Juan Carlos Tacoronte
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Autobiography and CV
He was born in Buzanada, Arona, Tenerife. He trained as an actor at the Canary Islands Actors School in the 1986-89 class. He completed his training with the Theater Studies program at the Barcelona Theater School in 1990 and 1991 and took a course in contemporary dance and Buto technique with the Anhur Company in Barcelona for a year and a half, between 1991 and 1992. He continued his training at the Film Workshop for Actors and Screenwriters, organized by La Mirada Producciones and taught by Roberto Santiago, as well as attending clown courses with Virginia Imaz, Jango Edwards, and Peter Echo. He also attended the Contemporary Texts Interpretation Course taught by Elena Pimenta; the Summer Workshop at David Amitin's Theater Studio; the Video-Book Course with Destino Teatro; the Intergenerational Theater Workshop with El Pont Flotant; the Playwriting Workshop at the Espacio Guimerá with Sanchis Sinistierra, among others. His talent and passion for theater have led him to work as a professional actor in several companies, including Helena Turbo Teatro, Morfema Teatro, Troys Teatro, and Reciclown Teatro Y mdes/. In parallel, he has worked for Televisión Española and Televisión Canaria in cultural programs, as characters in television competitions, and in commercials.
Biography

Oral Storyteller on Stage
She participates in numerous festivals, such as Verano de cuentos (Summer of Stories), Noche de cuentos (Night of Stories), Encuentracuentos (Find Stories), and so on, with her own magical realist texts, which have managed to cross borders and reach Colombia, where she participated—by invitation—in the 2nd International Storytellers Festival, Palabras por la Paz (Words for Peace). Since 2010, she has pursued a line of narrative work, creating staged oral storytelling performances based on folklore, the landscape, and the legacy of her day laborer family. She has taken these projects to national and international festivals such as Seville, FINOS, the Seville Intercultural Oral Storytelling Festival, Cauca Cuenta (a traveling festival during the peace process in Colombia), the International Storytelling Gathering, and Un abrazo al corazón (An Embrace to the Heart) in Mexico.
He has collaborated on several short films: El Paseo, by Carlos Donis; La Talega, by Beatriz Fariña; Cotard, by Carlos Delgado, etc. His cinematic talent also led him to be cast in the feature film La Isla del Viento, by Manuel Menchón, about the life of Miguel de Unamuno. Since 1995, he has worked continuously with various companies and artistic projects, in which he has participated as an actor. He has worked with the theater companies Helena Turboteatro, Troysteatro, Recyclawn Teatro, and Morfemateatro. He has also worked for Televisión Española in the Canary Islands and for Televisión Canaria in entertainment programs. In film, he has participated in several short films that have received important awards and in the feature film La Isla del Viento, a Spanish-Argentine co-production by director Manuel Menchón.
Actor

Awards
He has received awards and recognition for his work as an actor with the monologue Caronte, written by Francisco Monge, from the Helena Turbo company; with SANTA CRUZ V SIGLOS; and won first prize for Monologodrago, from Icod de los Vinos.