, though. During this time, he developed agitprop theater techniques, in which a performance presents political viewpoints and attempts to convince the audience to act on those viewpoints. -
El Teatro Campesino
He started El Teatro Campesino, an agricultural worker theater in California, in 1965. This project inspired young Mexican American activists around the country to use the stage to speak out about their country's history, myths, and current political problems. -
Grape pickers from Delano do a strike
The reason for the migrant workers to do the strike was because of unhealthy working conditions and worked for long periods of time with low wages and no benefits. -
Valdez and El Teatro Campesino create theatre
Valdez and El Teatro Campesino abandoned their vineyards and lettuce fields in order to build a theater for the Mexican American people. Teatro chicano, an agitprop theater that combined classic theatrical traditions with Mexican humor, character types, history, and popular culture, grew out of the movement. -
Married
He married Lupe Trujillo-Valdez and had 4 children with her. -
Collection of act play
Valdez released a book of acts for the Mexican-American community and school theater groups. He also provided various theatrical and political ideals to the organizations. -
Success with Mexican American Theatre
Valdez's idea of a national theater that developed art based on Mexican American folklore and civil rights issues was realized. In 1976, the Mexican American theater movement achieved a peak. -
The Zoot Suit
Valdez broke into public theater in 1978 after his popular play Zoot Suit, about Mexican-American gang members during 1942-1943 in Los Angeles racial riots. -
Movie failure attempt-Zoot Suit
They wanted to make the play Zoot Suit into a film but failed to, due to critics and audience. -
La Bamba
La Bamba is a film that follows the life and short-lived musical career of Mexican-American Chicano rock and roll star Ritchie Valens. This helped Luis Valdez showcase the lives of Mexican Americans to a wider audience -
Luis Valdez's First Award
George Peabody Award -
Luis Valdez's second Award
The Governors Award -
The Life of Cesar Chavez
In 1994, he began writing the script for a film on César Chávez, 1994. He also had remained El Teatro Campesino's creative director. -
Luis Valdez's third Award
Mexico's prestigious Aguila Azteca Award -
Rockefeller Award
As one of fifty US artists honored across the country, he received a Rockefeller award. -
Valley of the Heart
Luis' drama Valley of the Heart received its world premiere at El Teatro Campesino in remote San Juan Bautista, California. -
National Medal of Arts
In September of 2016, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Obama. -
The Tower Award
In May of 2017, the San Jose University awarded Luis Valdez for the universities highest award given San Jose State exemplors. -
Valley of the Heart
In 2014, this play premiered in El Teatro Campesino, and in 2018, Valley of the Heart opened to rave revues and sold out to audiences at the Mark Taper Forum/Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles. -
Adios Mama Carlota
"Adios Mama Carlota" was a new play Mr. Valdez wrote and it premiered at San Jose Stage Company. -
Lifetime Acheivement Award
Mr. Valdez was a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for directing the Sedona International Film Festival. -
"Theatre of the Sphere: the Vibrant Being"
The book "Theatre of the Sphere: the Vibrant Being" is a book that was published by Routledge Press in London. -
Refrenses 2022
Valdez, L. (2022, May 17). Luis Valdez. Wikipedia. Retrieved June 27, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Valdez Valdez, Luis. (2022). Luis Valdez. Biography. Retrieved June 27, 2022, from https://biography.yourdictionary.com/luis-valdez -
Influence
Writing Bernabé highlighted the influence of Spanish playwright Federico Garcia Lorca, who also attempts to give the common people heroic and legendary status, and it also marked the beginning of Valdez's quest for the significance of Aztec and Mayan mythology, history, and philosophy.