Robert Wilson’s Aesthetic of the Dramatic Figures in His
 Leonce and Lena-Production Cover Image

Robert Wilsons Figurenästhetik in der Leonce und Lena-Inszenierung
Robert Wilson’s Aesthetic of the Dramatic Figures in His Leonce and Lena-Production

Robert Wilson’s Aesthetic of the Dramatic Figures in His Leonce and Lena-Production

Author(s): Eleonora Ringler-Pascu
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Published by: Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
Keywords: Robert Wilson; aesthetic of the dramatic figures; theatre of images; slow motion

Summary/Abstract: Büchner’s drama Leonce and Lena becomes in the vision of Robert Wilson something in between a theatrical performance and a musical production, where two main aesthetic components occur: sound and visual component on the one side, composition of the dramatic figure on the other side. The dramatic figures move during the performance like “automates” resembling the Über-Marionette concept of Craig, the bodies revealing the specific Wilsonian slow motion rhythm, generating a kind of human-pictures, always present in his so called “theatre of images”.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 58-71
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: German