A Flashmob as a Case Study for a Methodology within Group Artistic Creation (MGAC)

Abstract

In this paper a methodology within Group Artistic Creation (MGAC) is introduced as an artistic-led proposal through a case study, the Performance-Flashmob Peace Parade. This methodology is based on choreographic proposals, debate, performance techniques and practices based on a democracy of experiences that promotes dynamic and open ways of knowledge making. Peace Parade was developed between March and September 2018 and premiered at São João’s fair in Évora, Portugal, June 22, 2018, in a co-production with Évora’s City Council and the Center of Art History and Artistic Research from the University of Évora, joining a philharmonic band, the author and 17 actual and former students of Arts School - University of Évora, Portugal.