This volume Amphitheater brings a diverse conglomerate of texts, both in terms of topics and genres.
The volume is introduced by four discussions. Tomaž Toporišič The first part of the book deals with the avant-gardes. It examines them through the prism of the relations between the center and the periphery of Central and Eastern Europe, starting from the assumption that Central and Eastern European avant-gardes should not be understood as incomplete derivatives of movements from the great Western centers, but as independent, authentic expressions. The discussion ranges from the historical avant-gardes of the 1920s and 1930s (especially Zenitism and Constructivism) through the neo-avant-gardes to the (Slovenian) retro-avant-garde towards the end of the twentieth century, which not only revived some of the original ideas, but also explicitly wanted to create alternative maps of European art.
Andrej Leben analyzes the diverse theatrical activity of Carinthian Slovenes, a large part of which today takes place on a bilingual and multilingual basis. The author focuses on the outline of the contemporary Carinthian Slovene, bilingual and multilingual theatrical scene, its structures, activities and performance practices, and also addresses the question of how to conceptually and conceptually encompass these diverse practices. In this way, he presents the first theorizations of this both theatrical and cultural-sociological phenomenon.
Topic of the discussion Irine Lešnik Jeras extends to the field of theatre pedagogy, focusing on the so-called drama in education, which, in addition to educational goals, also has aesthetic or artistic goals. As a process-oriented approach, it does not envisage a final performance or performance, and devotes most of its time to negotiating and structuring meanings. The author reviews and critically evaluates the terminology, history and various definitions of this teaching approach, and also discusses the concept of theatre in education and evaluates the situation in Slovenia.
We are publishing the remaining texts that were created within the framework of Amphitheater symposium on the topic "Theatrical experiment in Slovenia (1966–1986) and its echoes« took place in October 2022 at the Slovenian Theatre Institute in Ljubljana, namely a discussion and an interview. The discussion Milena Mileva Blazic undertakes an analysis of the youth drama of Andrej Rozman Roza, especially his adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999). Through a comparative analysis of both texts, Rozman's adaptation identifies elements of experimental theatre, as well as echoes of Bakhtin's theory of carnival. The constants of Rozman's work are polysemy, polysemy, and adaptations.
As part of the topic of the theatrical experiment in Slovenia and its echoes, we are also publishing an extensive interview with the director. Tory outlet, in which the interviewee looks back on the unusual and unpredictable paths of his creativity. The conversation was prepared by Primož Jesenko.
Jana Pavlic wrote a text about texts with (geo)political themes from the mid-1980s: Alice Goodman's opera libretto for the opera Nixon in China discusses it in the context of contemporary American opera, and also compares it to political drama The Terrible But Unfinished Story of Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia, written by Hélène Cixous especially for Ariane Mnouchkine's performance in 1985.
The issue concludes with two book reviews: in the first Boris Kern proceedings Speech and space editors Katarina Podbevšek and Nina Žavbi, and in the second Jakob Ribic is thinking about Theater and war Zale Dobovsek.
The magazine was edited by Maja Murnik.
Discussions
Tomaž Toporišič
Trieste, Ljubljana, Zagreb and Belgrade between the periphery and the center: from historical to neo-, post- and retro-avant-garde
Trieste, Ljubljana, Zagreb and Belgrade between Periphery and Centre: From Historical Avant-Gardes to Neo-, Post- and Retro-Avant-Gardes
Andrej Leben
Contemporary Slovenian, bilingual and multilingual theatre in the Carinthian context
Contemporary Slovenian Bilingual and Multilingual Theater in the Context of Carinthia
Irina Lešnik Jeras
Theatre Pedagogy: When Drama Becomes a Teaching Approach
Theater Pedagogy: When Drama Becomes a Learning Approach
Milena Mileva Blazic
The theatrical experiment in Slovenia (1966–1986) and its echoes in youth drama – Andrej Rozman Roza
The Theater Experiment in Slovenia (1966–1986) and Its Echoes in Youth Drama – Andrej Rozman Roza
Interview
Tory outlet
In the end you just have a suit without pockets
Essay
Jana Pavlic
Reviews
Boris Kern
On the Determination of Speech by Space (K. Podbevšek, N. Žavbi, eds.: Speech and Space)
Jakob Ribic
Aesthetics and Ethics, Theatre and War (Z. Dobovšek: Theatre and War)
Instructions for authors
Call for Papers
Archive footage of the presentation of the 2nd issue of the 11th volume of the magazine Amphitheater, 14. 12. 2023 at the Slovenian Theatre Institute
Editor-in-Chief: dr. Maja Murnik (Institute for New Media)
Editorial Board: dr. Zala Dobovšek (University of Ljubljana), M.Sc. Primož Jesenko (Slovenian Theater Institute), dr. Matic Kocijančič (Slovenian Theater Institute), prof. dr. Bojana Kunst (Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, DE), assistant professor dr. Blaž Lukan (University of Ljubljana), Assoc. prof. dr. Aldo Milohnić (University of Ljubljana), Ph.D. Gašper Troha (SLOGI), editor. prof. dr. Barbara Orel (University of Ljubljana), editor. prof. dr. Mateja Pezdirc Bartol (University of Ljubljana), Ph.D. Maja Šorli (University of Ljubljana), Ed. prof. dr. Tomaž Toporišič (University of Ljubljana)
International Editorial Board: Mark Amerika, MFA (University of Colorado, US), Marin Blažević, PhD, Assoc. Prof. (Sveučilište u Zagrebu, HR), Ramsay Burt, PhD (De Montfort University, GB), Joshua Edelman, PhD (Manchester Metropolitan University, GB), Jure Gantar, PhD (Dalhousie University, CA), Anna Maria Monteverdi, PhD (Università degli Studi di Milano, IT), Janelle Reinelt, PhD (The University of Warwick, GB), Anneli Saro, PhD (Tartu Űlikool, EE), Miško Šuvaković, PhD, Prof. (Univerzitet Singidunum, RS), Stephen Elliot Wilmer, Prof. (Trinity College Dublin, IE)
Co-Publisher: Slovenian Theater Institute (represented by Gašper Troha, director) and University of Ljubljana Press (reprezented by Gregor Majdič, the Rector of the University of Ljubljana)