O presente estudo aborda as possibilidades artísticas e expressivas da luz, a partir da realização de laboratórios, onde estímulos luminosos foram especialmente concebidos no sentido de afetar a percepção de um peformer e sua consequente criação de movimento. Assim, tanto o processo criativo do iluminador, enquanto criador do estímulo, quanto aquele do perfomer encontram-se aqui examinados. A reflexão que acompanhou todo o processo empírico esteve nutrida por aspectos do comportamento da luz dentro dos campos da ótica física e alguns princípios do pensamento fenomenológico de Merleau-Ponty. / The recent study discusses the artistic and expressive possibilities of light, based on laboratory experiments, where the stimulus of light were specially created in order to affect the perception of a performer and his movement creation. This way, both the scenic lighting creative process, as the creator of the stimulus, and the performer are here discussed. The reflexion that followed the entire empirical process, was nurtured by the aspects of the behavior of the light inside the field of optical physics and some principles of the phenomenological thought of Merleau-Ponty.

Este trabalho elege a obra de Jerzy Grotowski como objeto de investigação da Alteridade na construção do sentido do fazer teatral. Seu escopo abrange as formulações do encenador polonês para uma metodologia do trabalho do ator e suas implicações, tanto no que se refere às artes performáticas quanto às artes rituais. Utiliza como ferramenta teórica categorias do pensamento filosófico de Emmanuel Levinas, notadamente suas proposições acerca do encontro face-a-face, da noção de rosto e da idéia de Infinito, no sentido de uma proposição da ética como filosofia primeira. A análise das diversas fases do percurso criativo de Grotowski permite afirmar que a Alteridade se constitui como o eixo conceitual em torno do qual a obra do encenador se estrutura. / This paper elects the work of Jerzy Grotowski as the subject of investigation in the construction of the theatrical practice\'s sense. It beholds the Grotowski\'s frame into a metodology of the actor\'s work and it\'s implications, as in performing arts and in ritual arts. It makes use of the categories of the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas, as theorical tool, picking out his proposals refering to the face-to-face encounter, the \"face\" notion and the idea of infinity, as a proposal of the ethic as first philosofy. The analisis of the diverse fases of the criative path of Grotowski allows to declare that the Alterity is build with it\'s conceptual focus, that structures all his work.

The creative potential and work of the performer in new music extends from the moment of conceptualising a concert to the moment of presenting it on stage and comprises many areas between and around those two points. In this thesis I explore the nature of this activity, from the act of playing itself to the commissioning and creating of new pieces, curatorial and collaborative tasks, and the actual concert presentation. I deliberately include interrelations between performer and music promoters, composers and the audience. This leads me to further areas of investigation, namely the question of the performer’s leadership, the charismatic bond with the audience and the creation of what I call “concert aura”. I do not strive to offer all-purpose formulae for the “perfect concert” or for the ideal collaboration. I investigate performance practice not as an absolute art but rather as something embedded in and shaped by social relations and society. Accordingly I understand this thesis as an empirically based study of the questions performers could ask, as well as processes in which they might want to engage, to find meaningful solutions for each new situation. Not all of the questions I raise will be new to each performer, but in their collaborative and concert practice many performers rely on a random, unsystematic, empirical understanding that has been gained by chance. In contrast, I attempt to draw a theoretical basis for my investigation from the fields of psychology, philosophy, media science and sociology, together with the evaluation of my own and other artists’ performance practice. In this way I hope to develop an academic foundation and a comprehensive, systematic approach that can be applied to different collaboration and concert situations. Part 1 of my thesis is concerned with theories and concepts relating to creativity, collaboration and presentation (concert aura and charisma) and aims to establish a firm theoretical basis for application in practice. Part 2 presents, discusses and analyses a selection of case studies from my own practice, considered in relation to the theories discussed in the first part. I conclude by offering guidelines to collaboration and giving a model example of how one might plan a future performance, aiming to create a Gesamtkunstwerk through the totality of the preparation and presentation, its social and psychological connotations. The thesis includes two DVDs with Quicktime Movies and two CDs with recordings of the compositions, commissioned as part of this research and discussed throughout the thesis. The Appendix contains three sample-CDs with an accompanying commentary which give an introduction to contemporary playing techniques for the acoustic and electronic violin and acoustic viola. This CD is intended as a guide for composers to get acquainted with the instruments and was given to each composer involved in this research.

