A Obra de Arte Total do carnaval: multiplicidade artística e hibridação nos desfiles contemporâneos das escolas de samba

Abstract

This present text proposes the approach of the contemporary shape of samba schools parades (from 1970 on) as an actualized version of Wagner s Gesamtkunstwerk developed by the composer in the nineteenth century. We propose that the approach of the current form of samba schools carnival to structural elements of the Wagner opera is stimulated by common comprehension of these carnival parades as popular street opera stressing the relation of the carnival parades to the idea of a complete art work. The rise of concepts (like Wagner s), notions and techniques from various artistic and technology fields at Sambódromo approaches the carnival to the practices of the contemporary art, but also reveals a particular appropriation of these elements by samba schools. Based en those premises, to consider the samba schools parades as a form of contemporary total art work help us to see more deeply the particular structure of this carnival form