2024

Theatre Education and Community

Name: Theatre Education and Community
Code: ARC12586L
3 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours
Scientific Area: Teatro

Teaching languages: Portuguese, English
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Presentation

TEC course proposes a conceptual and methodological discussion on the basis of transversal (educational, social and community) approaches to contemporary theatrical creation, in a changing world.

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

1. Understand and analyze the concept of Theatre in Education and Community Theatre.
2. To know the main theatrical, pedagogical and sociocultural contributions in community approaches.
3. Characterize techniques and methods of theatrical work in the community.
4. Identify the diversity of approaches, techniques, methods and contexts
5. Recognize artistic and aesthetic focuses in participatory approaches
6. Respect and recognize ethical and political values arising from collaborative actions.
7. To problematize the articulation of processes of performative creation with social and educational objectives.
8. Focus on artistic dialogues with socio-cultural, educational and sustainability concerns

Contents

The concept of Theater Education and Community Theater. Objectives and methods.
Theater and Education in relation to: Theater and Performance contributions education and community psychology
Principal references: Freire, Boal, Brecht, Brook, Barba
Global perspectives on approaches in theater education and community.
Aesthetic, ethical and political issues associated with practice.
Contemporary issues, reinvention of identities in the search for a community dramaturgy.
Plurality of techniques and methods coming from the contemporary theater, performace and popular cultures

Teaching Methods

Processes of articulation between performative creation with identified social and educational objectives will be used. The student will be encouraged to do audiovisual material analysis work with documentaries mobilizing theater and performance technical knowledge to the creative needs of non-professional and diverse individuals and groups. We will use expository methodologies, presentation / discussion of concepts, debate and critical reflection. Dialogic relationship was privileged using techniques and participatory dynamics.
Participation in work and 1 presentation of methodological / technical research - 40%
written Critical reflection on concepts mobilized in contact with available references - 60%

Teaching Staff