Cia. La Mínima and the comic of the play "A Noite dos Palhaços Mudos"

• Grant number: 11/14604-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: July 01, 2012
• End date: June 30, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Arts - Theatre
• Principal Investigator: Mario Fernando Bolognesi
• Grantee: Lilia Nemes Bastos
• Host Institution: Instituto de Artes (IA). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This research aims at investigating the creation of laughable situations in the play A Noite dos Palhaços Mudos (2008), performed by La Mínima, a brazilian circus and theatre company. The prizewinning play, a success amongst critics and audience, distinguishes itself for making use of pantomime - an unusual language in contemporary art - as its main comic source. The analysis will be backgrounded by studies about La Mínima, pantomime, clown and by the dialogue with the works Laughter, by Henri Bergson, On the comic and laughter, by Vladimir Propp, and Rabelais and his world, by Mikhail Bakhtin. The research procedures comprise bibliographical study, interviews, attendance at La Minima's activities, investigation of the written material about the company and analysis of the play A Noite dos Palhaços Mudos and of its recordings.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

BASTOS, Lilia Nemes. A Cia. La Mínima e a comicidade no espetáculo A Noite dos Palhaços Mudos. 2013. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Instituto de Artes. São Paulo São Paulo.