estudiero de Matha: an immersive, modular, discontinuous laboratory

O student is a closed studio for research and a yard open to transit between worlds. Woven and led by Maria Thaís (or Matha or Tatha), it is a time-place of creation in the Condô Cultural, - a space for artistic practices, conviviality and resistance - to prospect with your feetto confront and differentiate ethical-poetic and pedagogical perspectives for scenic language.

The student is organized in 08 (eight) modules - from April to November 2025 - independent, but intertwined by a perception that takes the art of the actor as the foundation for the creation, analysis and composition of a territory commonwhich is the scene.

The modules take place over one weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) each month, with the main theme being a matter/material - the neutral mask, an oral or literary narrative, a song, poems, dramaturgies, etc. -. The feet go into action to distinguish the ways in which they are expressed in each material, and analyze the proposed relationships - between entities, beings, people, nature, the world, etc. -prospecting the ways of operating, the ethical-poetic principles and the unique technologies that can guide the carving of the scenic language (the cantoria) and intuit its enchanting dimensions (the effect they produce).

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Who it's for:

Those who are involved in the creation of the scene - in different languages - no matter their function or specialty, and who dedicate themselves to time to the processes.

 Important comments:

• In a laboratory and procedural context everyone acts. 

• There is no observer position

• Each module requires time preparation, reading - individually and/or collectively -

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There are 08 modules - 01 intensive module per month

Periodfrom April to November 2025

DaysFriday, Saturday and Sunday

Schedulefrom 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Location: Condô Cultural

   Rua Mundo Novo, 342

   Vila Anglo Brasileira (Perdizes)

   São Paulo - SP

   05028-030

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Module Schedule 

For each module we propose a pronominal game, taken as a clue relationship systemsThey are different from each other and demand unique expressive possibilities. The route suggests a prospecting path for a scene "that doesn't want to represent".

April 25th, 26th and 27th        Module I  Me - without Me

Material: Neutral mask

The Module investigates the perception of bodies, the means of invulnerability (transmuting itself, taking on the nature of other beings, even of different species, and the various forms of materials), experimenting with the temporal and spatial relations of the Mask, its poetic principles and the expressive dimension of the silence.

May 23rd, 24th and 25th    Module II  Eu, Tu, Elu - We, You, Elus 

Material: arrows, songs and narratives of Cabocos, mestres and encantados

Cantos de caboclos, mestres e encantados are a repository of narratives and deeds of beings who live here and in other worlds, with no temporal or spatial boundaries to cross. They will be taken as words-flecks, because they move between the song-word and chant-word and are sustained by the collective body and the transitory condition of their identities.

June 20th, 21st and 22nd    Module III  Us - Elus

Material: literary narrative - Japan

The module looks at literary and narrative material from the Japanese tradition, observing the relationship between the world of the living and the world of the dead. The rich variety of ghosts in Japan's folkloric and religious imagination are part of countless literary narratives and reflect the dimensions of life and social agonies.

1July 8th, 19th and 20th    Module IV   We - My-We

Material: oral/literary narrative of Amerindian origin - Brazil

The Amerindian tradition suggests relational field among other subjects - animals, trees, social functions, geographical features, celestial bodies, spirits, etc. - who see themselves as people. They are, as the Yanomami call them, "my us", multiplying perspectives of the world and degrees of kinship. We can find them in the various true narratives, from different ethnic groups, that inhabit this territory, but also in literary works, such as Vicente Cecim's (Viagem a Andara) and, contemporarily, in the dramaturgy of Francisco Carlos (Banquete Tupinambá (first play in the Jaquar Cibernético trilogy).

August 20th, 23rd and 24th    Module V  I-we - We-me

Material: Itans and Afro-diasporic oral narratives

Prospecting oral technologies, their ambiguous sentences, their ideograms, their incomplete structure and images that arrive at a gallop, the parallelisms, meters and rhythms present in the  word-poeticsthat erupts like word-actIt is a word that spreads through all layers of the social body, demanding responsibility from those who carry it.

September 26th, 27th and 28th    Module VI  Us - Us-Them

Material: African literary narrative

Transiting through narratives in which in the cosmic dimension everything is in solidarity and that the unstable balance of human acts requires continuous mediation, to fine-tune everything that is alive, the values that regulate acts and their intangible forces.

October 24th, 25th and 26th    Module VII  Elus - Me-We

Material: Greek drama

Moving tragedy to its own time, removing it from the universalist and ethnocentric notion, and perhaps stepping onto the stage with its "feet of verse" - rhythms formed by the combination of short and long - its speech acts, its effects and its compositional structure.

November 21st, 22nd and 23rd    Module VIII  Me - Elu (Other) 

Material: Russian drama

The rapprochement between I (actor) and Elu - the other (character) is built with the feet, in action, through which the actor "teaches" the character how to act and, at the same time, "learns" from her the circumstances and events of the work. Without overlapping, the monologue is a creative praxis, a transit between two existences.

Once registration has been confirmed, participants will be sent monthly matter/material  to be used in the next Module.

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Sign up here

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Vacancies and selection:

Filling in the form does not guarantee participation in the student.

Participants registered for all eight modules will take precedence.

The selection process will prioritize the formation of a diverse group - in terms of age, background, experience, ethnicity, gender, race, origin and experience.

Date of confirmation of participation: 10.04.2025

When registering, participants will be sent the bibliographical and dramaturgical material to be used in the laboratory.

Affirmative vacancies 

02 full scholarships 100%

02 50% bags

To apply, select the option on the form

• 10 (ten) vacancies, for those taking part in the 08 (eight) Modules;

• 04 (four) vacancies, for those taking part in 04 (four) Modules, sequential or interspersed (depending on the availability of places);

• 04 (four) vacancies, for those taking part in 02 (two) Modules, sequential or interspersed (depending on the availability of places);

• 02 (two) vacancies, for those taking part in 01 (one) Module.