Lola Arias’ Campo minado/ Minefield (2016): Exploring Dramatherapy in Documentary Theatre

TEICHERT, ERIKA

Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (2020), 97, (10), 1031–1046.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3828/bhs.2020.63
Language: English
Pages: 16

Abstract

Campo minado/ Minefield (2016) by Lola Arias brings to the stage three British and three Argentine veterans from the Malvinas/ Falklands War (1982), performing as themselves. Their re-enactments of the war and their lives thereafter trigger questions about the affective experience of their bodies on stage. While documentary theatre theory foregrounds a material understanding of the performing body - a mediating technology for documentary authenticity - this article explores how dramatherapy theory might provide additional vocabulary to conceptualize the emotional dimension of the veterans’ performance. In doing so, this analysis puts forward an understanding of authenticity as dependent on affective transformations rather than material evidence.

Campo minado/ Minefield (2016) de Lola Arias trae al escenario tres veteranos británicos y tres argentinos de la guerra de Malvinas (1982), representándose a sí mismos. Sus representaciones de la guerra y sus vidas desde entonces despiertan preguntas sobre la experiencia afectiva de sus cuerpos sobre el escenario. Mientras que la teoría de teatro documental resalta un entendimiento material del cuerpo que actúa -una tecnología mediadora para lograr autenticidad documental-, el presente artículo explora cómo la teoría de dramaterapia puede ofrecer vocabulario adicional para conceptualizar la dimensión emocional de la actuación de los veteranos. De esta manera, este análisis propone un entendimiento de autenticidad que depende principalmente de transformaciones afectivas en lugar de evidencia material.

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