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Femininity and Body Language; Reflections on Pina Bausch and Mats Ek

Femininity and Body Language; Reflections on Pina Bausch and Mats Ek

Margareta Sörenson[1] The text presenting the theme of the conference Redefining Femininity in Today’s Theatre begins with the words: “The concept of femininity seeks in today’s theatre it’s own place, language, identity and expression”. The concept is under change, and

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Réflexions géorgiennes

Réflexions géorgiennes

Irina Gogobéridzé[1] Si le concept de féminité se cherche une place, un langage ou l’identité dans l’Art de Théâtre n’est-ce pas que cela provient plutôt des problèmes du ‘moi’ créatif – qui se tient de s’imposer – que des problèmes

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On Lynn Nottage’s Ruined

On Lynn Nottage’s Ruined

Randy Gener[1] 1. Several days before the opening of Ruined at Manhattan Theatre Club, I interviewed Lynn Nottage at a Times Square diner. She conceded: In 2004 I went to East Africa to collect the narratives of Congolese women, because

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Chinese Women’s Liberation: A Road to the Stage

Chinese Women’s Liberation:  A Road to the Stage

Zhu Ning[1] In the 1930s, when The Drunken Concubine, played by Mei Lanfang, was a hit on the American stage, and when Mr. Mei received public praise from the Western world for his craft, no one ever asked if women

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In the Prison House of Myth and Culture: Rereading The Atrides

In the Prison House of Myth and Culture: Rereading The Atrides

Savas Patsalidis[1] Abstract: “Goodness is possible in every type of personage, even in woman or slave.” Thus spoke Aristotle in his Poetics about women. What makes the statement surprising is that, not quite aligned with what Aristotle says, the Athenian

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Feminism, Art and Theatre in Iran

Feminism, Art and Theatre in Iran

Katy Salmasi[1] Abstract: A few years ago, I read an article entitled The Feminization of Art printed in the Herald Tribune. The writer of the piece had looked into the fact that in France and England there are by far

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The Emergence of the New Woman: Reflections on 21st Century Theatre of India

The Emergence of the New Woman:  Reflections on 21st Century Theatre of India

Ravi Chaturvedi* Abstract: Today in the 21st century India, women are not asking for grace and charity. Rather, their effort is to register their contribution to the cause of nation-building which exceeds that of men. As a result, with the

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The Concept of Femininity in the Latvian Theatre Historical and Contemporary Practices

The Concept of Femininity in the Latvian Theatre  Historical and Contemporary Practices

Guna Zeltina* Abstract: This article aims to explore and define the changes in the concept of femininity in the Latvian theatre within several contexts in the Baltic and European theatre space. The first section of this article is devoted to

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Redefining Femininity in Modern Indian Theatre

Redefining Femininity in Modern Indian Theatre

Ravinder Kaul[1] Abstract: The male and the female are not seen as exclusive entities, separated into watertight compartments, in Indian metaphysical thought. If feminism can be described as an aspect of humanism to sensitise both men and women to come

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Femininity/Masculinity Beyond the Border

Femininity/Masculinity  Beyond the Border

Akiko Tachiki[1] In Asian theatre and dance, there is a long tradition of male actors performing female roles. In their acting the expression of “femininity,” which is often, visually, more feminine than that of a real woman, has been pursued

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