Jogos de máscaras e mascaramentos no ensino da atuação performativa: transgressões diversas rumo à existência plural

Abstract

The article addresses some teaching-learning-research experiences in Theater, carried out by the author in the fields of acting, improvisation and creative process focusing on masking and mask playing. Those practices have been developed at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, UFMG (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil). Built in essayistic inspiration, the text creatively maps how these experiences problematize the theatrical making and value a singular teaching and research, masking and masks playing as a possible means for the creation of diverse transgressions towards a more plural existence. The text also mentions, in particular, Jean Luc-Nancy idea of drunkenness as a metaphor for the exercise of teaching ‘debureaucratization’ and research-creation actions.