Pedagogical Actions
Meeting of Theater Pedagogies
Scenic Intersections
WITH Cris Moreira and Mônica Santana
MEDIATION BY Jhonny Salaberg
A meeting between two artists who do not know each other and have never worked together, but who share the creation of artistic-literary works that address parental grief. Mônica Santana, from Bahia, is a performer, playwright, and Black woman who, in facing the death of her mother, wrote Substantivo Luto. Cris Moreira, from Minas Gerais, is an artist, performer, and non-Black woman who lost one of her twin sons a few days after birth and, from this experience, conceived the lecture-performance Quadra 16, presented at this edition of MITsp. Mediated by Jhonny Salaberg, Scenic Intersections promotes dialogue between both artists, their creative constructions about death and mourning, their possible similarities and differences, and their experiences of pain and healing.
WHEN AND WHERE
March 22, Saturday, from 10 AM to 12 PM
Biblioteca Mário de Andrade
Free Admission
ABOUT
Cris Moreira is an actress, cultural manager, and holds a master’s degree in performing arts. She is a member and founder of Esparrama! Cultural Management and Production and the artistic collective Conectores, where she researches the interaction between theater, performance, and audiovisual. She has acted in plays such as the award-winning Rosa Choque (2015), which addresses violence against women. In 2017, the play won the Copasa/Sinparc Award in the categories of best play, direction, acting, and lighting, and the following year, it won the Mais Festa section at the Setúbal International Theater Festival in Portugal.
Mônica Santana is an artist of body and word. She holds a PhD and a master’s degree in performing arts from the Federal University of Bahia (PPGAC/UFBA), has a certificate in Afro-Latin American Studies from the Afro-Latin Research Institute at Hutcheons Center, Harvard University, and teaches in the professional master’s program in arts and cultural mediation at Célia Helena Center for Arts. With her solo Isto Não é uma Mulata, she won the Braskem Prize for Bahian Theater in 2015 in the revelation category. She was also named one of the 25 Most Influential Black Women on the Internet by the Blogueiras Negras website and one of the most influential women in the arts by feminist activists at Think Olga.
Jhonny Salaberg is an actor and playwright. Originally from Guaianases, in the east of São Paulo, he graduated from the Santo André Free Theater School and works on projects that combine theater with discussions on Brazil’s ethnic-racial context. He is co-founder of the Black theater group O Bonde and author of three dramaturgy books: Buraquinhos ou O Vento é Inimigo do Picumã (2018), Mato Cheio (2019), and Parto Pavilhão (2021), all published by Cobogó (RJ). These works form the Trilogia da Fuga, earning nominations and awards in various theater competitions in the country.
