Dissolution

Authors

  • Xavier Puchades Hernandez

Keywords:

Contemporary theatre, contemporary dance, community theatre, community dance, dramatic authorship, playwriting, Valencian theatre, Valencian dance, stage creation, stage experience

Abstract

By reviewing several stage projects in which the playwright participated between 2000 and 2021, we propose a reflection on the link established between the concept of authorship and current production processes and models. From the perspective of authorship, is it still possible to achieve a meeting of imaginations, similar to falling in love, with the audience of the stage production? To what extent is it necessary now to argue for an intersubjective creation in order to delve more deeply into the complexity of today's reality and avoid being abducted by market mechanisms? Is it appropriate to find creative models that, in addition to being collective, do not accelerate research or aspire to commercial results? These are some of the questions that the playwright raises from his dissolution as an individual creator in processes shared with other creators, groups or communities, where professionals and people usually excluded from the stage can also come together. In some way, this dissolution enhances the central idea of this paper: every play should be a meeting of voices.

Published

28-12-2022