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Nationality
Spanish, Basque
Actor - Singer - Poet
LANGUAGES
Fluent: Spanish, Basque, English
Basic: French, Italian
Xabi "Jabato" Lopez began his artistic journey with dance and music.
He studied Dramatic Art at the Navarra School of Theater . He continues his theatrical journey by taking workshops with the teachers Fabio Mangolini (Neutra mask, Italy), Pepa Plana (Clown, Catalunya), Joan Castells (Poetics of space, Catalunya), Anton Valén (Cirque du Soleil, Spain), Pierrick Malenbranche (Cie Phillipe Genty, France) and Arturo Gaskins (National Circus of Puerto Rico).
He writes, directs and acts in the original play written in Basque "Gaur ez da inoiz" for the theater company "Distopia antzerkia". He works as an actor for different plays and companies.
He attends the annual training at the Cabuia School of Theater Creation and Movement , Buenos Aires. He works on various theatrical texts, as well as for the project "Jabato Lopez" where he plays the role of singer and lyricist. As a pedagogue he has given workshops in Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Germany and the Basque Country. She works with a group on gender and equality "acts", educating with theater in institutes and public institutions.
He currently co-directs and acts in the Swiss- based company DesAires, in which he co-directs and acts for the piece “ Depolvoeres ”.
At the same time he writes and directs his own solo acts such as "Ay! El Chiquirritín" or "Amórica" .
Co-stars in the fiction series " Ihesaldia "
She co-stars in the series, “ Beti Mugan ”. Recently, he has released the original work written and directed by himself, “ Apotheòsis Buffo ”. He performs at the CDN (National Dramatic Center) in the play “Los Papeles de Sisifo”. His new project with DesAires is in process, supported and produced by the École Dimitri (Switzerland). On
Also begins the creation of the work " My son only walks a little slower " for the Tanttaka company.
Jean-François "Paco" Meuwly studied Political Science and Social Work before beginning his theatrical career.
He was part of the host cast of the first Latin American meeting of Teatro del Oprimido in 2009 (Jujuy, Argentina).
He has trained with teachers such as F. Soleri (Commedia dell'Arte), R. Borghi (Teatro Promiscuo, Brazil), R. Carreri (Odin Teatret, Denmark), Antón Valén (Cirque du Soleil, Spain), Hervé Langlois (Royal Clown Company, France) Pierrik Malabranche (Phillipe Genty, France) or Emma Bonnici (Song of The Goat, Poland) among others.
He was a member of the Swiss company «Les Joueurs» directed by the teacher M. Alexandrovskaya from 2011 to 2016. In 2017, he attended the annual training of the International School of Theater Creation and Movement Cabuia (Buenos Aires, Argentina).
Currently, while he continues with his socio-educational activities, he co-directs and acts in the company "DesAires Teatro" based in Lausanne (Switzerland), directs continuous training courses for social workers and is doing a master's degree in Physical Theater at the Accademia Teatro Dimitri from Ticino (Switzerland).