PARTO
By Natasha Corbelino
PARTO dramaturgy is part of a research that focuses on women's experiences and their socio-cultural origins. The study was initiated by playwright Isadora Krummenauer, at the Dramaturgy Center of FIRJAN SESI, located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2018. The play tells stories of women from a seemingly mandatory female experience in Brazil: motherhood. The woman is born with the possibility of being a mother, and society expects that from her, but when a pregnancy happens, she wonders about the real need for choosing motherhood. It is within the conflict about what it is to be a woman and what is expected of the individual, that the childbirth drama emerges. During the 2020 quarantine period, the play was transformed into a performance presented live, at Zoom, traversed by the experiences of the actresses' bodies in confinement.
PARTO Team - Created from the original text "Childbirth", by Isadora Krummenauer
Concept and direction of the experience: Natasha Coberlino
Cast: Dani Câmara, Karla Muniz, Laura Nielsen, Paula Furtado and Sara Hana
Dramaturgical composition from the original text: Natasha Corbelino, Isadora Krummenauer and actresses Dani Câmara, Karla Muniz, Laura Nielsen, Paula Furtado, Sara Hana
Copyright songs: Dani Câmara (Febre; Iabás; Passará), and Sara Hana (Jurema Preta; Mortífera) - Cited songs: Fala, do Secos e Molhados - Guest audios: Livinha, sister of Karla; and Eivanice Canário, mother of Paula
Production: Isadora Krummenauer
About the Artist
Natasha Corbelino
Natasha is a 40yrs old Brazilian artist, actress, performer, director, author, producer, curator and cultural activist, born in the city of Rio de Janeiro. She graduated from UniRio, with a BA in Performing Arts. She also had her training crossed by dance, attending the State School of Dance Maria Olenewa, and studying/working with choreographer Regina Miranda. With more than two decades of professional experience, Natasha seeks displacement through transdisciplinary and collective processes, towards new modes of production, where the power of meetings moves creation.