오늘날 연극의 확장된 배우상으로서 ‘퍼포머(Performer)’의 역할 및 기능 연구*

Abstract

The trend of theater in the 21st century, so-called “Performative Turn" has caused changes in dra- ma, acting aesthetics, and the relationship between actors and audiences. Fixed dramas are no longer the first element of theatrical performance, and acting expressions using non-verbal elements such as actors' bodies and objects are emphasized, and theatricality is expanded by utilizing various visual and auditory images and technologies. In particular, as the co-presence of actors and audiences was emphasized, the role and function of actors to create a valid meaning for “now, here" by breaking away from the fixed meaning and inter- pretation of dramas began to be emphasized. The trend of 21st-century plays, which emphasized au- tomatic cyclical communication between actors and audiences, became the background for expand- ing the concept of actors from “actor” to “performer”. Despite the above phenomenon, in the case of Korea, specific discussions on performers as an ex- panded actor concept are insufficient. Recently, discussions on performers began to be highlighted through this researcher's doctoral thesis, but acting arts education and field understand performers as a peripheral concept referring to a special theater genre or acting style that is difficult to explain by traditional actors. However, the performer that this researcher wants to emphasize reflects the characteristics of the- ater and performing arts today, where the aesthetics of diversity are practiced, while at the same time being an expanded actor image that embraces the roles and functions of traditional actors. Therefore, this research aims to shed light on the role and function of performers as an expanded actor image today.