Shamanic ritual as a source of theatricality: on the genesis of stage action
Russian Studies in Culture and Society June 30, 2026 Wang Chao
Background.The article addresses the problem of the genesis of stage action and considers shamanic ritual as one of the early cultural forms in which the basic mechanisms of theatricality emerge. The relevance of the study is determined by the fact that, in contemporary cultural studies and theatre studies, the relationship between ritual and theatre remains methodologically significant, while...