1900 – O RANGER DA LIBERDADE: A memória como indutora de performances de rua

Abstract

This dissertation memorial presents and analyzes the creative process 1900 – o ranger da Liberdade, a set of performances developed by Zecas Coletivo de Teatro, in the streets of the metropolitan region of Belém do Pará in 2019. The research aimed to highlight the importance and multi-layered significance of scenic performances works, as a practicaltheoretical process, in interface with the studies of history and social and cultural memory, starting with the postulates of Le Goff (2013), Nora (1993), Candau (2011), and Assmann (2011). On language issues, we proposed a reflection on the relationship between the theater and the performance from the “in-between” perspective found in Bonfitto (2013) and Féral (2015); and about the specificities of performance language based on Cohen (2013), Goldberg (2007), Glusberg (2009), Schechner (2006; 2010), and Pavis (1996; 2017). From this universe, we approach the notion of experiencing the street in the relationship amongst performers, passers-by, and the city, dialoguing with the discussions about street scenic practices, proposed by Carreira (2007; 2009; 2011; 2012; 2020), Teles and Carneiro (2005). As results, we point out: a) the accomplishment of eight street performances; b) the proposition of the instigation method and creation device, organized during the research, beginning with the studies of Rangel (2015) and Sales (2011) over the creative process as an Arts research methodology, Cypriano (2015) about the power of creative processes in performance and Ribeiro ( 2019) on the concept of the place of speech; c) memory as an inducer of street performances, as a basis for the creation of dealienating artistic works that, in a dialogue between past and present, performatively expose issues that enhance respect for differences.