Letter to a man: Nijinsky and Baryshnikov, the à l’envers dance in Robert Wilson’s optical-acoustic landscape

Authors

  • Martha Ribeiro Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-3867.v15i2p149-163

Keywords:

Wilson-Nijinsky-Baryshnikov, À l’envers dance, Artaud, Organless body.

Abstract

When analyzing the performance Letter to a man by Robert Wilson, about Nijinsky’s diaries, I investigate the director’s optical-acoustic landscape and the fluid dance, weightless, from the actor and performer Mikhail Baryshnikov, based on the concepts of “organless body” and “inverted dancing” by Antonin Artaud; especially in relation to his latest writings at Rodez. Wilson’s sensorial scene, which purposely abandons any communicative intention between the visual and sound channels, potently reflects the artaudian thought, being much more than a theater of image, as the critics have been referring to it so far, and reveals the kin between Nijinsky and Artaud in a perplexing manner.

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Author Biography

  • Martha Ribeiro, Universidade de São Paulo

    Diretora teatral e professora adjunta na Universidade Federal Fluminense

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Published

2015-12-23

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Section

SALA ABERTA

How to Cite

Ribeiro, M. (2015). Letter to a man: Nijinsky and Baryshnikov, the à l’envers dance in Robert Wilson’s optical-acoustic landscape. Sala Preta, 15(2), 149-163. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-3867.v15i2p149-163