Influence of Scenography Development on Artistic Interpretation in Plastic Directing

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to reveal the specifics of the development of scenography in plastic directing and its influence on artistic interpretation in the context of the peculiarities of theoretical developments and practical implementation in stage practice of leading theatre directors of the 20th – early 21st centuries. Research methodology. The research is based on modern art history and philosophical concepts of the study of the phenomenon of development of unique forms and the principles of the artistic relationship between direction and scenography. Taking into account the interdisciplinary nature of the issue, the cultural-historical method has been applied in research and analysis of the pictorial-plastic solution of the performance (to define the concept of "plastic stage forms" and "plastic drawing of acting" in the context of cultural, art history and philosophical concepts). The method of comparative analysis has been applied to combine methods and ways of representing scenography in theoretical works and practical activity of leading theatre directors. The typological method has been used to identify the factors of formation of the performance plastic solution. Scientific novelty. An art-historical study of the stage space approximation to the forms of the human body in the context of the specifics of theatrical art is carried out. The process of the transition of scenographic design from detached to dynamic in the context of transformational processes of theatrical art is considered. Common and different values, as well as forms of scenography representation in the theoretical works and practical activities of leading theatre directors of the 20th – early 21st centuries, are identified and analysed. Conclusions. The issue of artistic space in the organisation of the temporal component of the stage production plays an extremely important role in plastic directing, namely the circumstances that determined the specificity of the spatial structure of the literary original source or the director's interpretation and, accordingly, have an impact on its artistic and figurative interpretation. In the Ukrainian theatrical art, the relationship between directing and scenography is expressed as a sole management of all means of scenic expressiveness, namely plastic directing, which is based on the plastic unity of the stage work. The uniqueness of the scenography of the leading Ukrainian directors’ productions of the late 20th and early 21st centuries manifests itself in the artistic interpretation of the selected literary material and the innovative detection of the semantic and content saturation of their formal and plastic solution.

Key words: scenography, stage form, plastic, theatre art, theatre artist, scenery, scenographic decoration