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Guilherme Meyer

Rehearsal, Repair, and the Possibility of a Different Future

How do we think of “rehearsal” and “repair” together? The two words share the prefix re-, whose original sense in Latin is “back” or “backwards.” Prefixed to verbs of action like “rehearse” and “repair,” it often denotes repetition and restoration (OED). From a temporal perspective, “rehearse” and “repair” seem to Read more…

By Guilherme Meyer, 1 yearDecember 14, 2021 ago
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The “Many-Sided Play” of the Body

I’ve been thinking about a passage from Boal’s Theater of the Oppressed that Diana mentioned in our seminar on November 12, where Boal talks about the differences between “the muscular structure of a typist [and] that of the night watch[person] of a factory. The first performs [their] work seated in Read more…

By Guilherme Meyer, 1 yearDecember 4, 2021 ago
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Representing Covid through Boal’s Image-Theater

Images of “Covid:” #1. A person lies on a bench with both hands resting on their stomach and eyes half-closed. Another person stands with one of their hands placed on the forehead of the person lying down. The person lying down does not see the person who has a hand Read more…

By Guilherme Meyer, 1 yearNovember 3, 2021 ago

“Rehearsals for Change” and “Ímpeto Revolucionário”

“The truth of the matter is that the spectator-actor practices a real act even though [they] [do] it in a fictional manner. While [they] rehears[e] throwing a bomb on stage, [they] [are] concretely rehearsing the way a bomb is thrown” (Boal 119, my italics).  In our “Rehearsals for Change” workshop Read more…

By Guilherme Meyer, 1 yearOctober 1, 2021 ago
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