THE LANGUAGE OF THE SOUL:
CREATIVITY, THEATRE &
THE ART OF BEING HUMAN
International Conference
- Date: 19–20 June 2026
- Venue: Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
2026 speakers
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Cristian Andriș
Music and as the Language of the Soul
Silvia-Alexandra Bem
Rewiring the Leader’s Emotional Brain Through Theatre
Mihaela Bețiu
Theatre Techniques for Authentic Living - The Power of Vulnerability
Cosmin Chivu
The Expanding Circle of Consciousness: The Actor’s Craft and the Synthetic Other
Sylvain Diaz
A shaken humanity (Wajdi Mouawad, Journée de noces chez les Cromagnons, 1994-2025)
Elizabeth Isaacs Doud
The Mermaid Gaze: Ecoperformance as Method and Praxis for Reimagining Human and More-Than-Human Futures
Mihai Fusu
The Humanistic Dimension in Acting Education
Olga Garay-English
National Latinx Theater Initiative
Varvara Georgopoulou
Female characters in Aeschylus' Oresteia and their stage interpretation
Mehdi Ghiyaei
Designing with Ghosts: Substantial Movement and the Architecture of Becoming in Performing Arts Centers
Gong Baorong
The Importance of Creative Spirit for Traditional Performing Arts: A Perspective from Two Major Transformations in Modern Jing Ju (Beijing Opera)
Christopher Gruits
Beyond the Platform: Artistic Process, Interiority, and Long-Term Curatorial Relationship
Gui Han
The Language of the Soul in a Lecture Hall: Courage from Theory, Return to the Human
Cristian Izzo
The body, the space, the sound: the whole. A survey on the individual as a pluriverse.
Despina G. Kosmopoulou
Contemporary Approach to Ancient Greek Tragedy: Observations, Shifts, and Problematizations
Camelia Lenart
When the Body Speaks: History, Text, and Movement in Martha Graham’s American Document and Alvin Ailey’s Revelations
Oana Lup
After the Curtain Falls: Theatre Audiences, Reflective Wellbeing, and Civic Imagination
Andreas Markantonatos
The Purificatory Ritual in Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus: Interpretation, Space and Cultural Memory
Sonia Murcia Molina
Federico Between the Teeth. The Documentary
Diana Nechit
The Spectacle-Debate as Contemporary Tragedy: Milo Rau between Theatre, Justice, and Collective Catharsis
Tudor Nicorici
The Sibiu International Theatre Festival Community’s impact on mental well-being
Ocneanu Ileana
BEING PUPPET MALKOVICH: OF ANIMATE/INANIMATE BOND
Paul-Eugen Pristavu
Mending the Fragmented Soul: Theatre’s Role in Post-Addiction Recovery
Alexandru Rădulea
Beyond the Aesthetic: The "Culture as Development" Approach in Post-Industrial Territories
Robert Raponja
Performance, Emotions, and Affect through Three Different Models of Acting
Andreea Rotaru
Promoting theatrical creation, between virtue and noise
Armando Rotondi
Listening to the Depths: Multiplicity and the Distributed Soul in "Colapesce (Trans-Fluence: The Bodies of Water)" project
Başak Şamlıoğlu Huvaj
The Soul Of The Feet: An Anatolian Reading Of Suzuki's Method Through The Halay Ritual
Andrei C. Șerban
Medea Rewritten: Intermedial Perspectives in the Works of Milo Rau, Jean-René Lemoine, Joaquim Lafosse, Nancy Peña, and Blandine Le Callet
Carmen Stanciu
Against Perfect Imitation: Theatre and the Mystery of Being Human
Kalina Stefanova
Soul-Language Lessons with Peking Opera and More or Beyond the Alienation Effect
Ana Stojanoska
Theatre as a Space for Self-Expression: The Vision for Creating a Contemporary Theatre Festival
Katica Šubarić
Performance, Emotions, and Affect through Three Different Models of Acting
Ana Maria Ursu
On Stage, Beyond the Margins: Inclusion in Pippo Delbono’s Theater
Lynnea Villanova
Holographic Dramaturgy: Narrative Coherence and the Uncontrollable Body in Biosensory Performance
Ioana Visalon
Embodied knowledge of actor's voice & speech: a journey from Unconscious Incompetence to Unconscious Competence using the Fogg Behavioral Model
Programme
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Location
Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
Venue: Aula Avram Iancu (Faculty of Letters and Arts), 5–7 Victoriei Boulevard