REMINISCENCES AND CONTEMPORANITIES IN THE THEATER GROUPS OF UFRN
Mapping. Inventory. Theater Groups. Extension Projects.
This research maps the theatrical groups of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) central campus of Natal-RN, in an attempt to understand aesthetics, their organizations and ways of working; besides the need to reflect their existence in the perspective of resistance. The intention of this mapping is, in a way, to inventory the active theatrical groups, as well as those that are inactive or that no longer exist, with a view to understanding how this group formation contributed to the theater organization in UFRN, especially those created in the interior of the University's Department of Arts. In addition to the inventory, it is necessary to dialogue with members of these groups to understand these formations and how they develop within their processes of creation in the experience of group work. The groups mapped were theater groups: Arketypos, Grupo Cores, Eureka, Popular Group of Theater (GPT), Skin Group of Fulô, Cruor Arte Contemporânea that are in activity. Other groups formed by students or alumni of the undergraduate course in Theater succumbed after the departure of such students from said course. It is mentioned the Damas Groups, Farranimada Collective, Gabotun Theater Group, Grupo Tônus, Marimbondo Cabloco Group. Based on the proposed objectives, we asked: How did the formation of a theater group in UFRN take place, spreading in the city? From what do these groups seek to create, in a political and aesthetic sphere for their survival as a group? and how do the creation processes take place? For a methodological understanding, this dissertation is based on Descriptive Qualitative Research, having as biases the Content Analysis and the Interpretative Case Study. The investigation is based on the observation of the analysis and recording of the phenomena involving theater groups, emphasizing the importance of an external look as a researcher without the introduction of pre-established contents. Through these constant analysis of observation it is necessary to understand how, when and why the phenomena present in the research in question occurred / occurred.