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The Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio (SRS) is an Italian experiential theater company founded in 1981. Its initial development was part of movement in Italian theater which did not require a background in theater but was influenced by rock, poetry, comics, television and more. By the end of the 1990s, the work done by this group had influenced a number of newer groups, winning awards for various works. The performances of this company shuns conventional coherent narrative and focuses more on visual and auditory impact, using silences, word fragments and even animals and machines as performers. The company is based in Cesena, near Bologna, Italy where it has its own theater, but it has performed in various venues in Europe and in Mexico. ==History== Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio was founded by two pairs of siblings, Romeo and Claudia Castellucci, and Chiara and Paolo Guidi when all were still teenagers. In 1979, members of the future company attended a performance by Italian theater company ''Magazzini Criminali'' (Criminal Warehouse). According to them, they were prompted to dedicate themselves to theater as they, especially Romeo Castellucci, opposed the museum-like quality of the performance, which lacked movement.〔 The group first performed their first work at an apartment in Rome in November 1980, officially founding the company the following year, in Cesena, Italy, (near Bologna) first named ''Gruppo Espressione'' and then ''Esplorazineo Teatro''.〔 The young company embraced the Gesamtkunstwerk aesthetic, and originally all productions were written by members.〔 By the end of the 1980s, the group had changed name again, to Società Raffaello Sanzio, then tweaked to the Latin ''Societas''. The name refers to artist Raphael (full Italian name Raffaello Sanzio), reflecting the group members’ education and interest in the arts. The use of Societas (Society) was chosen it indicate that they considered themselves a community, or Romeo Castellucci’s explanation “a community of strangers.”〔 Their work of the first twenty years can be divided into three phases which correspond to three publications ''Teatro Iconoclasta'' (Iconoclastic Theater), ''Teatro della Super-Icona'' (Theater of the Super-Icon) and ''Epopea della plovers'' (Epic of Dust). During their first ten years, they were specifically interested in experimenting with different theatrical techniques and devices. Their work was based on ideas rather than dramatic texts, with the idea of making concepts material and communicating beyond language. For example in ''La Generalissima'', a new language was invented for one of the characters. Near the end of this period, they began adding non-human elements such as animals, either to represent something about a human character or an abstract concept. Early examples of this include ''Alla bellezza tanto antica'' (For Such Ancient Beauty - 1987), which had two pythons on the stage, followed by sheep, some goat and six baboons on the stage of ''La Discesa di Inanna'' (Inanna's Descent - 1989).〔 SRS had great impact on experimental theater companies in Italy in the 1990s such as Teatrino Clandestino, Fanny & Alexander, Impasto, Motus and Masque.〔 By the 1990s, they were exploring myths such as ''Gilgamesh'' (1990) and descontructions of classics such as in ''Amleto'' (1992) and ''Julius Cesar'' (1997) .〔 Claudia Castellucci is one of main philosophers of the group who has written numerous articles and other texts since the 1980s, including theoretical pieces on how art and life inter-relate. The ''Oratorie'' (Oratories) were presented by SRS on stage in 1983.〔 These ideas would be the basis of a collaboration between SRS and London-based theater teachers and critics Joe Kelleher and Nicholas Ridout to create a two-year, eleven episode series called ''Tragedia Endogonidia'', produced between 2002 and 2004.〔〔 Tragedia Endogonidia expresses Claudia Castellucci’s basic theory, initially touched upon in early works, that it is necessary to negate traditional theater language as every detail of the performance implies and reflects the entire point of it, and make that point universal.〔 The series was initiated in Cesena in January 2002 and ended there in December 2004, with intermediate episodes in cities such as Brussels, Rome, Strasbourg, London and Marseille, with the episodes loosely based on the location in which they were shown.〔 This exploration of theatrical language of tragedy, continued into other works such as ''Il Combattimento'' (2000) with a focus on musical theater and ''Hey, Girl!'' (2006), which explored the use of gestures in cultures dependent on technology.〔 In 1989, their home base became what is now the Comandini Theater in Cesena.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher= Comune di Cesena )〕 Until 2004, the Theater opened its doors sporadically to the public and only during SRS events. Since that year, the company has decided to open its doors to the city, with performances of other groups and hosting festival, beginine with the 2005/2006 season of the “Contemporary Theater.” In 2008, it hosted “Nature” and “Mantica” events that blend academics and performance with seminars, lectures, conferences and shows.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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