Aristotle’s Philosophical Reframing of Greek Tragedy: A New Interpretation of an Old Misunderstanding Aristotle’s philosophical reframing of Greek tragedy has dominated Western literary and theatrical theory for centuries. Brecht and, more recently, postdramatic theatre, have defined themselves in part by … Lire la suite
Toward an Aesthetic Discursive Approach To Ethical Matters Could we move from a theoretical examination of the aesthetic to an ethical approach to the problems of the world? In her perceptive book, Precarious Life (2004), Butler has examined the interplay … Lire la suite
Centered in a Void: Marina Abramovic’s The Artist Is Present Seemingly simple in its conception, Marina Abramović’s 2010 performance piece The Artist Is Present confronts one with radical uncertainty in deciding how to interpret a piece that ostensibly refuses to … Lire la suite
Performing Dispossession: Samuel Beckett’s Theatre The intersections between Samuel Beckett’s work and philosophy are well documented: both his own reading in philosophy as a young man, and the contemporary philosophers (such as Derrida, Cixous, Badiou and Deleuze) who ‘think through’ … Lire la suite
… with Mayer, Ralo (Austria), Frackowiak, Bartek (Poland): “Kx4l3ndj34r Katastronauci: How to Do Things with Worlds” https://tpp2014.com/en-us/workshops/
Theatre theory and the new textualities of criticism This paper will look at three recent theoretical texts, Howard Barker’s Death, the One and the Art of Theatre, Daniel Mesguich’s L’éternel éphémère and Alain Badiou’s Rhapsody for the Theatre. It will … Lire la suite
How are we supposed to respond?: the presence of performers perceived to have intellectual disabilities interrogating ethics and spectatorship in contemporary performance At the beginning of Jerome Bel’s Disabled Theatre Julia Hausermann from Theater Hora comes to the microphone gives … Lire la suite
Mayer, Ralo (Austria), Frackowiak, Bartek (Poland), McKenzie, Jon (USA): “Kx4l3ndj34r Katastronauci: How to Do Things with Worlds” https://tpp2014.com/en-us/workshops/
“Anglo-American thought’s domination in the new media plays. Analysis of the Skype Duet, Harket [Protocolo] and 9 días de Guerra en Facebook.” In this paper the main argument spins around the Anglo-American thought’s predominance in the scenic projects that use … Lire la suite
La pensée de Jacques Derrida dans le questionnement théorique anglo-américain sur le théâtre et la performance. Le poststructuralisme a fortement transformé la manière de penser le théâtre et stimulé le développement des recherches sur la performance. Si l’on observe attentivement … Lire la suite
