O theater it's a very traditional art in which people act out characters to tell a story. Known as the fifth art, the theater has its own day that celebrates the importance of this artistic language: the World Theater Day. This date arose in the 1960s, being idealized by the International Theater Institute.
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Date origin
Theater, as we know, is a art in which people (actors or actresses) represent a certain story to an audience. Among the types of art, theater is known as the Thursday art, and can be staged through a script, created by screenwriters and playwrights, but it can also happen through the actors' improvisation.
As we will see, theater, as we know it, emerged in the Ancient Greece, and, since Classical Antiquity, it has become one of the most common and popular artistic languages in Western societies. There is currently a large variety ofgenrestheatrical, which demonstrates the richness of this artistic language.
It was thinking about it that the
InstituteInternationaloftheater (IIT) devised a date to celebrate this artistic language. This date was created in 1961, such as World Theater Day, and its first celebration took place the following year, in 1962. This date is used as form of celebration and dissemination of theater internationally.You goals of that date, as stipulated by the International Theater Institute, are as follows|1|:
Promote theater around the world;
To spread the importance of theater;
Encourage theater communities to promote their work and make governments aware of the importance of this art;
Encourage people to enjoy the theater for their own benefit;
Spreading joy through theatre.
origin of theater
Theater, as a language and artistic expression, exists since the Antique, and different peoples, like Chinese and Indians, already performed the staging of certain events. already the Egyptians, in turn, performed small performances as part of rituals in honor of their gods.
However, the modern theaterwas inspired by greek theater. The very origin of the word theater comes from the Greek, theater, name used to refer to the place where people could watch plays in Ancient Greece. However, Greek theater only had two genres: tragedy and comedy.
The theater at that time was from lots of importance to life in the polis, as "it was intended to promote the feeling of responsibility and zeal for public affairs among citizens"|2|. Greek theater plays were performed outdoors and depicted stories involving kings and queens as well as the gods who were part of the local belief.
Among the great names of Greek theater are:
Tragedy: Aeschylus, sophocles and Euripides;
Comedy: Aristophanes.
In Classical Antiquity, the theater also manifested itself in the roman culture, heavily influenced by the Greeks. The Romans were responsible for spread the theater across Europe, and the influence of Greco-Roman theater was still present in medieval Europe, although there was big prejudice against this art, especially during the High Middle Ages.
It was from the low middle age that theater has gained importance in Europe, and with the cultural transformations that took place from the rbirth, a number of theatrical groups have sprung up on the continent. Over time, new genres appeared, such as drama, which emerged around the 18th century.
At the Brazil context, it is said that the theater was introduced, in the 16th century, by the Jesuits. The theatrical plays, initially written in Latin, were an important part of the Jesuit strategies pairThe The native catechization. Over time, the Jesuits began to adapt their theater productions to Tupi-Guarani, Portuguese and Spanish.
|1| Goals of the World Theater Day. To access, click on here [in English].
|2| CEBULSKI, Marcia Cristina. Introduction to Hstory of ttheater in the west: from the Greeks to our days. Guarapuava: Unicentro, 2013. P. 12.
By Daniel Neves Silva
History teacher
Source: Brazil School - https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/datas-comemorativas/dia-mundial-teatro27-marco.htm
