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Friday, September 24,12 h3O min Teatar Rubikon, Rijeka, Croatia, and MAH group, Belgrade Serbia Presenters and hosts of workshops: Zvonimir Peranić, Rijeka, Croatia and Marijana Ajzenkol, Belgrade, Serbia THEATRE AND SCIENCE - COMMUNITY OF WONDERS UK„Parobrod"(duration: 90 min) The artistic director of Theatre Rubikon Zvonimir Peranić, who is a physicist as well as an impassioned theatre maker and director from the earliest days of the Rubikon Theatre, which he founded, merges theatre with science. His work is based on theories of chaos direction and dramaturgy, which makes the Rubikon Theatre's productions stand out. in addition to the theory of chaos, his dramaturgy and direction involve the principles of theories of physics, notably the relativity theory and the theory of quantum physics. This theatre's productions are, therefore, the result of the theatrical process based on physical postulates and direct application of theories of physics to the structure of a theatre piece and its staging (especially Fractals and Synergies...) and give rise to numerous debates about the philosophical aspects of science. The presentation involves a demonstration of this theatre's work and its educational aspect presented with the help of participants of the workshop preceding the presentation. The workshop can be joined by young people from the country and the region, both those involved in arts and those concerned with science. They will undergo special exercises, improvisations and rehearsals with the emphasis on the educational aspect: development of the creative thought in the instruction of physics and possibility to study physical contents and concepts within an artistic, creative context. Marijana Ajzenkol, teacher at the Majka Jugovića Primary School resorts to pantomime to introduce new notions in mathematics. What happens in her classroom then is a special type of contact which the 'energy tongue'of the performer with pupils who decode the mime and gestural sentence so that through this energy cooperation mathematical notions become'alive'and present. The body responds to tasks given by the thought and thus nothing is 'redundant' or'wrong' or'inadequate' enabling the children's soul to find the expression in quest for purpose.

MARIJANA AJZENKOL

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