Dobrogea, the oldest province in all Romanian lands , is a unique ethnocultural landscape, characterized by the original contributions of each ethnic community. The variety of cultural identities results, on the one hand, from the continuity of the Romanian local element and, on the other hand, from the existence of minority groups. In the context of territorial proximity, cultural exchanges took place that determined in time a process of acculturation, but also the formation of distinctive frames of manifestation of each ethnic group. ...

In antiquity there was a long tradition of writing astronomical poetry dating from the time of the poet Hesiod. In his Works and Days Hesiod establishes a didactic tone in seeking to persuade his interlocutor Perses to order his life by the risings and settings of astronomical bodies. Thus, notionally, Hesiod’s farmers will be thought to begin harvesting crops when the Pleiades star cluster begins to rise at dawn. Similarly sea-traders will be thought to put their ships into dry dock once the Pleiades begin setting at dusk. ...

The European theatrical life in the early 20th century is marked by the will of radical renewal of both the theatrical performance and the institution of the theater itself, an aspiration shared by all the founders of Art Theaters - Stanislavski, Brahm, Reinhardt, Copeau, Jouvet, etc. Rethinking language and theatrical space, as well as the formation and training of the actor will be the main axes that will mark the concerns of the theater reformers. The protagonists of the theatrical renewal process will be the director - the guarantor of the unity of all the stage elements - and the actor, whose condition and function needed to be fundamentally rethought. ...

Music has always been and will always be the artistic and theoretical area where the material force is transcended towards spirituality. Considered to be of divine origin and reminiscent of the Davidic psalms and of many other ancestral songs, music is, through its sacred genres that sanctify its beginnings, and, later, through the secular genres, an area with authentic aestheic virtues. The most important moments of the church year are also accompanied by specific songs which harmonize the being with the divine spirit. ...

The study analyzes the cycle of lieder Celan Songs by Cornel Țăranu, presenting both aspects related to their vast cultural horizon and elements of musical analysis resulting in the intimate symbiosis of musical language and the metaphorical plan of the source of inspiration. The choice of certain translations of the lieder reveals a new dimension of Celan's poetry in the creation of Cornel Țăranu, through the collections and translations of Ion Caraion, whose volume The Table of Silence... was an unparalleled anthology of texts dedicated to sculptor Constantin Brâncuși. ...

Neamț County, a vast territory in Moldavia, with a rich history of events that still persist in the collective memory, has been a point of interest to researchers in various fields, including ethnomusicology. The folk songs from this county attracted the attention of ethnomusicologists whose field research translated into various compositions, studies, collections and specialized volumes. Like many areas of our country, the folk music repertoire from Neamţ collected from the locals, is remarkable due to its undeniable beauty and vigour, as well as due to its independent forms of artistic expression. ...

There are two fundamental directions in acting. The first one is called formalistic acting and can be found from ancient times, through Commedia dell’arte, all the way to Bertolt Brecht. The second one, even though it has its origins in the theoretical ideas of Aristotle, is called realistic acting and it has achieved its practical manifestations only in the beginning of the twentieth century. In order to be confident on stage, no matter what method we use, we must always be free to experiment in our own way. Without freedom there is no creation, any coercion destroys the spontaneous creative living processes. ...

This paper analyzes the impact of the figure of Eleonora Duse on the poetess Sara Teasdale, who included in her first collection a series of lyrics dedicated to her (Sonnets to Duse and Other Poems, 1907), and also considered her in the following collection (Helen of Troy and Other Poems, 1911). Teasdale never saw Duse acting, but the great Italian actress accompanied the young American poetess in her poetic debut, thanks to which she managed to overcome a difficult period due to health problems. Duse became her guide, helping her to develop an aesthetic as a poetess and to reveal her inner world. ...

The leading discussions on film acting versus theatre acting are centred around the outer forms of inner thoughts. Just like theatre, film – or, rather, one’s interaction with the camera – includes many types of such thoughts. There are (much like in theatre) various approaches, depending on the type of audiovisual product the actor is generating. The concrete similarity between film acting and real life lies in the expression “one hides what one contains”. The difference lies in the fact that in real life one’s route is “involuntary” and subject to circumstances, while in acting it is “voluntary” and subject to constraints (whether from the playwright or director). ...

