Oana Botez

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Oana Botez is a Romanian-American theatre, opera, dance and film designer, artist and activist. Botez currently[when?] resides in New York City and Bucharest.

Early life[]

Botez was born in Craiova, Romania to mother Rodica (Gardareanu) Botez, and father, Demostene Botez and raised in Bucharest. Her younger sister, Raluca, is an actress in Bucharest. Since 1995 she has been designing for stage and film, and has been creating guerrilla performances that draw attention to the political/social issues in a post-revolutionary Romania.

Starting in the 5th grade, Botez attended Liceul de Arte Plastice N.Tonitza, a prestigious fine arts conservatory in Bucharest. She received her BFA in Fashion Design from Bucharest Art Academy and an MFA in Design for Theater and Film from the Tisch School of the Arts, NYU.

Career[]

Her designs have been seen in productions for New York City’s Brooklyn Academy of Music, Bard Summerscape, Playwrights Horizons, Baryshnikov Arts Center, David H. Koch Theater/ Lincoln Theater, Big Apple Circus, Soho Rep, La MaMa, The Kitchen, PS 122, HERE Arts Center, Joyce Theater, Ontological-Hysteric Theater, BRIC Arts Media, Classic Stage Company,[1] 59E59, LCT3,[2] JACK Brooklyn, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Joe’s Pub, The Public Theater, Brooklyn Lyceum, Women's Project Theater, City Center, Dance Theater Workshop, Dixon Place.

Regionally: The Wilma Theater, Old Globe Theatre, CalShakes,[3][4][5][6][7] Jacob's Pillow Dance, Company Hartford Stage Company, Long Wharf Theater, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Berkeley Rep, MCA, ODC, Walker Arts Center, Peak Performances Montclair, ADI, Academy of Music, Curtis Institute of Music, Cutler Majestic Theater, Portland Stage Company, Perseverance Theatre, Chautauqua Theater Company.

Internationally: Bucharest National Theatre, Arad National Theatre, Bulandra Theater, Théâtre National de Chaillot, Château de Versailles,[8] Les Subsistances, National Theatre (Budapest), Hungarian Theatre of Cluj, Bucharest Operetta Theater, International Adana Theater Festival, Le Quartz, La Filature, Exit Festival /Maison des Arts Creteil, Tanz im August Festival Hebbel am Ufer, Centro Cultural Universidad del Pacífico, Centro Cultural Lima, Palazzo Simoncelli, Edinburgh International Festival, Singapore Arts Festival.

Her collaborators in theater, opera, film and dance include: Robert Woodruff, Les Waters, Richard Foreman, Maya Beiser, Richard Schechner, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Janos Szasz, Daniel Ezralow, Andrei Serban, Blanka Zizka, Daniel Kramer, Jay Scheib, Brian Kulick, Zelda Fichandler, Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar, , Saheem Ali, Michael Sexton, Doug Elkins, Ken Rus Schmoll, Daniel Alexander Jones, , , , , , , Zishan Ugurlu, Alec Duffy, Marina Abramović and , Rebecca Taichman, Eric Ting, Razvan Dinca, Karin Coonrod, Kristin Marting, Evan Ziporyn, Eduardo Machado, Gus Solomons Jr. and Paradigm Dance, Carmen DeLavallade, Jackson Gay, David Levine, Sam Gold, Dusan Tynek, Gisela Cardenas, Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper, Matthew Neenan, Molissa Fenley, Paul Peers, Pig Iron Theatre Company, Play Company, Charles Moulton, Janice Garrett, Ripe Time, among others.

Botez is a Princess Grace Recipient[9] and NEA/TCG Career Development Program Recipient.[10] Nominated for The Lucille Lortel Awards,[11] The Henry Hewes Design Awards, The Barrymore, The Theater Bay Area Awards[12] and Drammy Award. She walked away recipient of both The Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theater[13] and Drammy Award.[14][15] She taught costume design at Colgate University, Brooklyn College, and MIT.[16]

Ms. Botez is currently an Assistant Professor Adjunct in the Design Department at Yale School of Drama.[citation needed]

References[]

  1. ^ "Search - Lortel Archives". Archived from the original on 2007-09-10. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  2. ^ "Search - Lortel Archives". Archived from the original on 2015-02-25.
  3. ^ Janiak, Lily (18 August 2019). "Review: Striking visuals don't mask preachy script in Cal Shakes' 'House of Joy'". Datebook. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  4. ^ Mendel, Emily (20 August 2019). "Cal Shakes' glimmering adventure story 'House of Joy' explores women's roles in India's Mughal empire". Berkeleyside. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  5. ^ Lancet, Daryanna (29 August 2019). "Cal Shakes stuns with soon-to-be classic 'House of Joy'". The Daily Californian. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  6. ^ ""House of Joy" Boasts Indian Spectacle in a Bubble, at Cal Shakes, Orinda". Theatrius. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  7. ^ Fancher, Lou (23 August 2019). "Theater Review: Cal Shakes' 'House of Joy' a visual delight but characters disappoint". Piedmont Exedra. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Purcell: Dido and Aeneas". Château de Versailles Spectacles. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Award Winners: Oana Botez-Ban". Princess Grace Foundation-USA. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  10. ^ "NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Designers". Archived from the original on 2015-02-23. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
  11. ^ "2020 Lucille Lortel Awards Nominees". The Lucille Lortel Awards. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  12. ^ "2019 TBA Awards Finalists" (PDF). Theatre Bay Area. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  13. ^ "2011 Nominees & Recipients". Theatre Philadelphia. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016.
  14. ^ "2012-2013 Award Winners". Drammy Awards. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Theater review: A stark, stunning interpretation of Shakespeare's 'Richard III'".
  16. ^ kirsten.williamson (20 November 2014). "Oana Botez".

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