존 노이마이어(John Neumeier)의 「베니스에서의 죽음 [Death in Venice] 」에 내재된 연극성에 관한 연구

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to investigate theatricality represented in John Neumeier's ⌜Death in Venice⌟ and to re-consider the value of the work. The methodology for the study is to analyze its relevant dance literatures, and video materials, released in 2003, performed by Hamburg Ballet. The intrinsic factors stipulating such theatricality can be said to be largely divided into three: movements, visual factors, and audio factors. Based on these, many European, American, and Russian modern ballet choreographers designed many dance pieces where theatricality appears through the use of ordinary movements, costumes sensitive to reality, stage settings, and audio factors adding dramatic and artistic effects to the pieces. The theatricality in Neumeier's ⌜Death in Venice⌟ which combines ballet with play, shows diverse movements with classic ballet, modern dance, and even ordinary movements. All scenes of the work were produced naturally-especially intensifying the theatrical aspect of the play and using mimes & gestures. Visual factors, through garments, changed the characters' attire in each scene as an expression of their inner psychological statement, while imposing the reality and truthfulness of the play by using everyday clothing. Moreover, diverse stage equipments and settings maximized the effect to clarify the theme and situations, while it not only enriched the contents of the play but also accomplished swift conversions of the contents. Audio factors which bring out the artistic effects of the dramatic and intense work came to be connected to the contents of the play through the use of classical music by Bach and Wagner. They further specified the theatricality in this play by inserting soundtracks of clapping and laughing along with the music.