Book, Theatrical games in the classroom a manual for the teacher[LS]

Part of a project that became a great contribution to the teaching of theater in schools and universities and to artistic practice in general, this Theatrical Games in the Classroom is a live demonstration of how much the game, with all its mobilizing power, and materializing human energies, it can have an extraordinary pedagogical function, translating this potential of playfulness into a powerful learning instrument. By leading students/performers to develop artistic performance skills, it establishes a form of creation articulated with the subjectivities of each one, in the face of the most varied exercises proposed. In this involvement with theatrical games, students will learn basic rules 'for storytelling, appreciation of literature and character construction'. The actors deal with unfamiliar situations without losing the sense of group or focus. The game format always demands a problem to be faced, always skills to develop: teacher and student abandon opposing positions and reveal themselves to be partners: director and actor? The body goes to center stage. The theater material integrates the classroom through gestures and attitudes experienced 'concretely in the game, and the gradual achievement of physical expression arises from the relationship that must be established with sensoriality'. A beacon of renewing performance, this Theatrical Games in the Classroom, which the publisher Perspectiva adds to its catalogue, provides a richest pedagogical system that is essential to try out in classrooms in a country with the particularities of Brazil.