No. XXIV (1993)
Articles

Rituals – The Core of Ur-Theatre

Dragoslav Antonijević
Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Published 01.12.1993

Keywords

  • Ur-Theatre,
  • ritauls,
  • Balkans,
  • folk tradition

How to Cite

Antonijević, D. (1993). Rituals – The Core of Ur-Theatre. Balcanica - Annual of the Institute for Balkan Studies, (XXIV), 163–170. Retrieved from https://balcanica.rs/index.php/journal/article/view/793

Abstract

The author proposes the theory that the core of ur-theatre is to be found in rituals. He finds evidence to support his ideas in trance rituals in the Balkans, which still survive in folk tradition. Having subjected them to a scholarly analysis, he discovers in them dramatic analogues as constitutive elements of the theatre.