The use of technology in the development of artistic skills inherent to the actor-singer-dancer in Musical Theatre in a period of social isolation

Abstract

Based on the relationship between the use of technology and the actor-singer-dancer training in musical theatre, the present work proposes to generate discussion regarding the use of those technological devices in the development of the artistic skills of those professionals and how much this usage has influenced the relations of teaching and learning processes in contemporary times, especially expanded due to the social isolation caused by the pandemic of the covid-19 virus. A correlation will be made both in the area of education based on the reflections of Pierre Lévy, and in the area of theatre with regard to the use of technologies, based on the thought of Hans-Thies Lehmann and contextualizing with other art and education areas contemporaries to these interpreters. The focus of the research will be based on the observation of the use of these technological devices in the performers training in Brazil, more specifically of the actors-singers-dancers from Brasília, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro who improve the development of their acting, singing and dancing skills geared towards the national musical theatre.