CLASSE is a project of transmission, compromise, blending and mixing, invented pedagogies and radical imagination that combines a public programme with the creation of an ongoing working group, moving through the Short Theatre 2025’s programme and beyond.
Every day for 10 days, artists, poets, activists, philosophers and researchers are invited to give a short talk starting from a specific word / issue / practice.
Discover all the other appointments that constitute the public programme of CLASSE.
Alberto Cortés will also present at Short Theatre 2025 the performance Analphabet.
Alberto Cortés (1983) directs, writes and performs his own creations. He graduated in Stage Direction and Dramaturgy from ESAD in Malaga and in Art History from UMA. In 2009, he began his theatrical career, creating a hybrid and peripheral theatre form which continues to develop over time. Seeking to hold on to hope within the intangible, the spiritual and the human, Cortés’ work has evolved over the years across a variety of formats and disciplines (theatre, dance, performance, folklore and flamenco). His works present the stage as a space for romantic desire and relationship with the audience. Alberto Cortés also accompanies the processes of fellow artists, collaborating with staging and dramaturgy. Alongside his theatre work, he holds workshops in the form of meetings during which he shares his research. In 2022, he published Los montes son tuyos, which collects the texts of his plays El Ardor and One night at the golden bar. In 2024, he published the book Siempre vengo de noche, which contains the text of Analphabet.
poetic texts translated by Alessandra Bava
the project is partly supported by a grant from Acción Cultural Española (AC/E), ente pubblico statale
and with the support of Real Academia de España en Roma
part of CLASSE, project by AREA06 promoted by Roma Capitale – Assessorato alla Cultura, winner of the Avviso Pubblico Roma Creativa 365. Cultura tutto l’anno in collaboration with Zètema Progetto Cultura