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Apocalypsis cum Figuris and the Counterculture: A Political Contestation Through Art

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 August 2016

Lidia Olinto do Valle Silva
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Abstract

Apocalypsis cum Figuris (1969) was the last play produced by the Laboratory Theatre and directed by Jerzy Grotowski. This play has many particularities that are linked to the historical context in which it was created: the counterculture period. In the arts, this was also a period of deep questioning in which many artists and groups started to controvert the main paradigms. One of these groups was the Laboratory Theatre. Through a phenomenological analysis, this paper explores the specificities of Apocalypsis, demonstrating how radical changes were proposed in this play, as, for example, the concept of “no play acting.”

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Research Article
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Congress on Research in Dance Conference Proceedings , Volume 2016 , Fall 2016 , pp. 286 - 291
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Copyright © Lidia Olinto 2016 

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