Forward theater

Means of elaboration and communication of experiential prospective scenarios through theater. Created in 2010 by Alethia Berenice Montero Baena, it is a methodology that allows participants to share and create future stories and bring them to life for a moment through a theatrical performance. Is based on elements of psychology and theatrical techniques (part of its foundations is in the theater of improvisation and psychodrama). It is a prospective technique for creating and acting out scenarios and exploring aspects of human futures, where participants experience the scenarios as stories. To generate such stories it is not necessary to generate a script of the life of a person or social group, only a basic structure of the roles that each character will have and the essence of the story itself is required, so that spontaneity lasts during the staging. It can start with three stories seen as scenarios: utopia, dystopia and eutopia, in such a way that a contrast, criticism and reflections are generated. The Method of the Forward Theater consists of three phases: 1. Warming up Engines (warm-up). 2. Preparation of the participants' instruments, as they work in the theatrical activities: Breathing - Body - Voice. 3. Theatrical techniques. Exercises that allow the integration of theatrical elements. The three main ones are Imaginary ball, Photographs and Visualization. Complementary activities: Trip to the moon, Animals, Numbers, Sequences, Copied movements. Staging. It has four key elements: feelings, projection, expression and communication. The methodology has been applied mostly in school environments at the undergraduate and graduate levels, courses, workshops, meetings, congresses, as a complement to a subject and as an exclusive methodology.