Darbe nagrinėjama. kaip muzikantas-atlikėjas meninės kūrybos procese išgyvena daugybę įvairiausių emocijų. Pasirodymas scenoje visada susijęs su gebėjimu susikurti tinkamą sceninę būseną. Scenos baimė – psichologinis reiškinys, kurį jaučia muzikantai-atlikėjai sceninio pasirodymo metu. Tyrimo objektas – muzikantų-atlikėjų scenos baimės raiška ir jos įveikos galimybės. Tyrimo tikslas – analizuoti muzikantų-atlikėjų scenos baimės raiškos ypatumus ir jos įveikos galimybes. Tyrimo uždaviniai: 1) atskleisti meninės kūrybos ir muzikanto-atlikėjo profesijos specifiškumą, analizuojant mokslinę, psichologinę, pedagoginę literatūrą; 2) nustatyti psichologinę, filosofinę, teologinę baimės prigimtį; 3) apibūdinti scenos baimės apibrėžtį; 4) ištirti veiksnius, lemiančius scenos baimės atsiradimo priežastis; 5) įvardinti scenos baimės įveikos būdus, kurie padėtų muzikantui-atlikėjui siekti emocinio stabilumo sceninėje veikloje. Atlikto tyrimo rezultatai, kuriame dalyvavo 28 respondentai, atskleidė, kad scenos baimė egzistuoja, kuri įtakoja muzikanto-atlikėjo sceninį pasirodymą. Pagrindinėmis priežastimis, kurios lemia scenos baimės atsiradimą, tyrime dalyvavę muzikantai-atlikėjai įvardijo: • nepakankamą profesinis pasirengimą; • koncertinės patirties stoką; • individualias charakterio savybės (nepasitikėjimas savimi, valios stoka); • aplinkinių nuomonę; • nepavykusius sceninius pasirodymus. Tyrimo rezultatai atskleidė šiuos scenos baimės įveikos būdus: • profesinio meistriškumo kėlimas... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The study focuses on a musician-performer‘s experiences of a lot of various emotions in his artistic creativity process. A performance on the scene is always related with the ability of creating a certain scenic state. Scene fair is a psychological phenomenon which is experienced by musician- performers while performing on the scene. The object of the investigation is the expression of scene fair of a musician- performer and the possibilities to defeat it. The aim of the investigation is to analyze specific features of the expression of the scene fair and the possibilities to defeat it. The objectives are: 1) to reveal the specific features of artistic creativity and the profession of a musician- performer while analyzing scientific, psychological, pedagogical literature; 2) to identify psychological, philosophical, theological nature of fair; 3) to characterize the definition of scene fair; 4) to investigate the factors influencing the rise of the scene fair; 5) to name the ways of coping with scene fair which would help the musician- performer to achieve emotional stability in his scenic activity. The results of the investigation, in which 28 respondents took part, showed that scene fair exists and it affects the performance of the musician- performer. As the main reasons which affect the rise of the scene fair the respondent musician- performers named the following: • insufficient professional preparation; • lack of concert experience; • individual features of character... [to full text]

Profesinėje veikloje žmogus pasireiškia, visų pirma, kaip savo profesinės grupės atstovas. Jei pasirinkta profesija ir realizuojama gyvenimo prasmė, pasiekiama gyvenimiška vertybė subjektu sudaro vieningą visumą, tai profesinė veikla įgauna esminį, gyvenimo prasmės pobūdį. Tačiau jei pagrindinės subjekto gyvenimiškos vertybės glūdi ne profesijoje, tai ji yra tik šių vertybių realizavimo priemonė. Tokiu būdu. profesijos pasirinkimo motyvų, susijusių su žmogaus kaip individo, kaip asmenybės, kaip profesinės veiklos subjekto, vystymusi ir realizavimu, tyrimas turi mokslinę ir praktinę reikšmę. Tyrimo objektas - muzikos specialybės studentų motyvacija atlikėjo veiklai. Tyrimo tikslas - atlikti tyrimą, siekiant išsiaiškinti muzikos specialybės studentų motyvacijos veiksnius, lemiančius jų, kaip atlikėjo, karjeros pasirinkimą. Tyrimo uždaviniai: ištirti pagrindines motyvacijos teorijas; atskleisti motyvacijos vietą muzikinėje veikloje; ištirti muzikos specialybės studentų muzikinės veiklos motyvaciją ir atskleisi pagrindinius šios motyvacijos veiksnius. Darbo metodai: mokslinės literatūros ir dokumentų analizė bus taikoma siekiant ištirti motyvacijos teorijas ir atskleisti motyvacijos vietą muzikinėje veikloje; anketinė apklausa bus taikoma ištirti studentų muzikinės veiklos motyvaciją. Muzikos specialybės studento atlikėjo veiklos pasirinkimą lemia tiek vidiniai, tiek ir išoriniai motyvai. Tyrimas parodė, kad tokį pasirinkimą didesne dalimi lemia vidiniai motyvai: galimybė save... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / In Professional activities human show himself, in particular, as representatvive of his professional group. If chosen profession and realized the meaning of life, achieved real-life value of an entity consists of a unified whole, a professional activity takes on a key, the meaning of life in nature. However, if the main subject-world values lie outside the profession, it is only a tool for the realization of these values. This way. reasons for choosing the profession of the human as an individual, as a person, as a professional trader, development and realization of the study has scientific and practical significance. The object of study - music specialty students motivation for performer activity. The aim of study - to perform a research to determine the music speciality students motivation factors influencing them, as a performer, a career choice. Objectives of the study: to explore the basic theories of motivation; reveal the location of motivation in musical activities; explore musical specialty students musical motivations and reveal the principal motivation factors. Working methods: literature and document analysis will be used to explore the theories of motivation and motivation to reveal the location musical activities; questionnaire will be applied to investigate the students' musical motivations. Music student, performer's choice is determined by both internal and external motives. The study showed that the choice is more determined by the inner motives: the... [to full text]

