During the summer of 2013 two scholars traveled to Rio de Janeiro to research improvisational theatre practice inside two Brazilian prisons. For this presentation, Dr. Ashley Lucas and Andrew Martinez will perform a version of their journeys through arts practice and research - tracing the intersecting lines of scholarship, activism, theatre, rhythm, and dance- grappling with what performance can achieve within spaces where a government restricts its subjects’ language, movement, and freedom of expression.

Dr. Ashley Lucas is one of the world's leading experts about issues surrounding incarceration and theatre happening inside prisons now.

Andrew Martínez, PhD student in WAC/D Culture and Performance, investigates how the arts function symbolically and culturally within a repressive national context.

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Cost : Free and open to the public

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Sponsor(s): Latin American Institute, Center for Brazilian Studies, Department of Art, UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture, the Max H. Gluck Foundation, the UCLA Dream Fund, the Center for Brazilian Studies, and is hosted by the department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance.