CHAPÍ MERCH, GOLD MEDAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF IBIZA
Eivissa Town Hall has decided to award the city's Gold Medal to theater director Merche Chapí. This award supposes a recognition of the merit of the artist and her relevance and contribution to the culture of Eivissa.
Chapí's career on the Ibizan scene
Theater director Merche Chapí
Merche Chapí nation in 1939 and is originally from the city of Valencia. It was at the end of the sixties of the last century when he arrived in Eivissa. When he arrived on the island he fell in love with the place, and decided to stay. Since then, Her work has made her one of the most important figures in the world of theater on the island.. Chapí has contributed to Ibizan theater in a notable way, Because without their work this would be very different from what we know today..
With a long professional career, Chapí carries 55 years directing theater. Half a century has passed since he founded the Blat d'Eivissa theater school in the city. She is also the founder of GAT, the Amateur Theater Group created in 1975. This is her main legacy as a theater director.. with this company, Chapí has directed more than seventy productions to date, some of them of great relevance. The GAT was a great advance in the development of Ibiza theater, because until then it only had a stable theater group. The GAT has a strong social perspective in all its productions, fruit largely of Chapí's ideas, firm opponent of Francoism and defender of democracy and progress. Later, Chapí founded the GAT Theater School, where fundamental personalities of Ibizan theater have been trained under his direction.
The Ibiza Gold Medal is not the only important merit that the artist has achieved. en 2018 He has already obtained the Ramon Llull Award from the Government of the Balearic Islands in recognition of his theatrical career.. The Gold Medal will be awarded to him next 5 of August.
By Maite Vallejo
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