Intimate Dialogue with “The Bee Inside the Head”

Authors

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

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbdrama.2019.1.09

Keywords:

Theodor-Cristian Popescu, The Bee Inside the Head, Roland Schimmelpfennig, dialogue, postdramatic theatre, scenic poem.

Abstract

This paper is structured as an analytical dialogue, challenged by the performance The Bee Inside the Head by Roland Schimmelpfennig, directed by Theodor-Cristian Popescu (produced by the National Theatre of Târgu-Mures, the Liviu Rebreanu Company). Starting from the definitions proposed by Hans-Thies Lehmann in his book, Postdramatic Theatre, this analysis frames the above-mentioned theatrical performance into the realm of scenic poetry, following all the stage mechanisms that avoid the classical construction of a theatrical event.

Author Biography

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

RALUCA BLAGA studied Theatre Studies at the University of Arts Târgu-Mureș and Mathematics – Informatics at Petru Maior University Târgu-Mureș 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, Târgu-Mureș. 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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Published

2019-03-30

How to Cite

BLAGA, R. (2019). Intimate Dialogue with “The Bee Inside the Head”. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Dramatica, 64(1), 141–155. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbdrama.2019.1.09

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