Using Archive Work in Live Stage-Directing

Authors

  • Raluca BLAGA University of Arts, Târgu-Mureș. raluca.balan@gmail.com

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbdrama.2021.2.09

Keywords:

1960s and 1970s Romanian theatre performances, master class curriculum, Theodor-Cristian Popescu, University of Arts from Tirgu-Mures, performative essay.

Abstract

This paper will present in a narrative form the documentary and the creative process followed by four young theatre directors while studying at the University of Arts from Tirgu-Mures as part of their master class program in Theatre Directing. Firstly, the reader will be familiarized with one of this master class curriculum’s assignments designed by Theodor-Cristian Popescu: to deliver a performative essay using as a starting point one famous Romanian theatre performance. Secondly, this presentation will record, for each of these students, the path from documents and archives to their exam/performance. The purpose will not be to evaluate or investigate the artistic value of these products. The focus will be guided towards the students’ approach while accessing archive documents and the transformations of all these materials in an artistic concept.

Author Biography

Raluca BLAGA, University of Arts, Târgu-Mureș. raluca.balan@gmail.com

Raluca BLAGA studied Theatre Studies at the University of Arts Tirgu-Mures and Mathematics - Informatics at Petru Maior University Tirgu-Mures between 2002 and 2007. Between 2006 and 2008, she was a part of Theatre 74’s team, an independent, alternative theatre. In 2012 she defended her doctoral thesis entitled Adaptations of Tragic in Contemporary Dramaturgy and joined the teaching staff of the University of Arts from Tirgu-Mures. Her current research interests concern the relationship between performance and audience. Raluca Blaga is also the author of (Su)poziţii teatrale sau ancore împotriva nostalgiei confortului, Eikon Publishing, 2018.

References

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Popescu, Theodor-Cristian. Dinăuntru. Un curs masteral de regie a teatrului contemporan și o selecție de articole. Bucharest: Eikon, 2018.

Runcan, Miruna. “Cum vă place.” Dicționarul Multimedia al Teatrului Românesc 1 (July 15, 2020). https://doi.org/10.47383/DMTR.01.33.

———. “Nepotul lui Rameau.” Dicționarul Multimedia al Teatrului Românesc 1 (July 15, 2020). https://doi.org/10.47383/DMTR.01.41.

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STUDIA UBB DRAMATICA, Volume 66 (LXVI), No. 2, October 2021

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Published

2021-10-30

How to Cite

BLAGA, R. (2021). Using Archive Work in Live Stage-Directing. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Dramatica, 66(2), 135–147. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbdrama.2021.2.09

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Volume 66, No. 2, October 2021

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