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he grotesque body as an articulator of the stage: Meyerhold, Hijikata and the bodies that dance

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Author(s):
Carolina Hamanaka Mandell
Total Authors: 1
Document type: Master's Dissertation
Press: São Paulo.
Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA/SBD)
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Examining board members:
Maria Thais Lima Santos; Marcio Aurelio Pires de Almeida; Elisabeth Silva Lopes
Advisor: Maria Thais Lima Santos
Abstract

This research presents a reflection about the grotesque as an operator and a vital intercessor of the dramatic scene, aiming at a grotesque \'architecture\' in the images of the actor\'s body. The analysis is based in two poetic-esthetic experiences distinguished on time and in space, that appear to be examples concerning the discussion about the grotesque and the labor of the stage composition through the dance: the Butoh of Tatsumi Hijikata (1929-1986) and the theoretical and artistic production (particularly in the decade of 1910 and 1930) of the russian V. E. Meyerhold (1875-1940). The transposition of the remarked issues about the grotesque to the field of creation and scene construction, in both artistic approached experiences, had been guided by a central question: could dance be a sort of corporal architecture of the grotesque scenery, in other words, through the images of the dancing bodies, could we observe the grotesque operation on stage? (AU)