Where Does the Piano Disappear?
Where Does the Piano Disappear?
Author(s): Éva PatkóSubject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Published by: UArtPress - Editura Universității de Arte din Tîrgu Mureş - A Marosvásárhelyi Művészeti Egyetem Kiadója
Keywords: poetic; story; storyless; contemporary drama; Láng Zsolt;
Summary/Abstract: The stage needs story, or rather: however fragmented the presented play, the spectator is always connecting the pieces into a story to find a dramatic logic. Lehmann pointed out the way our Aristotelian thinking is embedded in our everyday perception, with his tic-tac analogy: we hear tic (beginning)-pause (drama)-tac (ending), while in fact there is only one sound. The new Zsolt Láng plays are focusing on relations, atmosphere and character, leaving out conflict and storytelling. In “Bartók`s Piano” tension is given by space and verbality, the play is constructed of mosaic pieces with missing elements that wait for the spectator to find them and link them. So: how to tell a story on stage that is not written as a story?
Journal: SYMBOLON
- Issue Year: XVII/2016
- Issue No: 31
- Page Range: 69-73
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English