HERE<\/a>, while in print it will also be available in the library of the Latvian New Theatre Institute.<\/p>\nThe editor and author of bookazine\u2019s concept is theatre scientist and critic Lauma Mell\u0113na-Bartkevi\u010da, and the publication has been reviewed by respectable theatre scientists from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Professor Valda \u010cakare of the Latvian Academy of Culture, theatre scientists Guna Zelti\u0146a and Ieva Rodi\u0146a worked in the editorial board together with the editor.<\/p>\n
The target audience of the bookazine is mainly foreign theatre researchers, critics, producers and others involved in the theatre process. The \u201cContemporary Latvian Theatre. A Decade Bookazine\u201d consists of 13 publications and two appendices. The authors of the articles are both theatre critics and teachers, and practitioners \u2013 Zane Radzobe, Valda \u010cakare, Ieva Rodi\u0146a, V\u0113sma L\u0113valde, L\u012bga Ulberte, Zane Kreicberga, Laine Kristberga, dance critic Inta Balode, director Krista Bur\u0101ne, playwright J\u0101nis Balodis. As well as colleagues from neighbouring countries \u2013 theatre researcher Edgaras Klivis from Lithuania and critic Meelis Oidsalu from Estonia.<\/p>\n
The articles cover such topics as socio-political processes in performing arts, changes in the understanding of theatre space, digimodernism, newcomers to Latvian theatre, education, performance genre, contemporary choreography in relations with theatre, development of the festival \u201cHomo Novus\u201d in the light of Krista Bur\u0101ne’s artwork, comparisson between tradition of stagging classical plays in Latvia and Lithuania, the multifunctionality of contemporary theatre in society and many more. The reader has the opportunity to visit creative laboratory of dramaturg J\u0101nis Balodis and find out what seven Latvian directors think about theatre in the age of changing rules \u2013 Elm\u0101rs Se\u0146kovs, Regn\u0101rs Vaivars, Inga Tropa, Vladislavs Nastav\u0161evs, Kl\u0101vs Mellis and Alvis Hermanis. The collection concludes with basic information about professional theatres, companies and major festivals operating in Latvia in 2020.<\/p>\n
The articles have been translated into English by Inta Ivanovska and Laine Kristberga, the text has been edited by Amanda Zaeska, and the artist of the bookazine is Ieva Upmace.<\/p>\n
The bookazine \u201cContemporary Latvian Theatre. A Decade Bookazine\u201d has been created with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture of Latvia, the Latvian State Centennial Bureau and the State Culture Capital Foundation.<\/p>\n
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