Poetyka i estetyka teatru autorskiego jednej z etnicznych scen teatralnych na Słowacji
Poetics and Aesthetics of Authorial Theatre of One of the Ethnic Theatrical Stages in Slovakia

Author(s): Miran Pukan
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: authorial theatre; Blaho Uhlár; Miloš Karásek; Alexander Dukhnovich theatre; language of production;
Summary/Abstract: In Slovakia; different political systems – communist and capitalist – shaped different approaches to theatrical work and made their mark on the aesthetics of the staged productions. An excellent way of demonstrating these changes are the works of Blah Uhlár i Miloš Karásek. Their authorial theatre is interesting as a “theatrical memory” of the times when the productions were staged. Interestingly; both artists met the fate of authors rebelling against the hegemony of a playwright. The time and the circumstances forced them to become authors of texts which were akin to conventional dramatic works contemporarily written for the theatre. Decompositions; written at the turn of the eighties and the nineties of the 20th century; were innovative and positively influenced not only ethnic theatre in Presov; but also national theatre in Slovakia. On the other hand; the last three recently staged theatrical projects are in this respect more impoverished. They are rather conventional productions. It turns out that when the divisions between western and eastern culture disappear; when almost anything is possible and allowed; these ex-“alternativists;” artists of peculiar authorial form of theater; fight for the audiences’ attention and must fulfill the same expectations as mainstream authors.

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