国际戏剧协会古巴中心主席卡洛斯·塞尔德兰
卡洛斯·塞尔德兰（Carlos Celdran）
当代古巴戏剧举足轻重的人物。卡洛斯·塞尔德兰是往届古巴国家戏剧奖获得者，除了教授的工作以外，他还著有多部舞台导演方面的专题论著。塞尔德兰在古巴最著名的戏剧团体之一——阿尔戈斯剧院（Argos Teatro）担任艺术总监，并带领该剧团在古巴国内和国际上多个艺术节屡获评论奖项和殊荣。卡洛斯·塞尔德兰的作品以使用极其准确精炼舞台语汇，来创造极简风格的戏剧作品著称。塞尔德兰执导的作品涉猎广泛，从世界戏剧经典，到各国当代作家，以及古巴新生代剧作家的作品，无论是专业评论还是普通观众，对他的作品都表现出普遍的、长期的接受和喜爱。他也是国际剧协（ITI）古巴中心的主席。
阿尔戈斯剧院由卡洛斯·塞尔德兰于1996年创立，在该剧团，卡洛斯·塞尔德兰为演员建立了一个固定的实验工作室，来寻找某种普遍的语汇，它是一种技术和方法论的结合，将演员放在最突出的地位上，这允许戏剧拥有了一种自己的风格，专业评论还是普通观众对这种语汇都可以一目了然的认知。
阿尔戈斯剧院固定每年会推出演出季，作品包括改编自埃斯库罗斯《俄瑞斯忒亚》三部曲和让·保罗·萨特《苍蝇》的《三重奏》（又名《小俄瑞斯忒亚》），贝托特·布莱希特的《四川好人》，佩德罗·卡尔德隆·德·拉·巴尔卡的《人生如梦》，奥古斯特·斯特林堡的《朱丽小姐》，伯纳德-玛丽·戈尔泰斯的《无动机杀人犯》，米歇尔·阿扎马的《皮埃尔·保罗·帕索里尼的生与死》，亨利克·易卜生的《斯多克芒，人民公敌》，阿贝尔·冈萨雷斯·梅洛的《小子》，玛丽亚·艾琳·佛妮斯的《泥浆》，弗里兹·卡特的《阿巴侬，曼谷一夜》，萨缪尔·贝克特的《终局》，阿玛多·德·皮诺的《分裂王国》，阿贝尔·冈萨雷斯·梅洛的《滑石》，维吉里欧·皮内拉的《寒冷的空气》，卡洛斯•塞尔德兰改编自让·保罗·萨特的小说《恭顺的妓女》的话剧《解决它，如果你可以》，安东·契诃夫的《万尼亚舅舅》，阿贝尔·冈萨雷斯·梅洛的《力学与协议》，以及卡洛斯•塞尔德兰自己编自导的《1000万》。
阿尔戈斯剧院巡演的地区有：古巴，墨西哥，委内瑞拉，多米尼加共和国，哥伦比亚，德国，西班牙，美国，巴西。
自成立以来，阿尔戈斯剧院参加过每一届古巴哈瓦那戏剧节和卡马圭国家戏剧节。
卡洛斯•塞尔德兰参加过的戏剧节有，墨西哥：美国的门户（墨西哥城），米拉达斯艺术节（桑托斯市，巴西圣保罗），剧团艺术节（圣保罗市，巴西），圣多明戈国际艺术节（多米尼加共和国），迈阿密大学维吉里欧·皮内拉艺术节（美国），等等。
卡洛斯•塞尔德兰获得过18次剧评人奖，8次古巴作家艺术家联合会表演艺术家协会的卡瑞卡托奖，分别于2004年和2010年两次获得过卡马圭国家戏剧节导演最高奖，并于2006年获得过卡马圭国家戏剧节导演一等奖。
2000年，卡洛斯•塞尔德兰荣获国家文化荣誉奖。
2016年，因其成就，卡洛斯•塞尔德兰获得国家戏剧奖。
卡洛斯•塞尔德兰已经在古巴艺术高级研究所担任教授一职超过15年，他还在西班牙马德里雷·胡安·卡洛斯大学的阿莉西亚·阿隆索高级舞蹈研究所执教。
卡洛斯•塞尔德兰是国际剧协（ITI）古巴中心的主席，同时他也是国际剧协中央组织执行委员会的成员之一。
Carlos Celdran
An all-important personality in Cuban contemporary theatre, Carlos Celdran is a past winner of the Cuban National Theatre Award. In addition to his work as a professor, he has authored various books on the theme of stage direction. Celdran is the artistic director of one of the most famous Cuban theatre companies, the prestigious Argos Teatro, with which he has received awards and critical distinctions at festivals, both in Cuba and abroad. Carlos Celdran’s productions are distinguished by his use of only the bare essentials on the stage to create minimalistic dramas. Celdran has staged a wide range of productions, from classics of universal theatre, to works by international contemporary authors and young Cuban creators, which are perennially well received by audiences and critics alike. He is President of the Cuban Centre of the International Theatre Institute (ITI).
Argos Teatro Theater group was founded by Carlos Celdrán in 1996. With Argos Teatro, Carlos Celdrán has established a permanent laboratory for actors in the search for a common language. The mixture of techniques and methodologies, always with the actor in the foreground, has allowed the theater to have its own style, recognizable by the audience and the critics.
Argos Teatro has maintained annual seasons since its foundation with works such as La Trio or La Pequeña Orestíada, based on The Oresteia of Aeschylus and the Flies by Jean Paul Sartre; The Good Person of Ze-Chuan, by Bertolt Brecht; The Life is the Dream of Calderón de la Barca, Miss Julie by August Strindberg, Roberto Zucco by Bernard-Marie Koltès, Life and Death of Pier Paolo Pasolini by Michel Azama, Stockman, An Enemy of the People, by Henrik Ibsen, Chamaco, de Abel Gonzalez Melo, Fango, Maria Irene Fornés, Abalon, One Nite in Bangkok, Fritz Kater, Endgame, Samuel Beckett, Divided Kingdom of Amado del Pino, Talco by Abel González Melo, Aire Frio by Virgilio Piñera, Fix it if you can, version of Carlos Celdrán, from La Respectuosa Rescuing Jean-Paul Sartre; Uncle Vania, by Anton Chekhov, Mechanics and Protocol, both by Abel González Melo; And 10 Million, written and directed by Carlos Celdrán.
Argos Teatro has toured Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Germany, Spain, the United States and Brazil.
Since its foundation, Argos Teatro has participated in all editions of the International Theater Festival of Havana and the National Theater Festival of Camagüey, Cuba.
He has participated in festivals like: Mexico, door of the Americas, in Mexico City; At the Festival Miradas of the city of Santos, Sao Paulo, and the Festival of Theater group of the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The International Festival of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; The Virgilio Piñera Festival of the University of Miami, USA; among others.
Carlos Celdrán has received eighteen Critics Awards and eight Caricato Awards from the Association of Performing Artists of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba, two Grand Prizes of directing at the National Theater Festival of Camagüey in 2004 and in the 2010, And the First Prize of Directing in 2006.
Carlos Celdrán received the Distinction for National Culture in 2000.
In 2016, Carlos received the National Theater Award, for his career.
Carlos Celdrán has been professor of the Superior Institute of Art of Cuba for more than 15 years, he has also been teaching at the Alicia Alonso Superior Dance Institute, of the Rey Juan Carlos University of Madrid, Spain.
Carlos Celdrán is President of the International Institute of Theater (ITI) of Cuba and is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Central Organization of that institution.
