Davood Kianian on Theater: He talked about creative drama and performance in Iran

Davood Kianian, a veteran artist, is one of the researchers and activists on creative theater and drama, who has published valuable works in this field. Iran Theater has a brief interview with this researcher, actor, director and writer on creative performance and creative theater.

About the concept of "creative performance", Kianian said: "If "theatrical performance" and "theater games" are carried out under the supervision of an teacher who knows the techniques and knows the audience with predetermined goals, an activity will be formed in which everything is created by the audience; This performance activity is "creative performance". A "process-oriented" show whose audience is the actors themselves.

He also explained about the definition of "creative theater": "Creative theater, unlike creative show, is "result-oriented" and is produced for the audience; It has a play and a director, and it usually uses the "participatory" technique to have a greater impact on the audience. Street theaters and performances that are performed with Boal's Methods are mostly known as creative theater."

Comparing the techniques of "creative performance" and "creative theater", this researcher said: "Techniques are common in production of creative show and creative theater and they operate on the same principles, but sometimes they differ in "features". Their common principles can be listed in seven principles: simplification, acting, improvisation, distancing, participation, process-oriented and symbolic. »

 

Regarding the history and roots of "creative performance" and "creative theater" in Iran, Kianian said: "Creative performance in Iran has more development than creative theater. Nearly a hundred years ago, Jabar Baghcheban's started off creative performance in "Children's Kindergarten" in Tabriz. Then it is forgotten until 1970, it is once again organized in a new form in the center of intellectual development of children and teenagers. This activity will start in 2011 in the textbook compilation office for preschools and kindergartens as well. The Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research also pursues this activity for primary schools. Many books have been written and translated on the subject, and classroom drama, which can be influenced by creative drama, is growing. But creative theater did not have a place in Iran before 1970. Form that time it is formed in Kanoon.

He said about the current situation of "creative performance" and "creative theater" in the Iran: "Creative performance and creative theater has never been academically in Iran, and like the children's and teenagers' theater, it has been experimental form, but fortunately There are schools for  "Creative performance " and we have experienced and creative teachers who are worked in this activity; It is the opposite of creative theater, where the few people who are interested in working in this field encountered a lot of trouble and are leaving."