Archaic Heritage of Theatre Practice

Authors

  • Ioana-Florentina Manciu UNATC ”I.L. Caragiale”, Bucharest, Romania Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37130/kr7gjr34

Abstract

The treatises on drama and performance, Poetics by Aristotle and Nāṭyaśāstra by Bharata Muni reveal archaic elements, valid even today, offering two different perspectives on relating to artistic experience and understanding the body - mind binomial. Whether the steps of a theatrical method are described, or the rules of a technique are postulated, the practice behind any performance or performative action will, however, remain constant. Artistic practice is linked to a working philosophy and an awareness of the ideological structure on which an artistic product is built. This is one of the most important elements that a performer can use, because knowing what and why you act in a certain specific way is the very path to a self-definition and an articulation of the new languages of performing art, encountered more frequently in performative spaces.

Author Biography

  • Ioana-Florentina Manciu, UNATC ”I.L. Caragiale”, Bucharest, Romania

    Ioana-Florentina Manciu is a PhD candidate at UNATC ”I.L. Caragiale”, with the thesis Poetica and Nāṭyaśāstra. Comparative Study Between the Theatrical Concepts of Ancient Greece and India, coordinated by Professor Corneliu Dumitriu, PhD. During this research she presented three panels: Acting as a Way of Thinking, at the Laban’s Philosophy and Theatre Practice/The Makings of the Actor International Conference, at the Michael Cacoyannis Center, Athens, 2017; The Significance of Comparative Study in Dramaturgy and On the Importance of Indian Performative Traditions Preserved Especially by Women, in Europe Today at the National Center for the Arts Indira Gandhi (IGNCA), New Delhi, 2019. She currently works as an independent artist in theatre and cinema, with experience in acting and theatre directing.

References

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Published

2021-12-02

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 2 (2021): Hybrid Art Forms. Transgressing Borders

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Manciu, I.-F. (2021). Archaic Heritage of Theatre Practice. CONCEPT, 23(2), 201-212. https://doi.org/10.37130/kr7gjr34