26th edition of INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THEATRE STUDIES
Theatre and Experiment. Reimagining the Performing Arts
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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