PSi Lexicon

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cabaret

  cabaret cabaret Cabaret betekent in het Engels iets wezenlijk anders dan in het Nederlands. Hoewel het wel dezelfde historische bron heeft, heeft het Nederlandse cabaret zich in de loop van de 20e eeuw ontwikkeld tot een typisch Nederlands genre dat absoluut niet lijkt op het cabaret waar de Engelse term naar verwijst. De meest […]

character

character cymeriad One of the main difficulties associated with many of the terms available for describing performance in Welsh is that, in most cases, they are nowhere near as flexible as their English equivalents.  The most obvious example of this is the word ‘performance’ itself, which, even though it derives directly from the English, is […]

co-authoring (the act of)

co-authoring (the act of) συγγραφή 1) The act of writing / composing / constructing with someone or something. 2) The joint authorship of a performance work between the maker and performers and the spectator. 3) The coming together of thought of the work and the spectator in the act of meaning construction in the time and […]

collectief geheugen

collectief geheugen collective memory collectief geheugen [kɔ.læk.tif γə.hø.γən] (noun); collective memory Het collectieve geheugen kan gezien worden als een verzameling herinneringen die wordt gedeeld door een groep individuen. Doordat meerdere mensen getuige zijn van een specifieke gebeurtenis ontstaat er een gemeenschappelijke herinnering. Een gemeenschappelijke herinnering kan ook al bestaan maar kan ook opgeroepen worden door een bepaalde […]

collective memory 

collective memory  collectief geheugen  Collective memory can be seen as a collection of memories shared by a group of individuals. A collective memory can arise when a group of people witness a specific event. The collective memory can also already be there, but a particular event can reinforce it. This witnessing creates a connection between […]

concept

concept konzept A concept is a structure that functions through the interplay of different elements. Initially I understood the term as a thinking frame, or construction, or working plan, but it seems to have broader meanings. – A concept connects: it is the relationship between idea and formation, which at the same time are included […]

contradiction

contradiction vastuolu Contradiction is a hidden cornerstone of dramaturgy, a litmus test of a dramaturge, a compulsory tool for a director, and an actor’s true challenge. Contradictions “charge” the text and make it dramatic, make it “work”. Contradictions create rhythms, patterns, and dramaturgical textures. Contradictions define the characters and their motivation and force them to […]

cry

cry κραυγή In contemporary performance, the cry is more linked to a liberation of and a connection to the unconscious and less to the lament of ancient tragedy (oimoge). If we look at it from the perspective of Aristotle, it would probably be the scream of katharsis and not so much the one of pity […]

current, movement (in art)

current, movement (in art) ρεύμα According to the seventh – and last – definition given in the New Hellenic Lexicon of Emmanouil Kriaras et al, the noun ‘current’ could mean ‘a tendency within a literary or artistic movement’. A similar meaning is given to the word ‘movement’. However, a current is different from a movement […]

cymeriad

cymeriad character Un o’r prif anawsterau sy’n gysylltiedig â’r termau a ddefnyddir wrth drafod perfformio yn y Gymraeg yw’r ffaith nad ydynt hanner mor amwys â’r rhan fwyaf o dermau Seisnig.  Yr enghraifft amlycaf o hyn yw’r gair ‘perfformio’ ei hun, sydd – er ei fod yn amlwg yn fenthyciad o’r Saesneg – yn fwy […]