We are honored to announce the Symposium! Eight artists from the Center of the Theater of the Oppressed from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will join us at the University. The residency will include performances and workshops from October 21 to 29. The event is free and open to the public. More information is below.
Through a multi-college collaboration, the event will host leaders from the Center for Theater of the Oppressed (CTO) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the world-renowned TO practitioner, Bárbara Santos, from Berlin, Germany. At the symposium, they will facilitate Theater of the Oppressed (TO) workshops, perform original theater pieces, and sit on a panel on Art and Activism in Brazil, among other activities.
Currently, the CTO is led by an Executive Board of Black Brazilian theater practitioners and activists, who are also leaders of community groups (Madalenas-Anastácia, Cor do Brasil, and CTO-Cia, among others) that explore questions of racism, sexism, and gender identity through libertarian Black aesthetics. While at Austin, they will provoke discussions around these central themes, impart their vast knowledge of the TO method, and contextualize the political history of art activism in Brazil, and their own work, in the contemporary moment.
Saturday Oct. 21 | 7-9pm | Opening Ceremony: “Gêneres” (ART 1.102)
Sunday Oct. 22 | 2-5pm | Beginner Workshop (Gordon White Building 2.206)
Monday Oct. 23 | 6-7:30pm | Book Launch (Doty Fine Arts Building 3.200)
Wednesday Oct. 25 | 2-5pm | LGBTQIAP+ Workshop SOLD OUT
Friday Oct. 27 | 2-3:30pm | Racial Justice and Theatre of the Oppressed (Winship 2.112)
Saturday Oct. 28 | 6-9pm | Closing Ceremony: “Suspeito” (George Washington Carver Museum)
The event is open to the community and it is free. Please register in advance here.
See you soon!
