Whose Authority May I Ask? Polish, English, German, Shakespearean or Directorial? On the Boundaries Between Ethnicity, Nationality, Religion and Theatricality in Jan Klata’s Shakespearean Productions

Abstract

<jats:p>Jan Klata is a director who has been labelled a provocateur and who is considered to hold nothing cultural or national sacred. From the beginning of his artistic career he is said to have challenged authorities: theatrical, ethnic, national, etc. by debunking and questioning prevailing heroic myths and forms. Today, imperceptibly yet steadily, Klata himself becomes an authority and his theatrical productions gradually become classics in the eyes of the new generations of theatre directors and audiences, at the same time inciting and inevitably inviting cultural rebellion ... The article examines Klata’s treatment of theatrical and national authority in his Shakespeare productions, on the one hand, and the image of the director as an authority on the other. All in the light of the theoretical model on authority in theatre, especially in Shakespeare productions, developed by W.B. Worthen.</jats:p>

Spatial function of light in staging of contemporary choreography

“…When not only the direct illumination of the scene is taken into account, but also the secondary illumination, which is created by rays reflected or refracted from surfaces, the problem of global illumination is set (Moody, 1995). One of the main methods for solving this problem is tracing light rays using the Monte Carlo method (Fabiszak, 2018). For correct physical modelling of illumination and the construction of photorealistic images, methods of forward and backward ray tracing are used.…”