Rio de Janeiro’s theatre in the context of the contemporary: hybridities and scenic procedures in the "Trilogy of Love" by the company Os dezequilibrados

Abstract

By means of a critical study of Love, Talk to me like the rain and let me listen and Kiss me like in books, plays which comprised the Trilogy of love, a recent project by the theatre company Os dezequilibrados, I discussed how the work of these artists engage with a variety of artistic and literary references, besides their own previous works. After an examination of the concept of the contemporary - as an intertext or a past revisited - and of a brief background of the company, I suggested the understanding of the creative work of Os dezequilibrados as a hibridization process of fine arts and cinema. To this end, the analysis of the plays and of the creative process of the company was substantiated with theoretical studies put forward by art and contemporary theatre scholars, as well as with interviews with Ivan Sugahara, director of Os dezequilibrados.