Ibsen and Naturalistic Theatre Workshop at the Higher School of Dramatic Art (ESAD) in Asturias, Spain – an Erasmus-based research

Abstract

Our practical study starts from the hypothesis that Ibsenian theatre is, for the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century, what Shakespeare was for the eighteenth and nineteenth century theatre, according to the Mexican thinker Salvador Novo1. During this research project, I studied the importance of approaching Ibsenian dramaturgy in the actor's art classes of theatre faculties. The article documents the author's activity carried out in the naturalistic theatre workshop developed during the experience exchange, made possible through the Erasmus-Plus scholarship, at the Higher School of Dramatic Art (ESAD)2 in Gijon, located in Asturias. Through this scholarship offered by the “ERASMUS”3 agency from UNATC4 Bucharest (Romania), I had the opportunity to teach an actor's art course as a guest teacher. The objective of this ERASMUS practice mobility was to organize practice courses related to the teaching of the actor's art in order to exchange experience and discover new study programs, ESAD being a faculty that offers courses related to community theatre, inclusive theatre and dance theatre.