Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1993. / Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

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The GeriActors and Friends is a company of intergenerational actors that is directed by Professor David Barnet of the University of Alberta. The GeriActors was a senior’s theatre group creating original theatre since 2001 in Edmonton. The GeriActors and Friends was created as a result of Barnet’s course Intergenerational Theatre 407/507, first offered in the fall 2006. The company is made up of two groups: university students and senior citizens. This thesis is an exploratory analysis of the GeriActors and Friends’ 2006/07 and 2007/08 seasons. Using these seasons as a case study, the theories of specific cultural theorists are used to analyze play and playfulness as it exists in the rehearsals and performances of the company. The analysis of playfulness is presented using autoethnographic research techniques that analyze the personal history of the researcher and a variety of qualitative methods which consider the two seasons of the community-based theatre company

A presente dissertação objetiva investigar, relatar e analisar as ações culturais e artísticas promovidas pelo grupo de teatro Dolores Boca Aberta Mecatrônica De Artes. A pesquisa mostra, por meio do relato pessoal de um dos integrantes do grupo, como o coletivo organiza sua estrutura de funcionamento. Aqui são apontados conceitos estruturantes para a filosofia do grupo, como as ideias de Teatro Mutirão e Trabalhador-Artista, além de um levantamento pedagógico de como se deram a construção e apresentação da terceira encenação do grupo, Sombras Dançam Neste Incêndio - Peça Curta em Dois Atos. Dentro das análises, destaca-se a experiência da construção de um teatro feito de árvores, preparado coletivamente pelos próprios espectadores junto com os atores do grupo, o qual chamamos de Arena Arbórea. A perspectiva do trabalho do grupo Dolores Boca Aberta aponta para questões acerca de organização social, debate político, arte e resistência, agitação e propaganda e discussão de modos de produção. / This thesis aims to investigate, report and analyze the cultural or artistic activities promoted by the Dolores Boca Aberta Mecatrônica de Artes Theater Group. The research shows, through the personal report of one of the members, how the group organizes its own operating structure. Some of the structuring concepts of the group\'s philosophy are described and discussed, as well as the ideas of the Task Force theater artistic-workers and a pedagogical survey of the construction and presentation of the third production of the group, \"Shadows dance within this fire - a short play in two acts\". Within the analysis we highlight the experience of the construction of a theatrical space surrounded by trees and called Arboreal Arena, which is collectively prepared by spectators and by the actors of the group. The perspective of the group\'s work points out to questions about social organization, political debate, art and resistance, agitation and propaganda, and the discussion about the means of production.

A presente dissertação objetiva investigar, relatar e analisar as ações culturais e artísticas promovidas pelo grupo de teatro Dolores Boca Aberta Mecatrônica De Artes. A pesquisa mostra, por meio do relato pessoal de um dos integrantes do grupo, como o coletivo organiza sua estrutura de funcionamento. Aqui são apontados conceitos estruturantes para a filosofia do grupo, como as ideias de Teatro Mutirão e Trabalhador-Artista, além de um levantamento pedagógico de como se deram a construção e apresentação da terceira encenação do grupo, Sombras Dançam Neste Incêndio - Peça Curta em Dois Atos. Dentro das análises, destaca-se a experiência da construção de um teatro feito de árvores, preparado coletivamente pelos próprios espectadores junto com os atores do grupo, o qual chamamos de Arena Arbórea. A perspectiva do trabalho do grupo Dolores Boca Aberta aponta para questões acerca de organização social, debate político, arte e resistência, agitação e propaganda e discussão de modos de produção. / This thesis aims to investigate, report and analyze the cultural or artistic activities promoted by the Dolores Boca Aberta Mecatrônica de Artes Theater Group. The research shows, through the personal report of one of the members, how the group organizes its own operating structure. Some of the structuring concepts of the group\'s philosophy are described and discussed, as well as the ideas of the Task Force theater artistic-workers and a pedagogical survey of the construction and presentation of the third production of the group, \"Shadows dance within this fire - a short play in two acts\". Within the analysis we highlight the experience of the construction of a theatrical space surrounded by trees and called Arboreal Arena, which is collectively prepared by spectators and by the actors of the group. The perspective of the group\'s work points out to questions about social organization, political debate, art and resistance, agitation and propaganda, and the discussion about the means of production.