The notion of site-specific in the theoretical discourse of the Teatro da Vertigem

Abstract

In 1992 the Teatro da Vertigem company presented, at an emblematic church in São Paulo, its first site-specific piece entitled O Paraíso Perdido. From this work the company established a working model where the dramaturgy and the scenic is nourished by the formal and symbolic qualities of the places it occupies. Keeping with this premise, we ask ourselves the following questions: what kind of theoretical-formal relationship does the Teatro da Vertigem company establish with the site-specific notion? What meeting points can be seen between the visual and performing arts based on the specific characteristics of a place? To answer these questions, we established a work methodology focused on the critical analysis of documents, audiovisual records and images, actions that allowed us to locate the problem in order to understand the theoretical discourse of this company.