Dramaturgia do esgotamento: estudo genético d'A Última Palavra É a Penúltima 2.0, do Teatro da Vertigem

Abstract

This essay focuses on the genetics of A Última Palavra É a Penúltima 2.0 [The Last Word Is the One Before the Last 2.0], a performance created by Teatro da Vertigem, in October 2014, for the São Paulo Art Biennal, based on Gilles Deleuze’s essay, The Depleted, inspired by Samuel Beckett’s work. The performance, directed by Eliane Monteiro and Antônio Araújo, stands apart from their previous collective creations, as it is the first time that the group hasn’t used a dramaturge and rejects the usage of a text. This is why we are trying to understand and demonstrate how the concept of depletion, suggested by Deleuze, infiltrates itself as an active principle into the dramaturgical construction of the creation, breaking apart from the structural function of the text and promoting a choreographic characterised performance. The genetic approach will be developed on the basis of interviews with the members of the group, as well as on the analysis of the director’s notebook.