Conference paper
COURSE OF UPDATING THEATER SCENOGRAPIIY IN BELGRADE IN THE EVE OF WORLD WAR I
Olga Milanović
; Muzej pozorišne umetnosti u Beogradu
Abstract
The begin»ings of the avtistic scenography i» the Belgrade
Theater n"ere linked to the first years of the 1920ies.
Ava>it-garde e> e>its in the European theater ref lected in periodicals
and daily papers, ni!h ever more professional disciissions
on the rol e and place of pvodiiction and scenogvap.'
iy i» the»iodevn society. A de>nand for an updated mise
en scene nas a fu»da>ne»tal i»ipetus for artistic refov>nation
of the National Theater in Belgrade, initiated i» 1911. The
course of developme>it of the Belgrade Theater !vas thus directed
tonards the artistic, >nodern and jugoslav character.
The first professional producer, Andrejev, and a theater
pain!er. Bal>izek, tlie Russian artists inf luenced by the
contemporavy Ger»ian theater, n>ere engaged to improve
the prodire!ion and scenography i» the spirit of the current
West-Eiiropean»>odel. Theiv >»ost significant achievements
here Ivere related to the setting of Shakespeave's tragedies
MACBETH and CORIOLAN in 1912, introducing some novelties
in the per for>nance of Shakespeare. The prductio.i
tended to create harmoninoiis u»ities and or»a»iental stylizatio
», thus pri>»arily i>»proving the visual sphere of the
perforn>a»ce. Concerning ar t istic scenery, tn >o styles, i.e.
naturalism and symbolis>n, oserlapped. These tno s t yles
e!rcited a strong i>ifI«e>ice upon tlie development of artistic
scenography i>i Belgrade in tlie eve of World War l .
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Hrčak ID:
153377
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Publication date:
15.12.1989.
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