Trasportare i classici nella contemporaneità. Il linguaggio di confine tra teatro e cinema di Christiane Jatahy e Katie Mitchell

Abstract

This article compares two international directors who have made the fusion of theatre and cinema their stylistic signature: Christiane Jatahy and Katie Mitchell. In particular, it analyses how, through these two languages, they manage to innovate narrative dynamics even in the staging of classical texts, reactivating thematic themes and bringing them into dialogue with the contemporary world, in terms of both narration and enjoyment. For both authors, it will be investigated how the use of cinematic editing on stage modifies both the temporality of the story and its spatial construction, triggering multiple narrative possibilities that intersect on stage. Starting from similar dynamics in the use of a hybrid, frontier language, in which film grammar is inserted into the theatrical scene, we will highlight different results, aesthetic/narrative effects and significant mechanisms, which in both cases are capable of opening up new perspectives for the audience.