A “Era de Ouro” da Loose Moose Theatre Company

A formação e perpetução da companhia através da pedagogia de Keith Johnstone

Authors

  • Theresa Robbins Dudeck Chapman University, Estados Unidos
  • Cinara Diniz Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brasil

Keywords:

Keith Johnstone, Loose Moose Theatre Company, Impro System

Abstract

Keith Johnstone, the groundbreaking teacher, theorist, and creator of improvisational theatre practices, founded the Loose Moose Theatre Company in Calgary in 1977 to showcase impro and an ambitious season of plays, many written by Johnstone himself. Johnstone’s Theatresports was the vehicle that catapulted impro and the Loose Moose onto the world stage in the early 1980s— the “Golden Era.” But as Johnstone began to withdraw from the artistic director position, Loose Moose’s reputation as an innovative, radical theatre company declined. Why? This paper explores Johnstone’s pedagogy and how it influenced the formation and perpetuation of the Loose Moose during its “Golden Era.”

Author Biographies

Theresa Robbins Dudeck, Chapman University, Estados Unidos

Ph.D., é professora de teatro na Chapman University na California. É uma das principais
estudiosas/praticantes do trabalho do pioneiro da improvisação Keith Johnstone e autora
de Keith Johnstone: A Critical Biography (Bloomsbury 2013). Como executora literária de
Johnstone, recentemente depositou “Os Documentos de Keith Johnstone” na coleção
permanente da Biblioteca da Stanford University.

Cinara Diniz, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brasil

É jornalista pela UFMG e especialista em Comunicação, Educação e Tecnologia pela UEMG. Atriz, professora de inglês e tradutora, investiga o uso da improvisação teatral na educação. Estudou com Keith Johnstone, Frank Totino, Shawn Kinley, Mariana Muniz, entre outros.

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Published

2015-11-26

How to Cite

DUDECK, T. R.; DINIZ, C. A “Era de Ouro” da Loose Moose Theatre Company: A formação e perpetução da companhia através da pedagogia de Keith Johnstone. PÓS: Journal of the Arts Postgraduation Program at EBA/UFMG, Belo Horizonte, p. 206–219, 2015. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/revistapos/article/view/15697. Acesso em: 4 jul. 2024.

Issue

V.5, N.10: nov.2015 - apr.2016

Section

Dossiê

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