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DRAMATIC SPACE AND PERFORMER’S BODY, A CASE STUDY
DRAMATIC SPACE AND PERFORMER’S BODY, A CASE STUDY

Author(s): Marina Cristea
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: performer’s body; degree of presence; subjective reality displacement; field of perception; mixed media performance; media oriented design.

Summary/Abstract: Mediated images alter the perception of the real, then again, they emphasize themselves in a dynamic manner arising critical attitude, for they compel the spectator to consider all the images entering his/her visual field, and to integrate them into his/her own reference system. As recorded images offer the possibility of simultaneous representation of parts of actors’ bodies, an interaction between virtual images and real / optical images occurs, interaction which, whether demonstrates itself compulsory, acquires a powerful dramatic finality, since the existence of a viable relation between the stage images, either virtual or real, is a sine qua non dramatic condition.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 189-198
  • Page Count: 10