Magíster en Psicología Clínica de Adultos / La presente investigación tuvo por objeto explorar los aportes del entrenamiento psicofísico del performer teatral para el quehacer de los (las) psicólogos clínicos, proceso que se sustentó en el diálogo establecido entre la terapia sistémica de la escuela de Milán y la propuesta de teatro físico de Stanislavski y Grotowski. Para concretar este fin, se diseñó e implementó un programa de entrenamiento psicofísico destinado a psicólogas y psicólogos clínicos y dirigido por una actríz profesional. La sistematización de la experiencia del taller reveló que los(las) participantes lograron adquirir una mayor sensiblidad para observar y percibir el registro corporal, tanto desde su perspectiva como la del consultante, reflejándose este componente en su interención clínica. Además, los (las) terapéutas pudieron identificar aspectos novedosos que aportaron ya sea al conocimiento que tenían de sí mismos como a la profundización de temas personales trabajados con anterioridad a la experiencia, lo que contribuyó a la generación de un análisis crítico de su trabajo cotidiano. A partir de los hallazgos de este estudio, se sugiere para investigaciones posteriores la profundización de esta propuesta de entrenamiento en una línea específica de desarrollo teatral contemporáneo, como el teatro del oprimido o el teatro Impro

The aim of this thesis is to present different ways of audience participation that are applied in contemporary theatre practice. The introductory section outlines the issues of engaging the audience in relation to conventional theatrical practice. Subsequently I give a historical overview of important artists of the 20th century, whose work significantly influenced the contemporary perception of possible ways of audience participation in the field of theatre work. In the central part, based on chosen theatre practitioners from the 20th and 21st centuries, I show specific ways of involving the spectator. The final chapter outlines the theoretical discussion of interactive theatre in relation to the concept of aesthetic distance.

As the cultural upheaval of the `60s fought its way into the `70s, Bill Talen began his career first as a poet, hitchhiking the interstate highways from the Midwest to the Coasts eagerly engaging the literary, intellectual, and artistic opportunities offered by those cultural venues. He settled in San Francisco where he earned an M.A. in Theatre Arts and joined with friends to open a theatre, "Life on the Water." Here Talen met Sydney Lanier, a minister, who became his lifelong mentor and champion. Lanier recognized in Talen a bold presence which accompanies successful preachers and elevates their sermons. He promoted and supported Talen's move to New York City where Talen fully embraced his role as Reverend Billy and directed the full might of his talents against consumerism--especially Michael Bloomberg's socio-economic goals for the City. Eventually, Talen's critique came to challenge foreign policies that promote corporatism, environmental decline, and the global homogenization of culture. Talen's body of work is extensive and two strong threads run through it that are exemplary. One evidences a complete and purposeful disregard for any artistic borders, especially the edgy land between acting and not-acting, including the tiny gradients as one merges into the other. Talen's recognition of the porosity of borders likely facilitated his willing assimilation of his character, Reverend Billy, into his own daily life and persona, until the two merged, endowing Talen, the performance artist, with the skills and insights of a spiritual leader. The second thread is simply Talen's life's journey from reluctant performer of a religious role, to the willing engagement of that role, and finally the adoption of spiritual responsibility, eventually forming a church and a religion based on activism and a strong commitment to environmental causes. The performance artist became Reverend; the Reverend was born to act. This merging of talents, goals, and dreams created a character who would run for public office. It created a performance artist who would wed lovers, baptize new congregants, and console the grieving.

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The Polynesian luau is one of the most well-known examples of cultural tourism. As such, it has accrued plenty of criticism, from issues of authenticity to primitivizing stereotypes and bodily framing. Lost in these critiques, however, are the voices of Polynesian performers who have chosen to participate in this form of cultural presentation. Based on ethnographic research with Polynesian performers employed in tourist luau shows in Orlando, Florida, from 2012 to 2014, I argue that not only are performers presenting their culture in a way that is meaningful for them and their audience, but that they are also using their employment as a way of connecting to their cultural heritage and reifying their cultural identity. By looking at performers' perspectives within cultural tourism, scholars can perceive the agency those performers use to assert their cultural identity and connection to their heritage.