Andrea Maciel García

The intervention aims at occupying tension zones in the city, marked by the relation between street population and local working population. The work discusses social space and its oppositions, suggesting new forms of space appropriation in the context of social exclusion. The fundamental characteristic of this work is interaction with the specific urban context of each place, so it is a proposition of Urban Intervention that can be carried on with students and any willing people involved in the Seminar.

Biography

Andrea Maciel García is a pursuing her PhD in Theater Arts. She has her M.A. in Theater, Performance and Culture from the Universidad Federal del Estado de Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), and a professional degree in Theater Arts from the same university. She is a choreographer, performer, and dancer. She coordinates introductory groups in the area of Performance and is Assistant Professor of Theater Arts at the Centro Universitário da Cidade.