Chris Baldwin is a British performance director and curator, professor and writer, he has lived in northern Spain for 20 years. He develops site specific performances and curated events devoted to specific city, rural or regional contexts. Baldwin's work emphasises the importance of a collaboration between professionals and citizens in the making and curating of cultural projects. He has various plays and Books published about theatre and the teaching of history in post authoritarian countries. Baldwin directs widely including Spain, UK, Poland, Bulgaria and Germany. Baldwin worked for Rose Bruford College, 2012 Summer Olympics. He was Curator of Interdisciplinary Performance for the 2016 :pl:Europejska Stolica Kultury Wrocław 2016|European Capital of Culture in Wroclaw, Poland and also works for the :es:Universidad de Santander|Universidad de Santander. He was Creative Director for Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture.
Major productions (2006–17)
2017/2020 Creative Director for Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture.
2015/16 The Flow Quartet – Wroclaw, European Capital of Culture, 2016.
* Four performance projects which when combined tell the story of Wroclaw to itself, Poland, Europe and beyond. The Flow Quartet consists of four interlinked projects:
2009 "Mapping Bulgaria" – North West Bulgaria 2009 A regional programme of cultural interventions with young people and history teachers focusing upon arts, social trama and historical memory.
2008 "The Devil's Tale" – Stourport Basins, UK
2007 "Epos" – A three-year project of performance research, cultural animation, symposium and festival concluding in a major performance and festival at Contrebia Leukade, La Rioja, Spain
2007 "Sorgiñak" – A 3-year performance collaboration between artists and local people in rural Aláva, La Rioja, Spain.
2006 "Suko" – Performance and Design transformation of interior and exterior of teruel Museum by artists and children
Publications
Baldwin C, Pinocho Editorial:ÑAQUE Date:2001
Baldwin, C Cosima'Play Text) Editorial: ÑAQUE Date: 1998
Baldwin C, Bicat, T. Teatro de Creación Editorial: ÑAQUE
Baldwin C, Bicat, T. Devised and Collaborative Theatre Editorial: Crowood
Baldwin C, Stage Directing
Baldwin C 1989, Mapping the North West of Bulgaria – Applied Theatre and the Teaching of Disputed Histories
Press
– CHRIS BALDWIN interviewed by CATHERINE TRZECIAK 12 July 2015 "The City is a story, but it also can be the author of the story. The diverse and multi-layered nature of the city is a story that demands to be told."
– CHRIS BALDWIN interviewed by Magda Piekarska 5 December 2015
¨CAOS, DIRRECCIÓN y AMOR¨ CHRIS BALDWIN por BIENVENIDA BORRÁS 24/04/06
