| Abstract [eng] |
The Lithuanian theatre stage is constantly developing and various contemporary theatre models are emerging. The objects on stage gain new quality and meaning. The performance space is widened as well. Consequently, the spectator and his or her consciousness are strongly affected by the created situation. These changes are closely connected to the very form of the performance and the way it is delivered on the theatre stage. This work uses the concept of metatheatre in order to evaluate the transformations of the contemporary Lithuanian stage. This concept enables to analyze the data that is left ‘behind’ the theatre stage and information conveyed to the spectator. Moreover, this work analyses the way the theatre speaks about itself and its transformations as well as the decisions made that changes theatre language. In order to complete the analysis the metatheatre elements are divided into the verbal and visual ones. This division reveals that the self-reference on stage works as the deconstruction of the dramatic reality, as a voluntary deformation of the dramatic performance. In addition, the intertextuality helps to connect the performance to the texts of past and future drama contexts, past and future texts, and textual memory of the world. The dramatic reality is integrated into the historical contexts as well as into the other texts. A ritual or another play interrupting a theater performance not only destroys the wholeness and consistency, but can be considered as one of the modes affecting the conciseness and distorting reality. The same effect can be reached using video projections that are presented on stage as independent modes of dramatic language. All four metatheatre elements help to realize and analyze the peculiarities of the theatricality, reveal the ways of interpretation and creates a state of „interconsciousness“ which blocks the surrounding reality. |
