The Actor-Document: traits of a poetics that challenges the limits between presence and representation
During the 1960s and 1970s, Argentine theater experienced an almost simultaneous interest in the documentary and the political, as well as a experimental hybridization of forms. Later developments led to the autobiographical theater of the 1980s and 1990s and to the biodrama of the 2000s. Mi vida de...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/108480 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/presenca/article/view/108480 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Actor-Document Presence Representation Documentary Theater Performance Theatre. Stagecraft. Dramatic performances |
| Sumario: | During the 1960s and 1970s, Argentine theater experienced an almost simultaneous interest in the documentary and the political, as well as a experimental hybridization of forms. Later developments led to the autobiographical theater of the 1980s and 1990s and to the biodrama of the 2000s. Mi vida después [My life after] by Lola Arias is a renowned play derived from these traditions. By analyzing the model of acting of this work and study the figure of the actor-document and its contribution to contemporary theater. The actor in this model brings into crisis notions of illusion and mimesis and challenges the limits between fiction and reality by constantly oscillating amidst presence and representation. |
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