Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1986. / Vita. Bibliography: leaves [331]-347.

Intercultural theatre is a highly contested form of theatre. Critical discussions over its position as a revitalizing force or a colonial instrument have raged on for almost thirty years. An investigation into two theatre directors who have often been in the spotlight concerning these critical discussions, French theatre director, Ariane Mnouchkine, and Japanese cult icon, Shji Terayama, will illuminate the possibility of moving beyond such oppositions. Both have employed Asian theatre techniques and aesthetics, specifically Japanese, to produce highly theatrical performance events which actively engage their spectators. However, their methods vary from elegant integration to confrontational provocation. An extensive exploration into both artists prolific theatre, and the established theories concerning the process of creating intercultural theatre postulated by a range of theorists including, Patrice Pavis, Rustom Bharucha, Jacqueline Lo and Helen Gilbert, will reveal a fresh look at interculturalism where cross-cultural theatre exists on a continuum.

Texte remanié de: Diss.--Paris 8, 1998. / Bibliogr. p. 372-394. Index des créations du Théâtre du Soleil.

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Este trabalho tem por objeto de estudo a peça Macbeth une Tragédie de William Shakespeare comme elle est actuellement jouée au Théâtre du Soleil (2006), texto traduzido, adaptado e encenado por Ariane Mnouchkine, e investiga o processo criativo do Théâtre du Soleil no decurso da montagem, e os diversos elementos que compõem o espetáculo em cena, analizando a atualidade e a pertinência política do texto shakespeareano, e da encenação mnouchkiniana, na contemporaneirdade, e sua inserção no contexto histórico da prestigiosa companhia francesa, que se mantém como um coletivo de teatro, ativo e criativo, desde a sua fundação, em 1964. A dissertação propõe reflexões sobre o conceito arendtiano de banalidade do mal, e sua aplicação à encenação contemporânea de Macbeth, pelo Théâtre du Soleil. / This work aims to study the adaptation of the play Macbeth une Tragédie de William Shakespeare comme elle est actuellement jouée au Théâtre du Soleil (2006), translated and directed by Ariane Mnouchkine. It also investigates Théâtre du Soleils creative process during rehearsals, as well as the many elements which constitute the staging of the theatrical piece. This is achieved through the analysis of Shakespeares original play, its current political relevance and Mnouchkines stage version in our times. The piece is also considered with regards to the prestigious French companys history, a remarkably active and creative theatre group since its 1964 foundation. The dissertation finally reflects upon Théâtre du Soleils Macbeth contemporary stage version through Hannah Arendts concept of the banality of evil.

Orientador: Cassiano Sydown Quilici / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-26T23:41:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Olmos_AlinedeAlmeida_M.pdf: 2978523 bytes, checksum: 410b9d0b7e38a48a9003d23bf6805b13 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015 / Resumo: Este trabalho pretende analisar a maneira própria com que o grupo de teatro francês Théâtre du Soleil se relaciona e é influenciado por tradições teatrais orientais. Com esse objetivo procura-se estabelecer como a relação do grupo com diversas dessas tradições se desenvolveu a partir de um panorama que abarca todas as criações teatrais de Ariane Mnouhckine, diretora da companhia, desde antes da fundação do Théâtre du Soleil até a peça Et soudain des nuits d¿éveil, de 1997. Posteriormente analisa-se o objeto de estudo específico dessa pesquisa, o espetáculo Tambours sur la digue, criado em 1999, buscando-se identificar, em seu processo criativo, os mecanismos e abordagens próprias da companhia no que diz respeito a sua forma particular de apropriação e tratamento de suas referências teatrais orientais. Nesse ponto destaca-se a importância da relação estabelecida com tais tradições chamada de "relação imaginada" e a partir do detalhamento desse conceito evidencia-se as particularidades da companhia no tratamento dessa questão. Ao final dessa dissertação busca-se aprofundar as particularidades da companhia descobertas propondo um diálogo com outras abordagens interculturais de outros artistas, teóricos e críticos teatrais / Abstract: This study aims to examine the way in which the French theater group Théâtre du Soleil relates to and is influenced by Oriental theatrical traditions. To this end we seek to understand how the group¿s relationship with many of these traditions has developed, establishing a panorama that encompasses all theatrical creations held by the director of the company, Ariane Mnouhckine, from before the foundation of Théâtre du Soleil to the play Et soudain des nuits d'éveil, presented in 1997. Afterwards, we establish an analysis of the subject matter of the research, the play Tambours sur la digue, in which we seek to identify, within its creative process, the mechanisms and the approaches of the company regarding their particular manners of managing and handling eastern theatrical references. At this point it is emphasized the importance of the relationship with those traditions through an explanation of the concept of "Imagined Relationship", whose detailing evidences the particularities of the company¿s treatment of this issue. At the end of the dissertation, we seek to further develop the peculiarities of the company that were discovered, proposing a dialogue with other intercultural approaches held by artists, theorists and theater critics / Mestrado / Teatro, Dança e Performance / Mestra em Artes da Cena

