Polish Theatre After The Fall Of Communism

Author : Olga Śmiechowicz
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781527518469

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Polish Theatre after the Fall of Communism by Olga Śmiechowicz Pdf

In international theatre studies, there has been a dearth of studies on Polish contemporary theatre. This book investigates how Polish theatre has changed since 1989 and the fall of Communism. It introduces the most prominent Polish theatre directors, namely Krystian Lupa and his two extremely talented students Krzysztof Warlikowski and Jan Klata. All three of them represent three absolutely different types of aesthetics and ways of thinking about theatre: Krystian Lupa mostly concentrates on Austrian and Russian literature. Krzysztof Warlikowski’s theatre is based on stage versions of William Shakespeare or Ancient authors. Jan Klata focuses his attention on Polish history and current social problems. This book highlights the creativity of Polish contemporary theatre, and shows how different from most theatre traditions in other European countries it is.

Author : Bryce Lease
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Theater
ISBN : 1526115263

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After '89 by Bryce Lease Pdf

This volume provides an exceptional introduction to Polish theatre since the fall of communism, exploring how theatre goes beyond norms and nationalistic concepts to intersect with politics, feminism, queer identities, the rise in anti-Semitism, ethnicities and history.

Author : Kathleen Cioffi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781134374380

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Alternative Theatre in Poland by Kathleen Cioffi Pdf

The complex nature of the relationship between theatre and politics is explored in this study of the Polish theatre scene. It traces the development of the alternative theatre movement from its origins, in the 1950s, through to its decline in the late 1980s.

Author : Sibelan Elizabeth S. Forrester,Magdalena J. Zaborowska,Elena Gapova
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0253216966

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Over the Wall/after the Fall by Sibelan Elizabeth S. Forrester,Magdalena J. Zaborowska,Elena Gapova Pdf

Annotation A rich and appealing tour of post-communist cultures in Eastern Europe as seen from East and West.

Author : Kathleen Cioffi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781134374458

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Alternative Theatre in Poland by Kathleen Cioffi Pdf

The complex nature of the relationship between theatre and politics is explored in this study of the Polish theatre scene. It traces the development of the alternative theatre movement from its origins, in the 1950s, through to its decline in the late 1980s.

Author : Vessela S. Warner,Diana Manole
Publisher : Studies Theatre Hist & Culture
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9781609386771

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Staging Postcommunism by Vessela S. Warner,Diana Manole Pdf

This collection investigates the ways in which postcommunist alternative theatre negotiated and embodied change not only locally but globally as well.

Author : Clive Barker,Simon Trussler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1997-08-21
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521589029

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New Theatre Quarterly 49: Volume 13, Part 1 by Clive Barker,Simon Trussler Pdf

Provides an international forum where theatrical scholarship and practice can meet to question dramatic assumptions.

Author : Erika Fischer-Lichte
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781405175784

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Dionysus Resurrected by Erika Fischer-Lichte Pdf

Dionysus Resurrected analyzes the global resurgence since the late 1960s of Euripides’ The Bacchae. By analyzing and contextualizing these modern day performances, the author reveals striking parallels between transformational events taking place during the era of the play’s revival and events within the play itself. Puts forward a lively discussion of the parallels between transformational eventsduring the era of the play’s revival and events within the play itself The first comparative study to analyse and contextualize performances of The Bacchae that took place between 1968 and 2009 from the United States, Africa, Latin America, Europe and Asia Argues that presentations of the play not only represent liminal states but also transfer the spectators into such states Contends that the play’s reflection on various stages of globalization render the tragedy a contemporary play Establishes the importance of The Bacchae within Euripides’ work as the only extant tragedy in which the god Dionysus himself appears, not just as a character but as the protagonist

Author : Simo Mikkonen,Pekka Suutari
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317091752

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Music, Art and Diplomacy: East-West Cultural Interactions and the Cold War by Simo Mikkonen,Pekka Suutari Pdf

Music, Art and Diplomacy shows how a vibrant field of cultural exchange between East and West was taking place during the Cold War, which contrasts with the orthodox understanding of two divided and antithetical blocs. The series of case studies on cultural exchanges, focusing on the decades following the Second World War, cover episodes involving art, classical music, theatre, dance and film. Despite the fluctuating fortunes of diplomatic relations between East and West, there was a continuous circulation of cultural producers and products. Contributors explore the interaction of arts and politics, the role of the arts in diplomacy and the part the arts played in the development of the Cold War. Art has always shunned political borders, wavering between the guidance of individual and governmental patrons, and borderless expression. While this volume provides insight into how political players tried to harness the arts to serve their own political purposes, at the same time it is clear that the arts and artists exploited the Cold War framework to reach their own individual and professional objectives. Utilizing archives available only since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the volume provides a valuable socio-cultural approach to understanding the Cold War and cultural diplomacy.

