I wanted to share the following article about community theatre and arts practitioners who died for their work and their communities. It was written by a colleague theatre practitioner and academic from Texas University who was very close to the people in the article.
Regarding the recent assassination of Maya teacher and artist Lisandro Guarcax [...]
Would you ever send out half a football team or half a baseball team in a competition? Would you ever choose to play a game of chess using only the knights and the pawns? Would you ever dream of sending out a resume with only half your experience and qualifications?
Of course not!!
And yet most of [...]
Boal theatre techniques have conventionally been used to work with people that are struggling with certain obstacles, blocked or disenfranchised in some way. This may be through an external influence or by an internalised belief that limits action.
The aim is to bring the participants into a space where they can explore, identify and rehearse alternative [...]