26th edition of INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THEATRE STUDIES
Theatre and Experiment. Reimagining the Performing Arts
26th edition of INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THEATRE STUDIES
organized by the
UNIVERSITY OF ARTS, TÂRGU MUREȘ
Theatre and Experiment. Reimagining the Performing Arts
Time Frame: December 12th and 13th 2025
Location: Studium HUB (Bolyai street no. 15)
December 12th 2025
08.30—09.00 – Registration of participants
09.00-09.10 – Welcome speech, Professor Sorin-Ion Crișan, Rector University of Arts Târgu Mureș
09.15 –10.30: Session 1, chair Ildikó UNGVÁRI ZRÍNYI
09.15-09.30: Ildikó UNGVÁRI ZRÍNYI - The Sound, the Image and the Fury. The Theatrical Language of György Harag in the 1970s / A hang, a kép és az indulat. Harag színházi formanyelve a 70-es években
09.30-09.45: Tamás OLÁH – ‘It was a Time When you Could Only Say Yes and Applaud’ (György Harag: Sinners, 1974) / „Olyan korszak volt az, amikor csak igent lehetett mondani és tapsolni” (Harag György: Bűnösök, 1974)
09.45-10.00: Eszter SZABÓ-REZNEK – ‘His Path Leads Toward Directing’. György Harag’s Early Years at the Hungarian State Theatre of Cluj
10.00-10.15: Zsolt KARÁCSONYI – György Harag – Reception in Romanian / Harag György – román nyelvű recepció
10.15-10.30: Discussion
10.30-10.45: Coffee break
10.45 –12.15: Session 2, chair Sabin SABADOȘ
10.45-11.00: András HATHÁZI – Short Acting Experiment Interspersed with Some Intermezzos to Formulate a Theatrical Experiment/ Néhány intermezzoval tarkított színészi kísérlet a színházi kísérlet megfogalmazására
11.00-11.15: András BALÁSI – The Transformations of Theatrical Experiments/ A színházi kísérletek alakváltozásai
11.15-11.30: Adriana Ioana ISPAS – Reimagining the Art of Choreographic Performance: Inspiration and Innovation in the Style of Robert Wilson/ Reimaginarea artei spectacolului coregrafic: inspirație și inovație în stilul Robert Wilson- lumini, costume și machiaj
11.30-11.45: Patricia NEDELEA – Standup Comedy - a Form of Experimental Theatre
11.45-12.00: Paula DALEA – Laughing through Transition: Romanian Stand-Up Comedy as Urban Experimental Performance/Râsul în tranziție: Stand-up comedy-ul românesc ca performance urban experimental
12.00-12.15: Discussion
12.15-12.30: Coffee break
12.30 –14.00: Session 3, chair Raluca BLAGA
12.30-12.45: Cosmin MATEI – Aligning Pedagogy with Experimental Theatre Practice
12.45-13.00: Júlia Annamária SIMON – Experiments in Theatre and Education – The Example of the Performance Szörnyfogócska/ Kísérletek a színházban és a nevelésben – a Szörnyfogócska című előadás példáján keresztül
13.00-13.15: Virág Kincső VÖRÖS – Applied Theater as an Opportunity for Collective Creation/ Az alkalmazott színház mint a kollektív alkotás lehetősége.
13.15-13.30: Imola NAGY – The Beginnings of the Immersive Theatre/ Az immerzív színház kezdetei
13.30-13.45: Alexandru LASZLO - Theatre and Education: “Uno, nessuno e centomila” International Competition in Agrigento, Italy/ Teatru și Educație: Concursul Internațional “Uno, nessuno e centomila” din Agrigento, Italia
13.45-14.00: Discussion
14.00-15.30: Lunch break
12.30-14.15: Session 4, chair Cristian STAMATOIU
12.30-12.45: Diana NECHIT, Andrei ȘERBAN – Theatre and Experiment. Milo Rau and Tiago Rodrigues – Reimagining the Performing Arts between Document and Fiction / Le théâtre et l’expérimentation. Milo Rau et Tiago Rodrigues – réimaginer les arts du spectacle entre document et fiction
12.45-13.00: Cristian STAMATOIU – Dystopian Anthropo-cultural Vision of the Future Stage Experiments: Variations in the Interaction Between the Actor’s Body and an Entity Managed by the Artificial Intelligence/ Vision anthropo-culturelle dystopique sur les expérimentes scéniques à venir : variantes de l’interaction ente le corps de l’acteur et celui géré par l’Intelligence Artificielle
13.00-13.15: Amalia SZŰCS-BLĂNARU – Mysteries of the Macabre. György Ligeti and the theatrical experiment/Mysteries of the Macabre. György Ligeti et l’expérimentation théâtrale.
