Open talk: text and musicality

Abstract

This text is the transcription of the round table occurred in August 4^th 2016 during the meeting named “CASA ABERTA convida: Texto e musicalidade”, that took place in the Dark Room (“Sala Preta”) of the Theater Program of Universidade Federal de São João Del Rei (Minas Gerais, Brazil). Guests and professors of the program execute a deep reflection about a possible intersection between Music and Theater. The debate deals with text and musicality according to the perspectives of dramaturgy, direction, acting, and theater pedagogy, in a dialog permeated by the notions of listening, silence, and chorus.