Astrid Hadad

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Astrid Hadad is a wellknown Mexican actress and performance artist She was born in January 4 1957 Chetumal Quintana Roo Mexico She attended the National Autonomous University of Mexico originally planning to major in political science and journalism but then changing to theatre After appearing in a number of shows she came to the fore in 1985 in Donna Giovanni an allfemale adaptation of Mozarts opera which was directed by Jesusa Rodríguez and became a great hit in Europe It closed after its 500th performance in the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City Parallel to these activities she created two shows of her own Nostalgia Arrabalera and Del Rancho a la Ciudad This led to her producing and starring in the tragicomic musical La Occisa or Luz Levántate y Lucha based on the life of Mexican singer Lucha Reyes Out of this production came her collaboration with the musical group that has accompanied her since Los Tarzanes Together they have created various performances La Mujer Ladrina Apocalipsis Ranchero La Mujer del Golfo etc Astrid has also starred in TV soaps and in the film Sólo con tu pareja In her Heavy Nopal show Astrid makes use of iconic references not just as scenery the cactus the rock the pyramid the tequila bottle but also on her own body becoming not only the stage but also an altar From the calla lilies to the extremelycomplex surprisemultipurpose outfits to the innumerable ornaments rebozos virgins of Guadalupe guns and common places in the essence of Mexico Someone once described Astrid as a walking museum of popular cultures Pecadora is a comic show that has women as a central theme using Mary Magdalene sinner par excellence as the leading thread It is a show that aims at rescuing the passion from the dangers of extinction where it can be currently found In it Astrid retakes the spirit of the rumberas the soul of the rancheras and the historical body of everything Mexican Of course all this seasoned with a loud wardrobe where hearts gigantic eyes turquoiseblue dresses and an old lantern among others play before the eyes of the audience In Sol y Sombra taking as an excuse the novel Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Astrid presents a show where setting the forces of evil against those of goodness she leads us to reflect on through her sense of humor our inner ghosts as well as on the joys of life This show boasts a very colorful wardrobe and scenery in which the use of papel picado is an important stage element Papel picado is a thin colored paper with different shapes cut out used as a decoration on holidays in Mexico As for this show it requires an archshaped structure to hang from as part of the scenery and the show it is somewhat bulky to carry The last performance of the show called Ohdiosas which is a play on words meaning something like bitchies Oh goddesses was at the end of the month of July 2006 in Mexico City in one of the boroughs called Colonia Condesa Other shows by Hadad include Corazón sangrante and La multimamada Description above from the Wikipedia article Astrid Hadad licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia