Os grupos teatrais da UFRN e suas resistências

Abstract

This research maps the theatrical groups of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), central Campus of Natal-RN, from 1993 to the first half of 2018, in an attempt to understand aesthetics, their organizations and ways of working; besides the need to reflect their existence in the perspective of resistance. The intention of this mapping is, in a certain way, to inventory the theatrical groups in activity, as well as those that no longer exist, to even understand how this group formation contributed to the theatrical organization in UFRN, especially those created in the interior of the Department of Arts of this University. In addition to the inventory, it is necessary to dialogue with members of these groups, reflecting the formations developed within their creation processes. The theatrical groups mapped were Arkhétypos, Cores, Eureka, Popular Theater Group (GPT), Pele de Fulô, Cruor Arte Contemporânea and Cia GABOTUN, among which Cia GABOTUN, Grupo Eureka and Cruor Arte Contemporânea. From this mapping came the following question: How important is a student in training participating in a theater group at the university? It should be stressed that this dissertation is based on descriptive qualitative research, based on the ideas of Marconi & Lakatos (2003), and has as its bias the content analysis, considering the approach of Bardin (1977). The investigation is based on the observation of the analysis and recording of the phenomena involving theater groups, emphasizing the importance of an external look as a researcher without the introduction of pre-established contents. It is theoretically based on authors such as Almeida (2007), Antônio Araújo (2008), Bezerra (2002), Boal (1975), Carreira (2006), Corradini (2010), Martins (2018), Vieira (2016) among others which deal with the theme developed.