Resumo Este trabalho tem por objetivo identificar e propor caminhos para aprimorar a relação criativa entre o compositor da música do teatro e o encenador. Em um primeiro momento ele ilustra o surgimento destes dois personagens, através de eventos que se entrelaçam, se contrapõe, ou mesmo se complementam. Em uma segunda parte, apresenta o estudo de uma relação criativa que permanece prolífica há mais de trinta e cinco anos em um dos mais destacados coletivos teatrais do século XX, o Théâtre Du Soleil: a parceria entre a encenadora Ariane Mnoucknine e o compositor Jean-Jacques Lemêtre (que colaborou pessoalmente e de maneira fundamental com este trabalho). Em uma terceira parte, apresenta a análise de quatro montagens teatrais nas quais tomei parte como compositor, provendo uma visão interna da relação criativa estabelecida com os diferentes encenadores em cada uma das ocasiões. Finalmente, introduz a hipótese da macro-harmonia da música do teatro - a ideia de considera-la um dos elementos integrantes e modificadores da encenação ao mesmo tempo em que é também integrada e modificada por ela - como uma possibilidade analítica e, consequentemente, representante de um possível campo no qual o compositor e o encenador possam dialogar durante o processo de criação teatral. / This study aims to identify and propose ways to enhance the creative relationship between music composer and stage director. At first it illustrates the emergence of these two characters, through events that intertwine, opposes, or even complement each other. In a second section discusses the study of a creative relationship that remains prolific for more than thirty-five years in one of the most theatrical collectives prominent in the twentieth century, the Théâtre Du Soleil: the partnership between stage director Ariane Mnoucknine and composer Jean-Jacques Lemêtre (who collaborated personally and in a fundamental way with this work). In a third section discusses the analysis of four stage productions in which I took part as a composer, providing insight into the creative relationship established with different directors on each occasion. Finally, we introduce the possibility of a macro-harmony of the theater music - the idea that it is one of the staging elements and modifiers at the same time is also integrated and modified by it - as an analytical possibility, and hence representative of a possible field in which the composer and the stage director can dialogue during the process of theater creation.

Resumo Este trabalho tem por objetivo identificar e propor caminhos para aprimorar a relação criativa entre o compositor da música do teatro e o encenador. Em um primeiro momento ele ilustra o surgimento destes dois personagens, através de eventos que se entrelaçam, se contrapõe, ou mesmo se complementam. Em uma segunda parte, apresenta o estudo de uma relação criativa que permanece prolífica há mais de trinta e cinco anos em um dos mais destacados coletivos teatrais do século XX, o Théâtre Du Soleil: a parceria entre a encenadora Ariane Mnoucknine e o compositor Jean-Jacques Lemêtre (que colaborou pessoalmente e de maneira fundamental com este trabalho). Em uma terceira parte, apresenta a análise de quatro montagens teatrais nas quais tomei parte como compositor, provendo uma visão interna da relação criativa estabelecida com os diferentes encenadores em cada uma das ocasiões. Finalmente, introduz a hipótese da macro-harmonia da música do teatro - a ideia de considera-la um dos elementos integrantes e modificadores da encenação ao mesmo tempo em que é também integrada e modificada por ela - como uma possibilidade analítica e, consequentemente, representante de um possível campo no qual o compositor e o encenador possam dialogar durante o processo de criação teatral. / This study aims to identify and propose ways to enhance the creative relationship between music composer and stage director. At first it illustrates the emergence of these two characters, through events that intertwine, opposes, or even complement each other. In a second section discusses the study of a creative relationship that remains prolific for more than thirty-five years in one of the most theatrical collectives prominent in the twentieth century, the Théâtre Du Soleil: the partnership between stage director Ariane Mnoucknine and composer Jean-Jacques Lemêtre (who collaborated personally and in a fundamental way with this work). In a third section discusses the analysis of four stage productions in which I took part as a composer, providing insight into the creative relationship established with different directors on each occasion. Finally, we introduce the possibility of a macro-harmony of the theater music - the idea that it is one of the staging elements and modifiers at the same time is also integrated and modified by it - as an analytical possibility, and hence representative of a possible field in which the composer and the stage director can dialogue during the process of theater creation.

In the period following the May 1968 protests, French women began to create theatre that highlighted women’s struggles. This study explores the dual influence of Antonin Artaud and Bertolt Brecht on plays by Hélène Cixous, Simone Benmussa, and the Théâtre du Soleil led by Ariane Mnouchkine. Artaud argued that theatre should become a transformative experience through an explosion of sensory stimuli: music, light, noise, and imagery. Conversely, Brecht wanted to use theatre to revolutionize society and theorized that by maintaining historical and emotional distance between the audience and the play, spectators would be encouraged to think critically about the its significance and be compelled to action. The female playwrights and directors studied created powerful theatre by combining these ideas in a manner mimicking Julia Kristeva’s notion of subject formation. Kristeva proposes that the human subject is never stable. Instead, it oscillates between the non-discursive, emotion-filled state she labels the semiotic and the more language- and logic-propelled symbolic register. These two realms are in constant tension as the semiotic disrupts the logic of the symbolic and in turn, the symbolic strives to regulate the semiotic impulses. In this study, I argue that the ideas of Artaud are aligned with the semiotic while those of Brecht resemble the symbolic. In the plays examined, the non-linguistic elements of the design and mise-en-scène engage with the didactic aims of the playwrights and directors, causing the spectator to connect emotionally with the story while simultaneously reflecting on its real-world signification.

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