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From Metaphor to Direct Speech
Contemporary Russophone Drama and Performance Theory
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From Metaphor to Direct Speech
Contemporary Russophone Drama and Performance Theory
About this book
New Drama—a collection of actors, directors, and playwrights in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus—is one of the most active and vibrant artistic movements in the Russophone world today yet remains understudied in the West. E. Susanna Weygandt demonstrates that the major innovation of New Drama is a sonic turn, an aesthetic development that moves away from traditional, Stanislavskian embodied performance to something almost purely aural. New Drama, which began in the tumult following the collapse of the Soviet Union and continues even in an increasingly censorious Russia today, emphasizes contemporary social issues and privileges disadvantaged voices, using documentary modes to literally bring the voices of the dispossessed to the ears of the audience members.
As a result, the Russophone New Dramatists speak dissent and dramatize resistance. Ultimately, they shift theatrical productions from something constrained and limited, in both place and time, to an ephemeral but unbounded gateway for social activism. The sonic stage thus effectively functions as a social forum, transposing action from the actors to the audience. From Metaphor to Direct Speech therefore contributes to cultural as well as performance studies, offering a compelling look not just at developments in theatrical modes but also at dissent and cultural aesthetics in Russia today.
As a result, the Russophone New Dramatists speak dissent and dramatize resistance. Ultimately, they shift theatrical productions from something constrained and limited, in both place and time, to an ephemeral but unbounded gateway for social activism. The sonic stage thus effectively functions as a social forum, transposing action from the actors to the audience. From Metaphor to Direct Speech therefore contributes to cultural as well as performance studies, offering a compelling look not just at developments in theatrical modes but also at dissent and cultural aesthetics in Russia today.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Translation and Transliteration
- Introduction: The Postdramatic Turn on the Russian Stage and the Nonhierarchical Organization of Signs
- 1. The Paradigmatic Shift from Stanislavsky’s Language of Gesture to “Intonation as Gesture” in Anatoly Vasiliev’s Theater
- 2. The History of Russian New Drama and Mikhail Durnenkov’s Place in It
- 3. Speaking Up! Reporting Speech and Documenting Facts at Teatr.doc
- 4. Postdramatic Rap in the Theater and Cinema of Ivan Vyrypaev
- 5. The Sonic Inscription of Polina Agureeva Linking Drama’s Roots to the Vyrypaevian Postdramatic
- Conclusion: The Domain of the Sayable in Russian Theater and Public Performance Decades into New Millennial Russia
- Notes
- Index