Academic Research
Professionals from Santa Cia. develop their work within the Company in collaboration with the University. We believe in the creative and formative power that academia provides to society, and we also believe that what is produced should be shared beyond university walls. That’s why we make available here the academic research developed from the work and objectives of Santa Cia.
The Rito-Manifesto
Rafael Abrahão holds a degree in Theater Arts from the Institute of Arts at UNESP. In his graduation thesis, advised by Vinícius Torres Machado, he researched the Rito-Manifesto, a line of work developed by Santa Companhia de Teatro, born from Oswald de Andrade’s Anthropophagy and the writing of the play Cora Primavera. The work investigates the Philosophy of Theater, Theater Aesthetics, and Theater Semiotics, taking Theater itself as the foundation of the study and drawing connections with the Company’s core principles: Ritual, Manifesto, and Celebration. To support the argumentation, the work relates theorists such as Antonin Artaud, Eleonora Fabião, Jorge Dubatti, Pedro Vicente, Peter Brook, Rancière, among others, to the work developed by Santa Companhia de Teatro.
The Rito-Manifesto - Access
Devoured Oswald: How and Why Anthropophagy through History and Aesthetics in Oswald de Andrade
During his undergraduate studies in Theater Arts, Rafael Abrahão carried out a Scientific Research project supervised by Carminda Mendes André and Vinícius Torres Machado. The aim was to investigate how and why anthropophagy, through History and Aesthetics, is present in Oswald de Andrade’s work. The study explores ritual anthropophagy, cultural anthropophagy, and Oswaldian cosmology.
Scenic Architecture of Cora Primavera
Lais Damato, a graduate of the Escola da Cidade Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, dedicated her final project to the play Cora Primavera, staged by Santa Companhia de Teatro. Several architectural demands were necessary for the production, which took place in a public square. The main challenge was designing and constructing the acoustic shell that housed the 12 musicians during the performance. It consisted of 4 modules over 3 meters high and 2 meters wide, designed to be practical, as it was assembled and disassembled every Saturday by the Santa Cia. team. The research involved a group of other students from the institution—Alexandre Kok, Flora Atilano, Lara Girad, Victória Cohen—and was supervised by Mauro Munhoz.
