PÓS Revista do Programa de Pós-graduação em Artes da EBA/UFMG
May 27, 2018
François Kahn, Priscilla Duarte
In this article, the author highlights silence as a significant element in the intersection between the field of the performing arts and that of contemplative practices. François Kahn describes and analyzes the use and quality of silence in his practices, particularly in the contiguity between paratheatre and theatre, in the projects L'Atelier, in Volterra (Italy) and Caminhos do Silêncio in...
PÓS Revista do Programa de Pós-graduação em Artes da EBA/UFMG
May 27, 2018
Cassiano Sydow Quilici
In this article, I develop a critical point of view about the expansion of meditation techniques in the West. Based on this, I present performative arts as a field of contemporary culture in which the dialogue with contemplative traditions can be deepened. Finally, I consider contemplation as a mode of perception that can be cultivated, exploring its potential in the art of the actor.
PÓS Revista do Programa de Pós-graduação em Artes da EBA/UFMG
May 27, 2018
Dorys Faria Calvert
This article provides a brief dialogue between the practice of mindfulness and the actor’s training from some neuroscientific evidences that prove the psychophysical benefits associated to the development of the attention capacity. Initially, the text makes a paradigmatic analysis in which the meditative practice serves as an example for the questioning regarding the importance of attention for...
PÓS Revista do Programa de Pós-graduação em Artes da EBA/UFMG
May 27, 2018
Deborah Middleton, Ludmilla Reis Rolim
In this paper, I report on the University of Huddersfield's Mindfulness and Performance Project (MAP), outlining the field of practice that the project was designed to profile, and exploring some of the implications of what we might call 'mindfulness-based performance'. Framing this work within the context of the growing literature on clinical and therapeutic 'mindfulness-based interventions' I...
PÓS Revista do Programa de Pós-graduação em Artes da EBA/UFMG
May 27, 2018
Gilson Motta, Tania Alice
The text discusses performance art as a spiritual practice, considering the interweaving of ethics, aesthetics, spirituality and politics. Based on the concept of itinerant performances and their relationship with the practices of meditation in motion present in Buddhist practices, the text focuses on two projects carried out by the authors: Audioética itinerante (Itinerant AudioEthics), by...