Description du projet
L’identité juive sous le feu des projecteurs
Au beau milieu d’un mouvement de migration massif au début du XXe siècle, le théâtre populaire yiddish a prospéré, en produisant un volume ahurissant de pièces vues par des millions de juifs. La plupart de ces productions plébiscitées ont été délégitimisées par les intellectuels juifs, qui les ont qualifiées de Shund (inepties), un terme qui décrit toutes les pièces artistiques primitives, plagiées, vulgaires ou sans valeur. Par conséquent, un élément précieux de la culture populaire moderne a été mis de côté. Le projet DYBBUK, financé par l’UE, compte restaurer ce corpus influent bien que négligé de pièces de théâtres populaires yiddish, et le rendre disponible pour le plus grand plaisir du grand public. En se focalisant sur le corpus théâtral non exploré des deux dramaturges Shund les plus prolixes, Moyshe Hurwitz (1844-1910) et Joseph Lateiner (1853-1935), ce projet propose une analyse intégrative topologique, incarnée et théorique de thèmes, de formes et de pratiques de théâtre.
Objectif
DYBBUK will uncover and explore the popular theatre that made up the daily cultural reality of the Jewish masses at the turn of the 20th century. It will crack open the textual body of remaining musical and dramatic manuscripts, to the complete performances of this popular theatre. Amid a massive migration movement at the turn of the 20th century, the Yiddish popular theatre prospered, producing a staggering volume of entertainment consumed by millions of Jews. Most of this mass-appealing output was delegitimized by Jewish intellectuals as Shund (trash), a term that encompasses primitive, plagiarized, vulgar, and worthless art. Consequently, a valuable component of modern popular culture has been overlooked. DYBBUK will restore this neglected yet highly influential corpus of Yiddish popular theatre and make it available for our appreciation. Revising canonical cultural paradigms, DYBBUK recognizes delegitimized artistic ‘lowbrow’ theatre as a vital component in the fashioning of modernist culture. Focusing on the unexplored theatrical corpus of the two most prolific Shund authors: Moyshe Hurwitz (1844-1910) and Joseph Lateiner (1853-1935), this project offers an integrative typological, embodied, and theoretical analysis of theatrical themes, forms, and practices. The Yiddish popular theatre played a crucial role in transporting cultural styles, ideas, and products. To untangle and understand the complexity and scope of this theatre, this project devises a groundbreaking analytical and embodied toolkit for studying theatre history. We will incorporate into our analysis resources of various media, and we will reenact a forgotten Shund performance in a practice-based research. In doing so, DYBBUK will transform our understanding of popular theatre, revealing it as a preeminent ethnographic and historical source for examining the sensual and experiential dimensions of theatre, and the theatrical and cultural exchange of minorities with mainstream culture.
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ERC-STG - Starting GrantInstitution d’accueil
69978 Tel Aviv
Israël