O O TEATRO DO OPRIMIDO NA FORMAÇÃO DA CIDADANIA

Abstract

This article shows history and trajectory of the Centro do Teatro do Oprimido – CTO (Center of the theatre of the oppressed) from Rio de Janeiro, since its foundation in 1986. The CTO is a socio-cultural association directed by Augusto Boal, which implements artistic projects that stimulate the active participation of poor communities, aiming the use of democracy of the cultural production methods, making the citizenship more powerful and changing the reality thru the Theatre of the Oppressed. A theater that it search to be an example of social intervention, focusing on the social inclusion and the human development. The idea is to analyze the projects and pedagogical works of CTO-Rio and its contributions in the art, the community and the construction of the citizenship, beyond the importance of the formation of the popular groups inside of the communities.