Mapping of a body on stage: extraction and encoding matrix body through the method body mind centering

Author(s)

Debora Zamarioli

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA/SBD)
• Defense date: 2009-12-10

Examining board members

Armando Sérgio da Silva; Veronica Fabrini Machado de Almeida Rocha

• Advisor: Armando Sérgio da Silva

Abstract

The present project is closely linked to the artistic creation of the actor, his approaches, thoughts and methods. The project is located in the realm of the research of the scenic body , its movements and its continuous (re)meaning in the face of the spectator and, on its turn, facing its own (re)organization. To achieve my goal I mapped our own learning and creation process through the dialog between the method of educating the movement, called Body Mind Centering ®, firstly developed by Bonnie Bainbridge, through the method of extracting and encoding the body matrixes mapped by Renato Ferracini, and through the performances studied by Renato Cohen. Therefore, the challenge of the present research was the use of perceptive material, deriving from the body practice used to build the scene. That means, translate the sensations into coded matrixes, aiming a final presentation where the said procedure would be (in)visible. (AU)