Com a cara lavada e a mala nas costas: memórias e identidades na trajetória do Usina Comteporânea do Teatro (1989-2011)

Abstract

This dissertation study the trajectory of the group Usina Contemporânea de Teatro, established on 1989 in Belém, and that even today still stands out as one of the most active in theater scene of Pará. Originated in the student political movement scene, the group occupied the streets and community centers, adding later, other lines of work, like animation theater and multimedia theatricals in a continuous co-authorship process. The research explores the group memory using the testimonies of some of its founders, and various documents and images, to restore and update past experiences, reflecting aspects of group identity from methodological Oral History and Analysis perspective. Topics of theater theory are used in the approach of the group experiences, and the concepts from structure of feeling, by Raymond Williams, and convivial theater, by Jorge Dubatti, support the comprehension that Usina has his existence based on a web of relationships affections, configuring the group as a collective in which personal ties have always been at the root of creative processes.