Critical Perspectives
Critical Practice
PANEL
Autonomy in Contemporary Criticism: Paradoxes, Disputes and Dissensus
WITH Ivana Moura, Kil Abreu, Luciana Romagnolli, Marcos Alexandre, Rodrigo Dourado, Wellington Junior and Valmir Santos
- March 9, Tuesday, 2pm–3:30pm
- iBT – Brazilian Institute of Theatre | 1st floor
- Free admission | Ticket reservation via Sympla
SYNOPSIS
What spaces of autonomy are available to contemporary theatre criticism, and how can they be cultivated? Members of AICT-Brasil reflect on various impasses related to this question in the current context of criticism’s migration from print media to the internet. Topics to be discussed include the economic precarization of the profession; the relationship between autonomy and dissensus in criticism; the paradoxes involved in dialogue with festivals, curatorial frameworks, and the artistic community; as well as a broader reflection on the place and relevance of criticism within the arts system and the Brazilian public sphere.
ABOUT
Ivana Moura is a journalist and theatre critic. She holds a PhD in Arts from USP, with a sandwich fellowship at Sorbonne Paris 3. She is the creator of Satisfeita, Yolanda?
Kil Abreu is a journalist, critic, and curator. He edits the website Cena Aberta. He served as director of municipal theatres at SMC-São Paulo and as pedagogical coordinator at ELT-Santo André.
Luciana Romagnolli is a journalist, critic, psychoanalyst, and CNPq postdoctoral researcher at ECA/USP. She founded and edits Horizonte da Cena. She has served as curator of Olhares Críticos at MITsp and of FIT-BH.
Marcos Alexandre is Full Professor at UFMG, a CNPq research fellow, and a critic for Horizonte da Cena. He has published O teatro negro em perspectiva: dramaturgia e cena negra no Brasil e em Cuba and Da performance à Crítica Teatral.
Rodrigo Dourado is a professor in the Theatre Program of the Department of Arts at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). He runs the profile @palco.pernambuco.
Wellington Junior is a PhD candidate and holds an MA from PPGAC-Unirio. He earned a BA in Aesthetics and Theatre Theory from Unirio. He is the founder and organizer of the International Seminar on Theatre Criticism of Recife.
Valmir Santos is a journalist and critic, founder of the website Teatrojornal – Leituras de Cena, which he has edited since 2010. He holds a PhD and MA in Arts from ECA-USP in the Graduate Program in Performing Arts.