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Augusto Boal
ØAugusto
Boal (16th of March – 2nd of May 2009)
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Brazilian
theater director
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Writer
§
Politician
§
Founder
of the theater of the Oppressed
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Developed
legislative theater while serving as a city counselor in Rio de Janeiro from
1993 – 1997
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Got
a degree in Chemical Engineering at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
(undergrad)
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Master
in Chemical Engineering (and studied Performing Arts) at Columbia University
(grad)
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In
1971, kidnapped, tortured and exiled to Argentina by the new Brazilian military
regime to whom Boal’s teachings/ ideas were controversial
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“Seek
to transform audiences into active participants in the theatrical experience” –
(Wikipedia)
§
“Spect-actors”
– (Boal)
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Of
the opinion that only the oppressed are able to free the oppressed
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Created
the International Festival for the Theater of the Oppressed in 1981
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Lived
in Paris and taught at Sorbonne University
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Returned
to Brazil after 15 years of exile
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Title
of “World Theater Ambassador” from UNESCO (in March 2009)
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In 2008, nominated for the Nobel Peace
Prize
§
Died
from leukemia in Rio de Janeiro
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Theater
of the Oppressed:
“Describes theatrical forms that describes theatrical forms that the Brazilian theatre practitioner Augusto Boal first elaborated in the 1960s, initially in Brazil and later in Europe. Boal was influenced by the work of the educator and theorist Paulo Freire. Boal's techniques use theatre as means of promoting social and political change. In the Theatre of the Oppressed, the audience becomes active, such that as "spect-actors" they explore, show, analyze and transform the reality in which they are living.”
- (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_of_the_Oppressed)
“Describes theatrical forms that describes theatrical forms that the Brazilian theatre practitioner Augusto Boal first elaborated in the 1960s, initially in Brazil and later in Europe. Boal was influenced by the work of the educator and theorist Paulo Freire. Boal's techniques use theatre as means of promoting social and political change. In the Theatre of the Oppressed, the audience becomes active, such that as "spect-actors" they explore, show, analyze and transform the reality in which they are living.”
- (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_of_the_Oppressed)
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Major
branches of Theater of the Oppressed
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Image
theater
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Forum theater
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| Augusto Boal (cltampa.com) |
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Invisible
theater
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Newspaper
theater
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Rainbow
of desire
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Legislative
theater
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Analytical
theater
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Breaking
repression
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Photo-Romance
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Rituals
and masks
Information from:
·
Encyclopedia
Britannica Online
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Wikipedia
·
Mr.
Espinosa’s IB1 theater class
·
http://cltampa.com/dailyloaf/archives/2009/05/04/augusto-boal-theater-activist-dead-at-78#.UNVrsUJptsQ (for the image of Boal above)
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