Two American researchers participated in the research seminar of FITF
Iran Theater- Marvin A. Carlson and Bruce McConachie, two American researchers, participated in the research section of the 42nd Fadjr International Theater Festival.
With the presence of a group of researchers, artists and students, a research seminar was held in the City Theater of Tehran .
Behrouz Bakhtiari and Sepideh Ziyai, Mohammad Reza Rasouli, Seyed Javad Roshan, Marvin Carlson and Bruce McConnachie were the researchers who gave speeches.
Carlson and McConachie represented two studies, "Performance Studies and Decentralization of Dramatic works" and "Evolutionary and Cognitive Perspective on Enjoying International Theater Festivals". Marvin Carlson and Bruce McConnachie , two American researchers and Professors, paricipated with recorded videos.Carlsen talked about his research entitled "Performance studies and decentralization of dramatic text".
In his research, he stated that the theater, in a traditional way, involves a western, and spoke about the emphasis of this art on the performance of the text and the emphasis on dramatic literature. This researcher spoke from the different view of artists in this century and defined the concept of new performances and explained the difference between modern performances and traditional performances in their approach to dramatic literature and text.
Bruce McConachie who has been a professor at the University of Pittsburgh for more than 18 years, had published widely in American theatre history and theatre historiography. McConachie continued to perform theatrical roles and direct plays.
At the research meeting of the 42nd Fadjr International Theater Festival, and Bruce McConachie presented the research "Evolutionary and Cognitive Perspective on Enjoying International Theater Festivals" and described the cognitive and evolutionary abilities of the audience.
According to his research, the audience can pay attention to the three main elements of the story, empathy and emotions in order to understand a theatrical performance.