Uma Sala Inteira a Sonhar

An Entire Room to Dream - enchantment in art and education at the Dream Factory

Authors

  • Tania Alice UNIRIO
  • Anderson José Caetano de Souza Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO

Abstract

The Dream Factory is a pedagogical and artistic experience that transforms the classroom of a public Brazilian university into a space for collective creation and emotional sharing. By operating at the intersection of art, education and the politics of the affects, the Factory proposes a break with contemporary logic of productivity, valuing enchantment and collaborative creation. In this paper, we have chosen to delve into three axes that guide this training for the performer in the search for the fusion of art/life: enchantment as a political act, listening and silence as tools of presence, and discipline as an exercise in love and freedom. Through these movements, the socially engaged art project of the Dream Factory becomes a field for reinventing temporalities, imaginaries and forms of coexistence.

Author Biographies

Tania Alice, UNIRIO

Professora titular da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO e bolsista de Produtividade em Pesquisa do Cnpq desde 2023. Artista-pesquisadora, atua na Graduação e na Pós-Graduação da Escola de Teatro e é diretora do Grupo de Pesquisa "Práticas Performativas Contemporâneas" (UNIRIO/UFRJ/CNPq) e do Coletivo "Performers sem Fronteiras". Sua pesquisa artística em performance versa sobre modalidades da performance como produção de saúde mental, arte relacional como revolução dos afetos, poéticas do cuidado e projetos participativos com públicos diversos. Possui Doutorado em Artes e dois Pós-Doutorados em Performance, na Université de Aix Marseille e na Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), além de ser formada em Somatic Experiencing (cura do trauma) e em Yoga do Riso.

Anderson José Caetano de Souza, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO

PhD student (2024 to date) in the Postgraduate Program in Performing Arts at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO). He holds a master's degree (2024) from the same program, supervised by Dr. Tania Alice and co-supervised by Dr. Carolina Bonfim. Bachelor's degree in Scenic Acting (2022) from the same university. Institutional link: Postgraduate Program in Performing Arts at UNIRIO, Av. Pasteur, 436 - Urca, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22290-255. E-mail: caetano@edu.unirio.br Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

Published

2025-12-31