Demarcation of identities through theater
February 5, 2022, Saturday, at 7 p.m.
Like in other artistic fields, the plurality of performing actions made by indigenous artists makes room for a reflection when creation is being related in its historical-political context. In this discussion, participants are invited to talk about the way indigenous narratives have been demarcating identities and claiming while reinventing places through the accomplishment of shows and performances.
With Juão Nÿn (RN), Helena Corezomaé (MT) e Raquel Kubeo (AM)
Mediation: Luiz Davi Vieira (AM)
Juão Nÿn (RN)
Juão Nÿn is a multi-artist. A Potyguar(a) person, 32-years-old, communicator activist at the indigenous movement APIRN (Indigenous People Articulation in the state of Rio Grande do Norte), member of the Estopô Balaio collective, the Teatro Interrompido theater company and vocalist/composer with the band AndroYde Sem Par. Holds a BA in Performing Arts at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). Lives between Natal and São Paulo for seven years. Lives between Natal and São Paulo for seven years.
Helena Corezomaé (MT)
Helena Corezomaé is an indigenous of the Balatiponé people, popularly known as Umutina, from Barra do Bugres/MT. She’s graduated in Journalism and holds a Master’s Degree in Social Anthropology by Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT), Working as a writer, reporter, publisher, adviser and photographer, she also militates in favor of the indigenous peoples’ struggles, mainly those related to land issues.
Raquel Kubeo (AM)
Raquel Kubeo is a pedagogue, artist-activist-researcher, holds a Master’s Degree in Education at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). She was born in Manaus/AM, and lives in Porto Alegre/RS. An indigenous woman descendant of the Kubeo and Tukano ethnicity, she is a member of the Indigenous Community Urban Multiethnic and the Afro-Indigenous Reference Center in Rio Grande do Sul (CRIARS). She’s also a curator and consultant, co-founder of Porto Alegre Indigenous Net, and a member of the working group Education for the Ethnic-Racial Relations (GT ERER) at UFRGS and of the podcast of Ocareté Collective.
Luiz Davi Vieira (AM)
Luiz Davi Vieira Gonçalves is an anthropologist-artist, assistant professor at the Amazonas State University (UEA), holds a Doctor’s Degree in Social Anthropology from the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM) and is graduated in performing arts from the Federal University of Goias (UFG). He’s the author of the book The Yanomami shamanism in the region of Maturacá/ Yanomami të pë hekuramou Maturacá a xapono háandThe theatricality in the works of Siron Franco: the relationship between History, Theater and Visual Artand the headat the Directory of Research Tabihuni: Center for Contemporary Theatricalities Investigations and its pedagogical interfaces, from UEA/CNPq.
