On Seduction in Theatre Performance or the (Im)Possibility of a Demythisation
On Seduction in Theatre Performance or the (Im)Possibility of a Demythisation

Summary/Abstract: Seduction doesn’t really refer to love. In fact, it isn’t at all directly related to love, but as the word’s etymology suggests, it is an intellectual act that means “to lead on a different path”, “to corrupt”. Starting from this point and considering it in regard to the theatre performance and audience, our main purpose in this paper is to identify the elements involved in the process of seduction that takes place in the performance space, but also the role of each one of these elements. We will make a series of approaches on a theoretical level, involving some exercises in semiotics, in an attempt to reformulate the relation between the performance and the audience. This paper asserts that the performance is acting the part of the seducer and the audience is the one being seduced, but also that there is a secret involved in this relation, enlarging the aesthetical notions related to the theatre performance, through the relevant functions of desire and intimacy.

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