Interview with Ricardo Reymena

You can listen to the interview here.

Outline

Ricardo Reymena was born in Havana.
His first theatre related jobs were on the scenery and props workshops of the National Theatre and the ICAIC scenery workshop in Cubanacan.
He worked with Rafael Morante designing movie posters for ICAIC.
In 1964 he was called to the military service
He participated in the Rubén Vigón´s stage design courses.
He enters the Cuban Natinal Ballet during the 60s, and designs the magazine Cuba en el Ballet since its 2nd number.
During the 'quinquenio gris' he was expelled from that department.
He returns in 1978 to work at the company and to design the magazine.
He recount some of his most important works, providing details of several of them, as well as from the dynamics of the stage productions, workshops, maintenance of set designs, etc.
The process of designing a ballet: dialogue with the choreographer
His relationship with painting
Books that he use to work
His hobbies: reading History and watching movies
His experiences in different museums of the world
Cuban culture at the moment of the interview
For young designers: follow your vocation