The creativity revealed: spontaneous theater scenes with university students

Abstract

This article describes two scenes of Spontaneous Theatre carried out with students from the University Vale do Acaraú, Ceará State, Brazil. The action was part of a research that aimed to investigate and develop the creativity of the college students. The method used was the experience report, with a qualitative approach. Thirty individuals was involved in the action and was divided into two groups. The main result was that in those scenes all the themes were metaphorically summarized such as believe in yourself, conquer fear, overcome obstacles, to choose and find solutions. In the end, it was concluded that: the activity provided interaction between students from various courses; Creative scenes were represented, reaching the goal of the exercise; the Spontaneous Theatre performed as significant space for the development of sensitivity and creativity of academics.