Diana Tada
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Diana Tada studied Literature, and currently pursuing a Master's degree in InterAmerican Studies at the University of Bielefeld in Germany. Anthropological Theater as a research and artistic interest, working as a director, actress, and playwright in the Teatro Antropológico de los Andes [Anthropological Theater from the Andes].
Human rights investigation with a focus on forced disappearances and extrajudicial executions in Colombia (2006 - 2008). Publications: Informe de Derechos Humanos y Derecho Internacional Humanitario [Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law], Corporación Compromiso (2008 and 2009).
Since 2010, Diana has been the director and founder of Art Movement Lab, where reconciliation in the peace process and the reconstruction of historical memory using theater as a pedagogical didactic have been the main projects in Colombia. As a playwright, her play "Magdalena" was recognized by the Colombian Ministry of Culture in the 2013 book "Luchando Contra el Olvido" [Fighting Against Forgetting]. In 2017, she received the Playwriting Prize in Colombia. With Art Movement Lab, she has completed several fieldwork studies of the body in Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Peru, Chile, Denmark, Mexico and Germany.
Playright: Magdalena, Joven Pasos, Cuando se apaga la Luz.