(Universidad de Cuenca, 2023-07-20) Almeida Correa, Paula Isabel; Mera Espinoza, Sofía Guadalupe
The following research aims to create an artistic-educational proposal about the diversity of
bodies, through clown language and theater to accompany the processes of self-perception and
construction of body image of adolescents belonging to the General Basic Education Sublevel
Superior. The play aims to provide a space for debate to rethink and deconstruct the hegemonic
ideals of beauty and stereotypes that lead to a distorted perception of bodies causing
dissatisfaction with their own body image. Because of this, it becomes necessary to generate
this space of theatrical conviviality, where the opinions and thoughts of the students are
validated to question the collective imaginary about the body and self-perception, which has
been established in recent times. The play is presented as an artistic-educational proposal that
is supported by the Curriculum of the Ministry of Education, and that contributes to the subjects
of Cultural and Artistic Education and Physical Education.
