Parice Pavis* Désorientation générale Peut-être en va-t-il avec les œuvres d’art comme avec les personnes : notre premier contact est déterminant, notre rencontre a lieu ou n’a pas lieu, notre adhésion est immédiate ou différée à jamais. C’est ce que
Maria Shevtsova[1] Theatertreffen, in its 49th Year in May 2012, was founded as an exclusively German-language event (‘treffen’ means ‘meeting’) and, while it never propagated Cold-War attitudes, it was undoubtedly affected by Berlin’s geopolitical position. The existence of the Berlin
Interview by Randy Gener[1] In his plays, as in his life and in the classroom, the American playwright Erik Ehn walks the talk of an ecstatic. He is interested in mystical moments, which he says happens to us everyday. His
Interview by Randy Gener* It has been traditional in Miyagawan criticism to state that the Japanese-born Asian American playwright Chiori Miyagawa can’t resist but be poetical. “Ineffably beautiful,” “delicate,” “surprising stage pictures,” “impressionistic”—these encomiums follow her work around like a
Interview by Dr. Ngozi Udengwu[1] Professor Ahmed Yerima is a popular Nigerian playwright, director and actor, a university lecturer and an administrator. He is a former director of the National Troupe of Nigeria and a former Director-General of the National
Propos recueillis par Irène Sadowska Guillon[1] ABSTRACT Actor, puppeteer and director Johanny Bert belongs to a group of young French designers who emerged in the early 2000s. In 2000, he created the Théâtre de Romette company in le Puy-en-Velay, a
Interview by Lissa Tyler Renaud[1] California’s San Francisco Bay Area (U.S.) has a history of fostering women as remarkable as actor-director Barbara Oliver, many of them involved in performance. Among the best known, Isadora Duncan has been called “the mother
Interview by Nelko Nelkovski[1] Born in Skopje in 1969, Dejan Dukovski is one of the most important contemporary playwrights of the Republic of Macedonia. Under the guidance of playwright Goran Stefanovski, Dukovski graduated in dramaturgy from the Faculty of Dramatic
Interview by Emil Iliev[1] Born in December 1968, the Bulgarian scenic designer Nikola Toromanov has been a member and co-founder of the Triumviratus Art Group, a collective whose activities focus on theater, performance, literature, video art and radio. The collective’s
Patrice Pavis* Un fantôme hante l’Europe et le monde des théâtres : le fantôme du spectateur. Cette notion « nouvelle » obsède à ce point la réflexion des universitaires et l’administration des théâtres que de nombreux livres et de savantes