Alteritate și păpuși în spectacolul contemporan
Alterity and Puppets in Contemporary Performance

Summary/Abstract: The focus of this research is to observe the way in which puppets and live performers come together on stage and create a relationship based on a dynamic system of reversibility. The research has a strong phenomenological approach, drawing around Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s notion of chiasmic relationship between self and other; the theory is reinforced by the modern neuroscience’s theory of empathy through mirror neurons. I will also be looking at Jacques Derrida’s concept of différance, that comes to complete my understanding of chiasmic relationship. By applying this theoretical lens, I observe how the play of ontologies on a stage that brings together live performers and puppets, gives birth to the cyborg performer of the postmodern age. In order to further ground my findings, I will be looking at Tadeusz Kantor and Gisèle Vienne as both of their works display encounters between puppets and live actors.

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