Archaic Heritage of Theatre Practice
Archaic Heritage of Theatre Practice

Summary/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.

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