Theatre Topics. Yale's Project O

The article assigned for this week was particularly different to the ones we've already read. It is a more academic type of text, based on research and observations of the authors.

The article mainly intended to described the project but also to present interesting arguments on the relationship between dramaturgy and history and how our historical background inevitably influences the way we perceive things.

This is well pictured in great contrast seen between the young dancer and the older ones. The adult dancers have gone trough a period of history in which the struggle between Black and White people was present everywhere and that experiences shape the way they feel their body, their judgement and their minds. Thus, the young dancers have grown up in the technology era, in what they call the post-racial epoch, where, according to them, struggle between races is not a reality anymore.

Personally, I can't agree entirely with this statement. race struggle must not be as big as it used to be but I definitely think that there is a need to keep thinking of how we can make society more inclusive. Black people might not be the target anymore but there are some other communities that have become objects of silent discrimination. It's easy to say that we have become a post-racial society from the perspective of a well situated social class, but in my opinion those struggles can only be seen in the less advantaged places, where there is a lack of money and therefore basic needs.

I finally wanted to point out the last paragraph which I thought it was particularly illuminating. When they quote one of the students who performed and he suggests that in order to understand things we must step back and look forward. It is important to not forget that there are still things happening around, and even though we are going forward in many aspects, we can't take many things for granted