Expanded theatre in Brazilian context

The text deals with the resumption of activism in contextual (Paul Ardenne) and relational art (Nicolas Bourriaud) that is reflected in the approach between the performing arts and politics. Claire Bishop considers the movement a "social turn" of art, which she locates at the end of the 20th century and detects in the social posture, characteristic of the creators, and in the rejection of aesthetics and formalization, replaced by interventions decidedly linked to work in communities and acting in fronts close to social work. In an attempt to rehabilitate the idea of aesthetics in connection with politics, Bishop uses the philosopher Jacques Ranciere and his conceptions of "distribution of the sensible" and "aesthetic regime of art". Based on these assumptions, the work of the artist Lia Rodrigues and her relationship with the community of Mare (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is analyzed.