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Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Artes (IA) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Eduardo Okamoto is an actor. He holds a bachelor?s (2001), a master?s (2004) and PhD (2009) in Performing Arts from University of Campinas, where he is currently a professor. In 2019, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Theatre and Performance Department of Goldsmiths University of London. He has been educated by several artists. Among them are Newton de Souza, Suzi Frankl Sperber, Lume Teatro, Verônica Fabrini, Marcelo Lazzaratto, Maria Thais, Marcio Aurelio, Marie-Garielle Rotie and Yumiko Yoshioka. He has widely performed in Brazil, as well as abroad: in Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Morocco, Kosovo, Scotland and Poland. In his career, we can highlight the plays: "Now and at the Time of Our Turn" (2006); "Eldorado" (2009); "Refusal"(2012); "OE" (2015); "The Fire Dragon" (2017). Among several distinctions for his acting work, he was twice nominated for the Shell Award (2009 and 2012) and won an APCA Award (2012). He has taken part in some TV series broadcast by TV Cultura and AXN Channel. He has also acted in the short film "Still Life" (2012). He is the author of the book "Now and at the Time of Our Turn: the street boy and the circus toy" (Editora Hucitec, 2007). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The project aims to establish fundamentals (ethical, thematic and formal) for the creation of a Japanese-Amazonian dramaturgy. In the relations between Asian and indigenous knowledge, a theatrical text is projected centered on the category of "place" - different, therefore, from part of the Euro-Western tradition of drama in the theater, sustained in the concatenation of events, fable, co…
This project proposes to research the origins of Butoh, studying especially the death as a theme in the work of Tatsumi Hijikata, one of the main references, along with Kazuo Ohno, the creation of this scenic expression. The study maintains bibliographic studies and filmografics of works produced by Hijikata and its commentators. It is expected to synthesize the results of research in the…
This project proposes a practical-theoretical study of the relations between the methodology developed by LUME - Núcleo Interdisciplinar de Pesquisas Teatrais (Interciplinas Nucleo of Theatrical Research) of animals' images incorporation with the concept of "impulse" as formulated for the polish director Jerzy Grotowski. Thereunto, it's proposed the creation of a study group with students…
This Project is linked to the Acting Study Group developed by undergraduate students in Acting from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), under the guidance of Professor Dr. Eduardo Okamoto. The target of this research is to develop the concepts of "multiculturalism", "interculturalism", "transcultural" and "intraculturalidade" on Jerzy Grotowski's work, a Polish director who became…
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Japan, The Ambiguous, and Ourselves: the Japanese body and the Yumiko Yoshioka's butoh dance. The objective of the research is to record the trajectory and principles of creation and pedagogy of the Japanese dancer, choreographer and teacher Yumiko Yoshioka. She has been taught by Ko Moruboshi and Carlota Ikeda and she is one of the founders of the collective Ten Pen Chii. She is one of t…
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