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Aesthetics

In this section, dive into conversations focused on beauty, taste, and the artistic choices made while creating performance. Check out Brendan McCall’s Beyond Ibsen series, which features contemporary Norwegian theatremakers, and Jonathan Mandell’s essay “Pandemic Theatre Aesthetic,” which discusses the immediate artistic responses of theatremakers in the first weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.

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Essay
Shanty Theatre Takes on the Ijele Masquerade Performance
by Eseovwe Emakunu, Angela Okolo
11 June 2025
Essay
On Becoming Bird
by Evan Silver
25 April 2025
Essay
Pleasurable and Perilous Rebellions in ProyectoTEATRO’s Cabarex 2: RevoLUZiones
by Khristián Méndez Aguirre
19 February 2025

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