Pedagogical Actions
A Little Chat
A Little Chat
WITH Onisajé
- March 11, Wednesday, 2–3pm
- iBT – Brazilian Institute of Theater | Praça Stage
- Free | Ticket reservation via Sympla
SYNOPSIS
Director Onisajé has developed, through research, teaching, and artistic practice, a poetics in both pedagogy and staging that places Candomblé and theater in dialogue. Her experiences as a priestess, researcher, and director merge in this approach, raising questions about belonging, sacred cultural recognition, and misinterpretations of her practice. These and other issues, along with her processes and methodologies, serve as starting points for this conversation with Alexandra G. Dumas.
BACKGROUND
Alexandra G. Dumas is a professor at the UFBA School of Theater and at PPGAC/UFBA. She researches Afro-Brazilian popular cultures and Black-referenced pedagogies and stage poetics. She is a member of the Marujada de São Benedito in Prado, Bahia.
Onisajé is a theater director. She holds a bachelor’s degree in theater directing from UFBA’s School of Theater, a master’s degree in performing arts (PPGAC/UFBA) with the dissertation Ancestry on Stage: Candomblé and Theater in the Formation of a Director, and a PhD from the same program with the dissertation Black Candomblé Theater: An Ethical-Poetic Construction of Black Staging and Performance. She also works as a playwright, screenwriter, acting coach and trainer, educator, and researcher of African culture in Brazil, with an emphasis on African-rooted religions such as Candomblé. As a curator, she has organized national and international festivals and served on selection committees for artistic project grants in performing arts creation and research.