ANXIOUS AFFINITIES: HOW THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE CAN GENERATE A PLATFORM FOR INTERPERSONAL DIALOGUE

• Authors: Motal Jan
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article combines both philosophical and psychological approaches to argue that art and theatre performance especially can be grasped as a revelation of the universal and basic human concern, which is existential anxiety. The author presents an opinion, that via performative acts on stage, spectators and performers/actors are interconnected in hermeneutic situation (Hans-Georg Gadamer), in which they play their existential experience. Therefore, the universal death anxiety (Irvin D. Yalom) can be understood as a possible platform for interpersonal and intercultural dialogue (Martin Buber). The article concludes that archetypes (Carl Gustav Jung) are such a place for mutual understanding, representing both mental and physical answers to the basic existential experience of humankind.

Keywords

EN

EMBODIED MIND; THEATRE PERFORMANCE; DIALOGUE; DEATH ANXIETY; REPRESENTATION

• Publisher: Institute of Theatre and Arts, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Slovenské divadlo (Slovak Theatre)
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 65
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 316 – 326

Contributors

author

Motal Jan

• Theatre Faculty Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno, Mozartova 1, 66 215 Brno, Czech Republic

Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/sd-2017-0018