13.15-13.30: Nawel BELGHITH – 'When Theatrical Scenography Reinvents Space'/ « Quand la scénographie théâtrale réinvente l’espace »
13.30-13.45: Laïth IBRAHIM – French Theatre of the 18th Century as a Laboratory of Experimentation / Le théâtre français du XVIIIᵉ siècle comme laboratoire d’expérimentation
13.45 -14.00: Discussion
14.00-15.30: Lunch break
15.30 – 17.15: Session 5, chair Cristina OLAR
15.30-15.45: Cristina OLAR – Embodied Memory: The Impact of Choreographers Le Roy, Bel, and Charmatz on Experimental Performative Practices/Memoriea întrupată. Impactul coregrafilor Le Roy, Bel și Charmatz asupra practicilor performative experimentale
15.45-16.00: Márta-Adrienne ELEKES – Experimental Perspectives in Choral Theatre. The Encounter Between the Discantus Vocal Ensemble and the Musical World of Arvo Pärt / Kísérleti perspektívák a kórusszínházban. A Discantus Énekegyüttes és Arvo Pärt zenei világának találkozása
16.00-16.15: Gabor OLAJOS – Contemporary Stage Interpretations of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo / Monteverdi L’Orfeo című operája kortárs színpadi megjelenítésekben
16.15-16.30: Alba Simina STANCIU – Opera Performance Stage Directing through Geometric Thinking of Space
16.30-16.45: Júlia GYÉRESI – Theatrical Experiment on the Football Field/ Színházi kísérlet a futballpályán
16.45-17.00: Andrei Mihail DOMINTE – The Stage Combat Lab Experiment or how stage fighting becomes a tool for artistic research in the development of the theatre actor
17.00-17.15: Discussion
December 13th 2025
09.00 – 10.45: Session 6, chair Raluca BLAGA
09.00-09.15: Cristina-Genoveva MODREANU – Is Theatre Experiment Gendered?
09.15-09.30: Magdolna JÁKFALVI – Avant-Garde Theatre as Experimentation
09.30-09.45: Árpád KÉKESI KUN – Experimental Theatre in the Hungarian Countryside During the 1970s
09.45-10.00: Beatrix KRICSFALUSI – Agonistic Derailments. On the Performativity of Milo Rau’s Theatrical Discourse Formats / Agonisztikus kisiklások. Milo Rau színházi diskurzusformátumainak performativitásáról
10.00-10.15: Ádám-Csaba BALOGH – Reenactment as Memory Laboratory: The Experimental Dramaturgy of Five Easy Pieces / Reenactment mint emlékezetlaboratórium: A Five Easy Pieces kísérleti dramaturgiája
10.15-10.30: Raluca BLAGA – Experiential Theater in the Stage Vision of Theatre Director Adi Iclenzan/ Teatrul experiențial în viziunea scenică a regizorului Adi Iclenzan
10.30 -10.45: Discussion
10.45-11.00: Coffee break
11.00-12.45: Session 7, chair Mária ALBERT
11.00-11.15: Yvette JANKÓ SZÉP – Arctic Hysteria in Three Acts. Kristian Smeds’ Nordic Trilogy
11.15-11.30: Dorka POROGI – ‘Man in Inhumanity’ – György Cserhelmi–Eszter Novák: Székfoglaló (Inaugural Lecture), 2025
11.30-11.45: Mária ALBERT – Writing for the Stage as an Experiment
11.45-12.00: Ardian KYCYKU – The Purposes and Costs of Experimentation in Playwriting (Case Study: The Albanian Author Shpëtim Gina, or the Genius Shadowed by Premature Death)/ Rosturile și costurile experimentului în dramaturgia balcanică (Studiu de caz: autorul albanez Shpëtim Gina sau geniul secondat de moartea prematură)
12.00-12.15: Tünde KOCSIS – Self-awareness-based Theatre Pedagogy – (How Can It Be) a Safe Experiment (?) / Önismereti színházpedagógia – (Hogyan lehet) egy biztonságos kísérlet (?)
12.15-12.30: Roland RÉZMŰVES – Empowering Communities Creatively through Heterarchical and Hierarchical Directorial Methods – Blood Wedding
12.30-12.45: Discussion
12.45-14.00: Lunch break
14.00-15.30: Session 8, chair Andrei-Călin ZAMFIRESCU
14.00-14.15: Laurențiu BLAGA – IN DREAM: Theatre as an Experiment of Perception at 3g HUB/ÎN VIS: Teatrul ca experiment al percepției la 3g HUB
14.15-14.30: Andrei-Călin ZAMFIRESCU – Go Down, Oedipus! The Postmodern Case for Soteriological Syncretism in Lee Breuer's The Gospel at Colonus/ Pogoară-te, Oedip! Pledoaria postmodernă pentru sincretism soteriologic din Bunavestire de la Colonos a lui Lee Breuer
14.30-14.45: Vasilica BĂLĂIȚĂ – Experimental Theatre as Critical Practice: From Theoretical Foundations to Live Creation in ‘Anatomia unei Femei’/ Teatrul experimental : De la fundamentul teoretic, la creația în direct în „Anatomia unei femei”
14.45-15.00: Veronka Örsike ASZTALOS – A New Way of Understanding Nora – The Liviu Rebreanu Company’s Play/A Nóra új értelmezése – a Liviu Rebreanu Társulat darabja
15.00-15.15: Csenge Orsolya VARGA – Reconfiguring Body and Space in Experimental Theatre: HODWORKS – As My Father Imagined It/ A test és a tér performatív újrarendezése a kísérleti színházban: HODWORKS – Ahogy azt apám elképzelte
15.15-15.30: Discussion
15.30-15.45: Coffee break
15.45-17.15: Session 9, chair Traian PENCIUC
15.45-16.00: Elena TUDORACHE – Theatre as Hyper-Medium: Reimagining Theatrical Experimentation in the Post-Postdramatic Era/Teatrul ca hiper-mediu: cum regândim experimentul teatral după postdramatic?
16.00-16.15: Amalia TĂNASE – Experiment as a Response to Weak Thought: Aesthetics of Fragmentation and Multiplicity in Contemporary Theatre
16.15-16.30: Anca Gabriela GHIMPU – The Animal Character in Performing Arts, between Tradition and Experiment: a Case Study
16.30-16.45: Nazim EREN – Is the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Experimental Theatre a New Horizon for Creativity or the Brink of Extinction?
16.45-17.00: Flavius RETEA – Theatre - The Anti-artificial Intelligence
17.00-17.15: Discussion