Sakraliniai motyvai Lietuvos teatre: pasakojimai, simboliai, prasmės

LTTeatro ir bažnyčios paralelė - plačiai žinoma XX a. II pusės kultūroje, sąlygota ne tik politinių, ideologinių ir visuomeninių aplinkybių, bet ir XX a. pradžios teatro reformos, paskatinusios atsisakyti teatrą vertinti kaip moralės ir papročių mokyklą ar gyvenimo veidrodį, raginusios scenoje kurti šventovę, kurioje atnašaujama vieninteliam dievui - menui. Pastarųjų metų Lietuvos scenoje teatro ir bažnyčios, teatro ir tikėjimo klausimai iškyla vis dažniau, skatina prisiminti jų raidą, transformacijas ir mąstyti apie naujus šių reiškinių sąveikos variantus. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Religija; Sakraliniai motyvai; Simbolis; Teatras; Religion; Sacral motives; Sacred motifs; Symbol; Theatre; Theatre ritual.

ENParallels between the theatre and the church are well-known in Lithuanian culture of the second half of the 20th century. These parallels were determined not only by political, ideological and social circumstances, but also by the reform of the theatre that took place at the beginning of the 20th century. The reform of the theatre motivated the audience to stop evaluating the theatre as a school of moral principles or a mirror of life and urged the creators to build a temple where only one god - art - ruled. Issues of the relationship between the theatre and the church, between the theatre and religion are becoming more and more apparent in recent years; hence, the aim of this article is to present the development of these themes in the Lithuanian theatre and to display new models of their contemporary interconnections. The article analyses historical relationships between the theatre and the ritual which are characteristic of the Lithuanian theatrical culture of the 16th - and 18th century, religion as a motif and a theme in the public theatre of the 19th century, the attempts to create an independent temple of the theatre at the beginning of the 20th century which could be associated with theatrical works by the painter Ferdynand Ruszczyć, sacralisation of the link between music and visual forms are clearly seen in the artistic concept of the stage designer Liudas Truikys in his works for opera productions of the second half of 20th century, symbols of religion seen in the contemporary theatre productions of the directors Jonas Vaitkus, Eimuntas Nekrošius and Oskaras Koršunovas. [From the publication]