Το θέμα "Why do we still need directors? Μodes of collaboration and authorship in twenty-first century performance.” πραγματεύεται η Αύρα Σιδηροπούλου, Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια στο Μεταπτυχιακό πρόγραμμα "Θεατρικές Σπουδές" και σκηνοθέτις σε δημόσια διάλεξή της, η οποία εντάσσεται στο πλαίσιο διαδικασίας ανέλιξής του στη βαθμίδα της Αναπληρώτριας Καθηγήτριας.

Παρασκευή 9 Οκτωβρίου 2020, στις 11:00 π.μ. στην Αίθουσα Συνεδριάσεων του 4ου ορόφου, Λεωφ. Γιάννου Κρανιδιώτη 33, Λατσιά.

Η διάλεξη θα μεταδίδεται και διαδικτυακά στον σύνδεσμο: ΕΔΩ

Abstract:

In the recent decades, theatre artists have been forced to position themselves critically and imaginatively within a diverse continuum of hybrid practices at the intersection of drama with production and information technologies. My presentation sets out to examine the changed landscape of twenty-first century performance from the point of view of the director. What are some of the challenges in the process of collaboration, authorship and ownership of the performance event? What new skills and sensibilities should theatre-makers develop in order to respond to the speed of technology and the omnipresence of science in our daily lives? How has the position of the director been revised from one of primary interpreter of the dramatic text to one of instigator of symbiotic meaning-making?

I argue that the de-centralization of directors’ position within the compositionality of performance, far from pointing to their weakened role in production, is proof of their enhanced responsibilities, as the director is on the one hand emancipated but on the other burdened with the overload of choice. While polyvalence and multiplicity require swift adjustments to the interpenetration of forms and bold crossings of aesthetic, structural and perceptual boundaries, theatre practitioners must also remain open to processes that sustain the dialogic fluidity of meaning that circulates between the auditorium and the stage.