Theatre as a place of experimentation with space Authors Moayyad Shafeeq Hamza Luminous Technical University College Diab Ghazi Al-Naouri Luminous Technical University College Downloads PDF DOI: https://doi.org/10.51461/issn.2309-3072/77.2202 Keywords: theater, architecture, history, Bauhaus, constructivists, Jordan Abstract The space of the city and the space of the theater stage have a lot in common. Transformations of urban spaces have much more limitations than experiments with stage space. The article presents a comparative analysis of two avant-garde trends of the early twentieth century in the theater and, in parallel, in architecture. It is shown that Brecht’s epic theater and Bauhaus architecture were strongly influenced by Spengler’s pessimistic ideas. The Meyerhold Theater and the constructivist movement, on the contrary, are based on the ideas of social optimism. Using the example of the modern city of Amman (the capital of Jordan) and the Al-Shams Theater, it is shown that the choice between depressive and optimistic development paths remains relevant today. How to Cite Hamza, M. S., & Al-Naouri, D. G. (2023). Theatre as a place of experimentation with space. Project Baikal, 20(77), 120–127. https://doi.org/10.51461/issn.2309-3072/77.2202 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Published 2023-10-29 Issue No. 77 (2023): genius of place and time Section refereed articles License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. References Behne, A. (1921). Mittelalterliches und modernes Bauen. Neue Bauwirtschaft, 2, 7-23. Burckhardt, J. (1860). Die Cultur der Renaissance in Italien. Basel: Schweighauser. Eberlein, K. K. (1934). Franz Kugler. In Pommersche Lebensbilder (pp. 123-140). I. Saunier, Stettin. Fischer-Lichte, E., & Wihstutz, B. (Eds.). (2013). Performance and the Politics of Space: Theatre and Topology. NY: Routledge. Ginzburg, M. Ya. (1934). Zilishche: opyt pyatiletnei reboty nad problemoi zhilishcha [Housing: Experience of five years of work on the problem of housing]. Moscow: State Scientific and Technical Publishing House of the Construction Industry and Shipbuilding. Goryunov, V. S., & Tubli, M. P. (1992). Arkhitektura epokhi moderna. Kontseptsii. Napravleniya. Mastera [Architecture of the Modern era. Concepts. Directions. Masters]. St. Petersburg: Stroyizdat. Gropius, W. (Ed.). (1925). Internationale Architektur. Munich: Albert Langen. Hamza, M. Sh. (2023). The space of the theater stage in the East and in the West. Project Baikal, 3(76), 62-68. Lefebvre, H. (2014). Critique of Everyday Life. London: Verso. Nerdinger, W., & Oechslin, W. (2003). Gottfried Semper 1803—1879. Architektur und Wissenschaft. Zürich: Prestal. Nicholson, H., Hughes, J., Edwards, G., & Gray, C. (2023). Theatre in Towns. NY: Routledge. Salingaros, N. A. (1999). Urban space and its information field. Journal of Urban Design, 4(1), 29–49. Semper, G. (1970). Prakticheskaya estetika [Practical Aesthetics]. Moscow: Iskusstvo. Sidorina, E. (1995). Russkii konstruktivizm: istoki, idei, praktika [Russian constructivism: origins, ideas, practice]. Moscow: B. I. Skorokhod, N. S. (2016). Brecht i “epichesky opyt” russkoi stseny [Brecht and the “epic experience” of the Russian stage]. Bulletin of Samara State University, 1, 136-141. Urban Planning & Infrastructure in Migration Contexts. Amman spatial profile, Jordan (2022). UN-Habitat. Retrieved May 20, 2023, from https://jordan.un.org/sites/default/files/2022-04/220411-final_amman_profile_0.pdf Whyte, I. B. (Ed. and Trans.). (1985). The Crystal Chain Letter: Architectural Fantasies by Bruno Taut and His Circle. Cambridge: M.I.T. Press.