biography
Yuri Correa Vivar
Mag. Art.
I am currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Vienna, where I specialize in contemporary theater, with a particular focus on the work of Rodrigo García.
My academic background includes studies in Philosophy and Humanities at the Austral University of Chile (UACH), as well as postgraduate studies in Literary Theory at the University of Chile (2000–2004).
Alongside my academic path, I have developed an extensive artistic practice. I worked as an actor with Teatro Luna, the traveling theater company of Chile’s Ministry of Education (1996–1998), where I contributed to the development and organization of an intercultural theater exchange workshop with Eugenio Barba and Julia Varley. I later pursued Fine Arts studies in Performative Art at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, earning my Mag. Art. degree in 2018.
Since 2002, I have been creating my own interdisciplinary artistic projects as a performer, actor, and visual artist, working primarily through theater, performance, and video. My professional collaborations include working with internationally acclaimed directors and choreographers such as Jérôme Bel, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Doris Uhlich, Jaqueline Kohlmüller, and Ernst Kurt Weigel.
My current research and artistic interests focus on intercultural and postcolonial theater, exploring performance as a critical space for cultural dialogue, creative experimentation, and the reimagining of contemporary theatrical practices.
Professional Experience
2021–2025
Youth Worker, Jugendtreff Penzing, Verein Rettet das Kind Wien, Vienna - Austria.
2020–2021
Educational Leave (PhD Studies in Philosophy, Dissertation Area: Romance Studies).
2012–2019
Youth Worker, Jugendtreff Penzing, Verein Rettet das Kind Wien, Vienna, Austria Project Staff Member, Youth Parliament Penzing.
2011–2012
Youth Worker for Creative Projects, Jugendcafé Roter Kakadu, Verein Rettet das Kind Wien, Vienna - Austria.
2001–2004
Project Planner and Project Manager, Cultural Association “Teatro del I-Po”.
Santiago - Chile.
1998–2004
Teacher, “El Trigal” Secondary School, Santiago - Chile.
Conferences and Publications
2025: Correa, Yuri (2025)
El teatro de Rodrigo García, propuesta de un análisis vectorial.
En J. Serrano & C. González (Eds.), Crisis y Oportunidad en el siglo XXI (pp. 285). Fundación Universitaria Española.
2025: Article in revision
Aproximaciones a un análisis vectorial en la obra de Rodrigo García: "Cristo está en Tinder".
TEATRALES Publications
2023: Conference
CIJIET VIII - TEATRALES I
Presentation: “El Teatro de Rodrigo García: propuesta de un análisis vectorial en la obra: Cristo está en Tinder”.
University of Salamanca
2022: Conference
Reescrituras, Lenguajes y Públicos de las Artes Escénicas en el Siglo XXI
Presentation: “El teatro de Rodrigo García: propuesta de un análisis vectorial en la obra PS/WAM”.
Autonomous University of Madrid / Instituto del Teatro de Madrid.
2022: Conference
CIJIET VII and Mutis V
Presentation: “El Teatro de Rodrigo García: un análisis vectorial en la obra Pippo y Ricardo”.
Autonomous University of Barcelona
2021: Conference
Otros Circuitos Teatrales del Siglo XXI
Presentation: “Digital Presence in the Performing Arts”.
Complutense University of Madrid
2021: Conference
CIJIET VII: international Conference on Theatre Studies
Presentation: “The Theatre of Rodrigo García: an analysis beyond the generation of meaning”.
University of Seville
