Naujosios teatro realybės. Keletas pastabų dėl terminijos
New theatre wor(l)ds. Some notes on terminology

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with uprising theatre realities and new terms they bring. Every new form brings another world to which theoreticians and practitioners have to give a name. Names raise questions about a  possibility to function in another language, and the vitality of new reality depends on appropriate translation or transformation of a term. During the translation process of Erika Fischer-Lichte’s book “The Transformative Power of Performance”,ba question arose about the terms Aufführung, Präsenz. We witness new forms and terms of performing arts appearing during last decades – devised, collaborative, participatory theatre, and recently one of the most intriguing is immersive theatre. Theoreticians agree that the term of the latter is problematic because it is more a metaphor than a defining term. By analysing essential features of the performances attributed to that form of theatre, the author pays attention to participation of the audience as a main core of the event and human contact. Therefore, he suggests the idea of using a more accurate term like theatre of (direct) experience, direct experience theatre or similar variations stressing real live(d) experience.

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