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This course will combine the theatrical theories and techniques created by Augusto Boal in his ‘Theater of the Oppressed' with the ‘Pedagogy of the Oppressed’ by Paulo Freire as well as the work of other authors who were Boal's inspiration. The course will include transnational performative perspectives that prompted Boal’s view of theater as a political act. These contributions are from philosophers of the Classical period in Ancient Greece such as Aristotle; Niccolò Machiavelli during the Italian Renaissance and more contemporary European theatrical notions, namely play writers Bertolt Brecht and Dario Fo. The purpose is to expose the students to performative, pedagogical and social justice theories that are implicit and explicit in the Theater of the Oppressed. The first part of the course will examine and discuss important issues based on Boal’s books and the above-cited authors. In the second part, the students will have the opportunity to experiment with theatrical practices based on the approach developed by Boal, transposing them to current social topics which will culminate in their final projects. All course content will be in English, but the students who can read Portuguese, Italian and German will have the option of reading some texts in the original versions.
- Instructor: Simone Gugliotta
- Instructor: Peggy O'Neill
- Instructor: CAROLYN du Bois
- Instructor: Suzanne Brown
- Instructor: Peggy O'Neill
- Instructor: Suzanne Brown
- Instructor: Rebecca Castro
- Instructor: Maria del Mar Farina de Parada
- Instructor: Peggy O'Neill
- Instructor: Mick Rogers
- Instructor: Phebe Sessions
- Instructor: Christopher Solomon
- Instructor: CAROLYN du Bois
- Instructor: Maria del Mar Farina de Parada
- Instructor: Jesse Metzger
- Instructor: Peggy O'Neill
- Instructor: Maria del Mar Farina de Parada
- Instructor: Cara Segal
- Instructor: Maria del Mar Farina de Parada
- Instructor: Ann Augustine
- Instructor: Peggy O'Neill
- Instructor: Christopher Solomon
- Instructor: Charles Rizzuto
- Instructor: Maria del Mar Farina de Parada
- Instructor: Maria del Mar Farina de Parada
- Instructor: Mick Rogers
- Instructor: Peggy O'Neill
- Instructor: Mick Rogers