The field of performing arts is a space where the sensible terrain emerges for the constitution of the most diverse modalities of language: theater, dance, singing, musicals, performances etc. French-line semiotics is a discipline interested in the architecture of meaning. Its semiotic instruments that analyze texts translate the effort of human sciences toward reconciling the objectivity of the theoretical model with the emotional content present in all human productions. It is an analytical way of thinking that provides great heuristic contributions to society. The artist composes works, the analyst decomposes them. Tensivity blurs these boundaries seeking to expand practical experience in the construction of scenes integrating different fields of knowledge. When: From July 2 to September 3, 2026. Days: Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm. Location: Roosevelt Unit. Objectives: The course articulates Scene Arts with Tensive Semiotics. The focus is a theoretical-practical study on Tensive Modulations of the Body. To this end, we will engage with Claude Zilberberg's tensive thinking through bodily practices and text-utterances from the field of modern dance and performance to think about aesthetic and political experience in act. Instructor: Alexandre Lindo. Alexandre Lindo is an actor/performer, theoretical-essayist and body educator. PhD candidate with a research project on body through the Graduate Program in Semiotics and General Linguistics at USP. Master's in Arts from ECA-USP in performative studies. Degree in French/Portuguese from FFLCH-USP. Actor from the Foundation of Arts of São Caetano do Sul. Areas of interest and practice: art and shamanism, eutonia, dance/choreography, body dramaturgy, aesthetics/psychoanalysis, theatrical masks and contemporary French semiotics. Published the book: Autobiographical Museum: abyss and punctum by Annablume (2025) and the latest article: Body-envelope in contemporary writing and criticism by Urdimento – Journal of Studies in Performing Arts. Audience: Actors, actresses, performers, dancers, psychologists, psychoanalysts, anyone over 18 years old interested in studies of language, performing arts, aesthetics and politics.
