Thirty-Three Theses on a Theatre of Mobile Structures
Boris Yukhananov | 1984 | Manifesto

[Excerpts]

1. A mask is not a mask...

2. The theorum of imperfection...

3. Observation as a genre of transforming oneself into another: character, image, symbol, sign.  

4. Theatre from what is "around." Psychological theatre.

5. Theatre from "inside." Theatre is a mask. Theatre-Theatre.

6. Mask as tradition. (Ritual, myth, folk games, religious events; East, Egypt, China.)

7. Mask as individual meaning, as personality (Europe, Chaplin, clowing).

8. The aging of directorial theatre. An actor is not only author of a role, but of meaning. Theatre as such.  

9. Dell'arte - social mask  (dell'art as a tradition gives no opportunity to discover Theatre-Theatre). The free expression of meaning is limited by a mask as personality. 

10. Rock (style of music). Counter-cultural revolution, new tradition. Reflection of image as such. Image. Relationship of mask to image...