On a Criolla Comicality: Corporal Dramaturgy in Physical Theatre

Abstract

This work inquires about corporal dramaturgy in physical theatre from the triad play, comic action and sensitive gaze. It proposes a hybrid scenic creation from the articulation of theatrical techniques of popular theatre to approach a physical humor. Comicality becomes corporal and gestual, and the game-playing opens the possibility of the agency of joy and desire, so the theatrical event becomes a playful, sensitive and laughable experience. We review the hybrid and collaborative methods of the local theatrical practice in terms of “lo criollo” addressing both its territory and identity related singularities in the context of comical independent theatre in Córdoba.