title: Aesthetics of the Stage Ritual in Postdramatic Theatrical Discourse
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metadata.value: Alesenkova, Victoria N.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2019-12-12T10:00:24Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2019-12-12T10:00:24Z
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metadata.value: 2019-09
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metadata.value: Alesenkova, Victoria. “Aesthetics of the Stage Ritual in Postdramatic Theatrical Discourse”. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Arts 9, no. 3 (2019): 482–494.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu15.2019.303
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/16812
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metadata.value: The study of ritual in postdramatic theatre was preconditioned by the tendency to shift scenic
  action from the verbal form to the ceremonial based on myth and dream. This study focuses
  on mental images and principles of meaning formation in the ritual-based performance. The
  experience of theatrical director E. Grotovsky, which led him to the idea of performance as a
  sacrifice and “enlightenment” of an actor, reveals the lost connection between ritual and ancient
  mysteries. He views a ritual as a scenic presentation of inner soul transformation aimed
  at the destruction of the lowest characteristics in human nature and revival of its Divine aspect.
  A crucial point of meaning formation is the subject of mimesis (the archetype the actor
  imitates), as it can refer both to Divine and to infernal principles. As a basis of ritual, the
  subject of mimesis represents a soul and projects its properties on it. Thus, in performance
  the metaphysical aspect often connected with pagan and Christian rituals is visualized. In the conceptual line “theatre of death” of J. Genet and T. Kantor, ritual transforms into a dream referring
  to the archetype of the unconscious. Symbolic understanding of ritual in postdramatic
  performances allows the conclusion that scenic ritual reflects two ways of soul transformation:
  positive transformation leading to transition to spiritual spheres; and negative transformation
  leading to a breach of relations and decoding of mentality.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Arts;Volume 9; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: scenic ritual
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: postdramatic theatre
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: mystery
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: symbol
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: myth
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: rite
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: symbolic actions
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: mental image
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: subject of mimesis
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Aesthetics of the Stage Ritual in Postdramatic Theatrical Discourse
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