Author : Halina Stephan
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Authors, Polish
ISBN : 9042010169

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Living in Translation by Halina Stephan Pdf

Living in Translation: Polish Writers in America discusses the interaction of Polish and American culture, the transfer of the Central European experience abroad and the acculturation of major representatives of Polish literature to the United States. Contributions written by American specialists in Polish Studies tell the story of contemporary Polish expatriates who recently lived or are currently living in the U.S. These authors include directors/screen writers Roman Polanski and Agnieszka Holland, the Nobel Prize laureate poet Czeslaw Milosz, theatre critic Jan Kott, prose writer Jerzy Kosinski, essayist Eva Hoffman, and poet/translator Stanislaw Baranczak. Living in Translation presents these and other writers in terms of the duality of their profiles resulting from their engagement in two different cultures. It documents problems encountered by those who became expatriates in response to a totalitarian system they had left behind. And it revises and updates the image of the Polish exile authors, refocusing it along the lines of culture transfer, border straddling, and benefits resulting from a transcultural existence.

Author : Colin Chambers
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 892 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006-05-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781847146120

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The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre by Colin Chambers Pdf

International in scope, this book is designed to be the pre-eminent reference work on the English-speaking theatre in the twentieth century. Arranged alphabetically, it consists of some 2500 entries written by 280 contributors from 20 countries which include not only top-level experts, but, uniquely, leading professionals from the world of theatre. A fascinating resource for anyone interested in theatre, it includes: - Overviews of major concepts, topics and issues; - Surveys of theatre institutions, countries, and genres; - Biographical entries on key performers, playwrights, directors, designers, choreographers and composers; - Articles by leading professionals on crafts, skills and disciplines including acting, design, directing, lighting, sound and voice.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780857285164

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The Post-traumatic Theatre of Grotowski and Kantor by Anonim Pdf

Author : Magda Romanska
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781783083213

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The Post-traumatic Theatre of Grotowski and Kantor by Magda Romanska Pdf

Despite its international influence, Polish theatre remains a mystery to many Westerners. This volume attempts to fill in current gaps in English-language scholarship by offering a historical and critical analysis of two of the most influential works of Polish theatre: Jerzy Grotowski’s ‘Akropolis’ and Tadeusz Kantor’s ‘Dead Class’. By examining each director’s representation of Auschwitz, this study provides a new understanding of how translating national trauma through the prism of performance can alter and deflect the meaning and reception of theatrical works, both inside and outside of their cultural and historical contexts.

Author : Maria M. Delgado,Bryce Lease,Dan Rebellato
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781351620536

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Contemporary European Playwrights by Maria M. Delgado,Bryce Lease,Dan Rebellato Pdf

Contemporary European Playwrights presents and discusses a range of key writers that have radically reshaped European theatre by finding new ways to express the changing nature of the continent’s society and culture, and whose work is still in dialogue with Europe today. Traversing borders and languages, this volume offers a fresh approach to analyzing plays in production by some of the most widely-performed European playwrights, assessing how their work has revealed new meanings and theatrical possibilities as they move across the continent, building an unprecedented picture of the contemporary European repertoire. With chapters by leading scholars and contributions by the writers themselves, the chapters bring playwrights together to examine their work as part of a network and genealogy of writing, examining how these plays embody and interrogate the nature of contemporary Europe. Written for students and scholars of European theatre and playwriting, this book will leave the reader with an understanding of the shifting relationships between the subsidized and commercial, the alternative and the mainstream stage, and political stakes of playmaking in European theatre since 1989.

Author : Paul Allain
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2005-06-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781135299262

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Gardzienice: Polish Theatre in Transition by Paul Allain Pdf

In 1977, the Gardzienice Theatre Association, an experimental theatre company was founded in a tiny Polish village. By 1992 The Observer was hailing "Brilliant Gardzienice...and orgy of joy, anguish, prayer and lamentation performed in candlelight with hurtling energy and at breakneck speed...Physically reckless, thrillingly well sung...On no account to be missed. " Today the Gardzienice Theatre Association is hailed as Poland's leading theatre group, training Royal Shakespeare Company actors and touring the world. Paul Allain describes and analyses their sung performances, strenuous physical and vocal training, and anthropological fieldwork amongst marginalized European minorities. This is one of the first detailed attempts to assess developments in Polish experimental theatres since 1989. The author questions whether those artists can maintain their vision in the face of Poland's economic difficulties and increased commercialization of the arts.