Theatre as a piece of literature (drama), as well as stage act (performance), shapes human actions and circumstances crafted by the playwright, either taken from the historic present and past, or based on mythological issues and imaginary situations. Continue Reading
Performance
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Theatre as a place of recording and managing historical memory
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Memories of heroines in memories of spectators: mythic, dramatic and theatrical time from the ancient drama to the modern greek theatre
If by “performance” we mean the “poetics of remembrance”, since it is there that the playwright’s and the actor’s memory as well as the spectators’ memory and social memory creatively meet, then theatre can be called the “art of memory”. Continue Reading
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Theatrum Mundi: a journey through European performing arts
PROJECT THEATRUM MUNDI PRESENTATION
The project Theatrum Mundi is promoted by Eufonia soc.coop.- Astràgali Teatro, with the support of the Creative Europe Program of the European Union, in partnership with National and Kapodistrian University of Athens-Art and Speech Lab (Greece), Italian Centre of International Theatre Institute-UNESCO (Italy), University of Venice-IUAV (Italy), Stichting DW-RS Producties (Netherlands), Maison d’Europe et d’Orient (France), Theatro tsi Zakynthos (Greece), in association with Directorate General of International Theatre Institute (France), Xenia-Performing Arts Ensemble for the Internationalization of Artists (Italy). Continue Reading
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Traditional forms of the postmodern environment the story teller as a performer
If by performance we mean the “poetics of remembrance”, since it is there that the playwright’s and the actor’s memory as well as the spectators memory and social memory creatively meet, then the theatre can be called the “art of memory” Continue Reading
