Teatro infantojuvenil no Brasil e em Angola: pesquisas e vivências artístico-pedagógicas

Abstract

Teatro infantojuvenil no Brasil e em Angola: pesquisas e vivências artístico-pedagógicas provides critical-theoretical reflections on the various paths of dramaturgy aimed at children and young people, performed in Brazil and Angola. The book is the result of lectures and papers presented at the I Simpósio Internacional de Teatro Infantojuvenil Brasil-Angola, held from September 12 to 18, 2022. The main aim of the publication is to bring together texts that can reduce the lack of knowledge about theater production in the two countries. For this reason, it is important to mention that the history of theater in Angola dates back to the colonial period, but the advent of dramatic literature occurred later, only when poetry and prose were established and recognized for their dialogue with African cultural elements. In Brazil, the first theatrical manifestations took place in the 16th century as a form of catechization, but from the 19th century onwards Brazilian theater began to take shape, with the renewal coming in 1943. So, both in Brazil and Angola, theater has undergone transformations in its form, genre and content. As a result, faced with new historical and social scenarios, the crossing between the American and African continents, once driven by the cruelty of people trafficking, now takes place thanks to the circulation of ideas, projects and utopias.