A Boal Companion
DOI: 10.4324/9780203300794_introduction
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“…Later, the tableau comes to life, is "dynamized" through improvization -the characters in the tableau talk, move, and interact to explore the multiple potentialities of the moment (Schutzman and Cohen Cruz 2006). In relation to the original story about Sherry, our task in the drama workshop was to move the single line: "flushing with guilty pleasure when Sherry does the splits and everyone can see her vagina" into a tableau where each participant created and held a position according to the director/participant's vision.…”
Section: Drama and Photographic In(ter)ventionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Later, the tableau comes to life, is "dynamized" through improvization -the characters in the tableau talk, move, and interact to explore the multiple potentialities of the moment (Schutzman and Cohen Cruz 2006). In relation to the original story about Sherry, our task in the drama workshop was to move the single line: "flushing with guilty pleasure when Sherry does the splits and everyone can see her vagina" into a tableau where each participant created and held a position according to the director/participant's vision.…”
Section: Drama and Photographic In(ter)ventionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Boal’s philosophy of a participatory approach to theatre aimed at developing critical thinking (Schutzman and Cohen-Cruz, 2006: 1–9) and was inspired by the work of Paulo Freire (1970) on critical pedagogy and Bertolt Brecht’s (1964) work on carnival and the circus, the Brazilian avant-garde theatre of the mid-20th century. It was also influenced by political theorists such as Hegel and aesthetic theorists such as Aristotle.…”
Section: Critical Pedagogy and Adtmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Another major contribution to challenging and changing complex intersections associated with oppression and privilege comes from Paolo Freire's (1997) (Schutzman & Cohen-Cruz, 1997) transformation of the concept of "theatre of the oppressed" into image theater. In Boal's (1997Boal's ( , 2002 important innovation of Forum Theater, he used storytelling and improvisation for those actually engaged in political struggle-peasants and workers-to spontaneously interact with the audience.…”
Section: Experiential Exercises To Confront Identity Oppression and P...mentioning
confidence: 99%