Diário de um teatro ritual antropofágico : por uma sobrevivente selvagem

Abstract

This work is originated in the experiments of the course of Acting III, during the Bachelor of Theatre Arts in the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The study analyses the mythical characteristics of A Savage Surviver in the creative process of ‘Éther’, theatre play performed by the group Arkhétypos (Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, 2017). In this research, national myths are intertwined with references from the aesthetics of African religious and indigenous Brazilian traditions, as potential forces for composition in acting-performing. Other visual elements from Art History (Frida Kahlo, Henri Matisse, Bosch) and from Fashion (Rei Kawakubo, Alexander McQueen) were freely included, recalling the principle of ‘Anthropophagy’ of the Brazilian Modernist movement of 1922 (Oswald de Andrade, Tarsila do Amaral) and from ‘Tropicalist’ movement of the late 1960s (Caetano Veloso, Maria Bethania). This research relates experiences of ritualistic play (“Jogo Ritual”, Haderchpek), collective unconsciousness (Jung), the role of the myth (Joseph Campbell) during ritualistic reenactments(Artaud).This study aims to reflect upon the different ways of embodiment (a character, an archetype or being oneself), whether conscious or unconscious, voluntarily or involuntarily, with the ritualistic perspective of Inaicyra Falcão. As if it written in a trance, the author-poet is inspired by Clarice Lispector and Augusto dos Anjos, transcending the limits of language, combining personal accounts from own her experiences as writer, actor, performer, costume designer and artist, loaded of feminist transgression.