24Meyerhold’s Influence on the Production Processes of PERFORMA TEATRO (Brazil)
Meyerhold’s impact on contemporary actor training is widely acknowledged (Pitches 2003; Skinner 2012); in this short chapter I will shift my discussion to an alternative point of entry to contemporary applications of Meyerhold, namely as a facilitator of production. To do this I will discuss one of the most expressive theatre groups in the contemporary Brazilian scene, PERFORMA TEATRO. Many of the productions developed by the group over the past 20 years demonstrate a kind of ‘theory of practice’, in which research on theatrical concepts is intertwined with the structure of artistic experiences, materialising in thought-provoking ...
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