O ciclo da lua do Grupo de Teatro Zabriskie: Luas e luas em Goiânia 1995/2011

Abstract

The Zabriskie is a theater group located at the city of Goiania, near the Brazilian Capital, at the center of this important Latin-American country. This dissertation focus mainly on one of the main productions of this company - Luas e luas (Moons and moons), to understand deeply the process and techniques of creation of the artistic groupment during theirs eighteen years of existence (1993-2011). The study relates the group's own history with some streams and aspects of the dramas' history and the Brazilian History, traces the influences received and how it was elaborated in their artistic works and how this group relates itself with these specific panorama. I study the text and the performance in their various versions, and how the dramatists addressed the imaginary on the stage, and establish some aspects of the literary theory. Some dialogs are made with the Commedia dell'Arte, the techniques of the clown and some particular elaboration of the epic theater. With the study of the documents from the rich archive of this artistic company, I had acess to some aspects of the spectacle and the personal way taken by the participants of the Zabriskie since the first steps at Theatre-Café Zabriskie. Finally, I can understand the practice of this important theater group and how it configures their practice when they present drama for children and Brazilian schools, shaping a particular image of this professional company inserted in the state of Goiás.