Feminist Aesthetics for Political Poetics with Bárbara Santos

This workshop explores a theatrical methodology developed through practical applications since 2010 with theater groups and artist-activists from Latin America, Europe and Africa.

It focuses on the intersections of gender, race and class from a structural perspective, proposing ways to rethink oppression and the responsibility for change without individualizing the issue.

Working with feminist, anti-racist and decolonial aesthetics, participants engage in a collective process through:

– exercises and games
– body-based and image work
– theatrical improvisation
– Forum Theatre techniques

The workshop emphasizes horizontal dialogue and collective creation. Each participant contributes from their own social position, collaborating with others to explore and develop based on real situations of oppression.

The process culminates in a public Forum Theatre presentation, where the audience is invited to actively engage, propose alternatives and intervene in the situations presented on stage.

Facilitated by Bárbara Santos, artistic director of Kuringa and founder of the Ma-g-dalena International Network of Theatre of the Oppressed.

Co-facilitated by Mariana Villani (Argentina), practitioner of Theatre of the Oppressed.

Open to:

– artists
– activists
– educators
– social workers
– anyone interested in aesthetic tools to dismantle patriarchy

No previous theatre experience required.

English

Thursday & Friday (May 7–8): 16:00–21:00
Saturday (May 9): 10:00–18:00
Sunday (May 10): 11:00–16:00 - Public presentation: 17:00–19:00

Early Bird: 20% off available until April 1
Limited number of participants

Kuringa is a self-funded association. By participating in our workshops, you directly support the continuity of political work through art aimed at social awareness and transformation.

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