Scenarios in Flux: studies of theatrical space in the performance Negro Cosme em Movimento

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https://doi.org/10.22456/2236-3254.146131

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This article explores the role of physical space in the Maranhão theatrical performance Negro Cosme em Movimento. The literature review examines the connection between performance and alternative theatrical spaces—the “station cities” linked to the Balaiada Revolt—emphasizing the work in progress methodology. By integrating epic, lyrical, and dramatic elements, the analysis draws on Walter Benjamin, Paulo Freire, and Heiner Müller. The study concludes that the Cena Aberta group redefines urban spaces as theatrical stages, challenging conventions and fostering political engagement.

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Raylson Silva Conceição, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – UNIRIO, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brasil

PhD student at UNIRIO. Master in Performing Arts with concentration in the theatrical area, along with the Graduate Program in Performing Arts at UFMA in the line of research "Pedagogy of Performing Arts, Reception and Cultural Mediation" where he developed the study called "THE ENCOUNTER: from the event to a attentive look - the show O Miolo da Estória", with its defense in September 2021. Graduated in Theater from the Federal University of Maranhão - UFMA (2017). He has a specialization in Art, Media and Education from the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Maranhão - IFMA (2021). He has teaching experience in regular Brazilian basic education, theatrical direction and lighting as well as actor preparation. From 2013 to 2014 he participated in the Cena Aberta Research and Extension Group, developing artistic productions, extension and research. He seeks to participate in local, national and international scientific events. He currently lives in Colombia where he develops research on decolonial and anthropophagic theater with some theater groups from Bogotá and Maranhão.

Evelyn Lima, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – UNIRIO

EVELYN FURQUIM WERNECK LIMA holds a BA in Architecture and Urban Planning, a MA in History of Art, and a PhD in Social History (UFRJ) with a Doctoral Research Period at the École des hautes études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS). She is a Full Professor at the Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - The Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro / Post Graduate Programme in Performing Arts Studies, is a researcher for the National Council of Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq- 1-A) and for the FAPERJ Foundation (Scientist of Our State) and is a member of the Municipal Heritage Council of Rio de Janeiro. She has published a variety of articles on Cultural Heritage, History of Architecture, Theatre Architecture, and Cultural History and has presented papers at international conferences in England, the Czech Republic, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Chile and numerous papers at national conferences. She was head of the General Department of Cultural Heritage in Rio de Janeiro (1990-1993), is the leader of the Research Group ‘Theatrical Spaces Studies’ and the leader of the Research Group ‘Space, Memory and Urban Planning’. She is the Head of the Laboratory for Theatrical Spaces and Urban Memory Studies (in the Post-Graduate Programme of Performing Arts) since 1994. Lima is also the author of Industrial Heritage in Rio de Janeiro (2024), Contemporary Theatre Buildings and their Impacts on Cities (2022); Theatre Architecture from the Renaissance to the 21rst Century (2017), Architectures and Set Designs. Lina Bo Bardi and the Theatre (2012, with Monteiro); Architecture and Theatre: From Palladio to Portzamparc (2010 with Cardoso), From the Avant- Gardes to Tradition (2006), Architecture for Performing Arts (2000/ Brazilian Institute of Architects Award), President Vargas Avenue: a drastic surgery (1990/Architect Olga Verjovski Award). She edited Architecture, Artistic Practices and Cultural Heritage (2022), Architecture, Theatre and Culture: Revisiting Spaces, Cities and Playwrights of the Seventeenth Century (2012), Space and Theatre (2008), Space and City (2007), among others. Lima is the Head of the Laboratory of Theatrical Spaces and Urban Memory Studies at the Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), she was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Collège de France (2011), Università Degli Studi di Padova (2016), and at the Crakow University of Technology (2021). She supervised nineteen Ph.D thesis and twenty Ms.C. dissertations. Lima also directed the documentary Contemporary Theatre Architecture in the State of Rio de Janeiro (2017), the documentary Industrial Heritage and Artistic Practices (2022), and the documentary São Cristóvão, Surroundings and Bandeira Square (2024). She was the President of the Organising Commission for eleven National Symposia, two International Exhibitions, and four International Conferences. She is the Coordinator for the Arts at the FAPERJ Foundation since 2018.

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Published

2025-08-30

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Conceição, R. S., & Furquim Werneck Lima, E. (2025). Scenarios in Flux: studies of theatrical space in the performance Negro Cosme em Movimento. Revista Cena, 43(3). https://doi.org/10.22456/2236-3254.146131

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Vol. 43 No. 3 (2025): Revista Cena

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