Body, Cavalo Marinho and dramaturgy from the investigation of Grupo Peleja

Author(s)

Carolina Dias Laranjeira

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: Campinas, SP.
• Institution: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Artes
• Defense date: 2008-08-25

Examining board members

Renato Ferracini; Eloisa Leite Domenici; Suzi Frankl Sperber

• Advisor: Renato Ferracini

Abstract

In this practical-theoretical research, I deal with a number of themes emerging from the training and creative process of the Group Peleja, within I am a dancer and researcher, which include investigations into corporality of popular Brazilian folk manifestation in association with the actor's work within Lume (Interdisciplinary Center for Theatrical Research- UNICAMP). The focus of my research are the corporal process experienced during the investigation based on the dance of Cavalo Marinho, the play - as it is called by its participants- that originated in the Mata North Zone of the state of Pernambuco, practiced principally by sugar-cane workers. Starting from this practiced experience, a reflective narrative is constructed using as base the concept of "subjectilebody", a "body-in-art" that comprises the notion of levels of dramaturgy generated by specific physical work. The reflections stern from meetings, during the field research into Cavalo Marinho, Group Peleja' training and the creative process of the performance "Gaiola de Moscas", the practical result of this investigation. (AU)