The Theatre of Romeo Castellucci and Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio

From Icon to Iconoclasm, From Word to Image, From Symbol to Allegory
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-349-95405-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 235 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 3202 g

This book focuses on Romeo Castellucci’s theatrical project, exploring the ethical and aesthetic framework determined by his reflection on the nature of the image. But why does a director whose fundamental artistic tool is the image deny this key conceptual notion? Rooted in his conscious distancing from iconoclasm in the 1980s, Castellucci frequently replaces this notion with the words ‘symbol’, ‘form’ and ‘idea’.

As the first publication on the international market which presents Castellucci’s work from both historical and theoretical perspectives, this book systematically confronts the director’s discourse with other concepts related to his artistic project. Capturing the evolution of his theatre from icon to iconoclasm, word to image and symbol to allegory, the book explores experimental notions of staging alongside an ‘emotional wave’, which serves as an animating principle of Castellucci’s revolutionary theatre.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Semenowicz, Dorota

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatergeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Chapter 1. The Khmer Theatre.- Chapter 2. The Open Image.- Chapter 3. From Mysteries to Tragedy.- Chapter 4. Interchanges.- Epilogue.

Über Autor(innen)

Dorota Semenowicz is a graduate of the University of Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle, France, with a PhD in humanities from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. She works in the Dramaturgy Department of the National Theatre in Warsaw and in programming for the Malta Festival Poznan. She has edited essay collections on Rodrigo Garcia, Flemish theatre, the relationship between aesthetics and ethics, and publishes articles and reviews about contemporary theatre.