“Minga-Fiesta, la otra vida” puesta en escena del carnaval

Abstract

The present report of work of degree exposes the compilation, the analysis and evaluation of the process of creation of the scenic assembly "Minga - Fiesta, the other life", which is based on the study of the Festive Culture and the Carnival of Blacks and Whites of San Juan de Pasto. It also emphasizes the need for the visibility and dissemination of this type of expression of Popular Culture, in addition to claiming the presence of the study of the Fiesta as a Living Culture within the academic teaching of the performing arts. The process of creation led by the question: How can Festive Culture be created for the space of conventional theater? it is given from personal experiences within the theme of the Fiesta, the advice and accompaniment of knowers with experience in the Festive Culture, and the choice of doing fieldwork within the same Carnival of Blacks and Whites, for being the Carnival that It gathers both conceptual, energetic and at great artistic level the descriptive and fundamental elements of the Fiesta. The first chapter describes the personal experience within the Festive Culture that leads to presenting the research topic, stating different outstanding events within the Festival and its relationship with Popular Culture and its contact with vulnerable communities. The second chapter addresses the positions of different authors who have studied the theme of the Party and Popular Culture, analyzing each of the definitions to enclose a single concept of Festive Culture. The third chapter exposes the evidences of the fieldwork within the Carnival of Blacks and Whites, highlighting the most representative elements of this festival and describing the experience of each one of the moments lived. The process of creation in each of its phases is described in chapter four, where they expose both the elements and creative situations and the development of management and production within the assembly. Likewise, the difficulties presented within the development of the entire project are manifested. The evaluation and analysis of the creation process, the experience in the production and management for the realization of the scenic montage and the presentations made of Minga - Fiesta, the other life in its scenarios, are carried out in order to present the conclusions to which they arrived, responding to the proposed objectives and stating new questions and recommendations for the Arte Danzario curricular project.