Directorial perspectives on the text in contemporary animation theatrE
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The article investigates the metamorphosis of the directorial perspectives on the text in contemporary animation theatre. The research is structured along two directions: a theoretical one, concerning the relationship between the director and the literary material, and an applied one, analyzing staging methods of significant performances from recent decades. The study highlights the interdisciplinary character of the phenomenon, correlating textual hermeneutics with visual semiotics and post-dramatic aesthetics. Within this paradigm, directorial practice transcends the faithful transposition of the text, becoming a process of artistic reconstruction. Dramaturgy is treated as a malleable material, a pre-text that enables meaningful explorations through diverse scenic means of expression. The director maintains a permanent dialogue with the dramatic writing, oscillating between the author's intention and creative freedom, in order to transform verbal substance into a stratified scenic language adapted to the sensibilities of the present.
Author: Daniela Strungaru
Language: English
Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7204073302