The methods in the Actor’s Art and Craft have always been and will always be different from one generation to the next, from one period to the next and from one product to the next. Whether we are talking about theatre or film, aesthetic forms, stylistic forms and means of expression have always differed, undergone changes and been put under scrutiny in order to discover, enrich and develop the Actor’s Art and Craft. As the main element with which the spectator comes into contact, the one without which no theatre performance or film can exist, analysis invariably requires enhanced attention to turn conventionality into truthfulness, the artificial into reality, and elevate the horizontality of the text to the actor’s human verticality. ...

Music as therapy is a mode of action, with well-structured and planned procedures. In working with young children, music has the merit of providing a generous space for intervention and manifestation, allowing the child a plethora of ways of expression. In the case of children with disabilities, therapeutic interventions made with the help of music are even more useful, especially if they use active methods targeting the child's attention and perception. This paper presents the aspects to be considered in the therapy of young children with disabilities, as well as a practical model of intervention planning applied in their group therapy. ...

The muses of artists began to become more and more diverse, through diversity meaning an increasing acceptance for what is foreign or different. This trend appears in fine arts, but also in literature, especially in the romantic model, which imposes a real fascination for the views, habits and expressive portraits of the inhabitants of the countries of the Far East. The Orient is seen as exotic, colorful and sensual, and the motif of the odalisques confirms the idea of lasciviousness and visual spectacle, offering through the representation of female forms an erotic variant of the Orient. ...

Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the interest of composers for the creative act has grown. Many composers have become preoccupied by the compositional process because of the multitude of possibilities they can work with. The way they created a work is the main point of exploring the new. This review of European and Romanian music is necessary to find that the elements of language used by Romanian composers were "trendy" and, at the same time, adapted to the Romanian specifics. ...

In order to identify the operative stages of construction, firing and construction of ceramic objects, I appealed to experimental archeology, trying to get as close as possible to the original models and materials. I performed several similar experiments, together with students of the County Cultural Center "Teodor T. Burada" and in partnership with the Museum of Callatis Archeology in Mangalia, using the kiln made during the project Maps of Time: Real Communities - Virtual Worlds - Experienced Past, funded project within the IDEA Program. ...

The land of the Foresters from Hunedoara is an extremely rich area in terms of folk music productions, both from the occasional repertoire (carols, wedding or funeral ritual songs) and from the non-occasional repertoire (old style songs). During the field research campaigns carried out by Béla Bartók (1913-1914), Emilia Comișel together with a team of researchers from Bucharest (1946-1960) and Ioan Bocșa with Alina Stan (2017), the songs with free rhythm - parlando rubato, with an excessively rich ornamentation, with archaic melodic features, stood out due to several aspects. ...

Ion Drăgoi was a representative of the instrumental folklore from Bacău County, being considered one of the most famous Moldavian ‘lăutari’ (fiddlers). He distinguished himself due to a vast repertoire, as well as by his interpretive manner, being known in many areas of the country, but also abroad. The vast majority of his repertoire contains dance pieces such as: Hora, Sârba, Bătuta, Țărăneasca, Corăgheasca, melodies that contain a wide variety of melodic-rhythmic elements, which are the subject of research in this paper. ...

The Bauhaus concentrated revolutionary ideas of the 1920s, avant-garde concepts and ideas. There has never been a school in Europe before that really put these ideas into practice. It accomplished something totally different from what other schools and technological colleges were doing, namely the concept of treating life (everyday needs) on an aesthetic level. ...

Art is a human product in the most complete sense, not just a reflection of economic production but also a social phenomenon, since art cannot be deprived of the context by which it was produced. All music needs to be understood in the duplicity of producer (musician) and user, so much so that it becomes the object of sociology only when it gains social relevance and generates significant consequences. The social sphere itself becomes a resource of meaning for the musical world, as is shown by the practice of musicalization of daily life, or by diverse kinds of music bound to specific lifestyles and cultural ambiences. ...

Romanian folk music played a fundamental role in the stylistic evolution and crystallization of many composers’ creation. The musicological studies highlight the idea that from the folkloric quotation up to its stylisation there are distinct stages; moreover, the choice for one process or another is influenced by the composer’s aesthetic affiliation. The folkloric quotation is considered a particular case of the musical quotation in general. This has a precise semiological status, being an intentional act, and the listener must identify its origin and function in the work. Tudor Jarda is one of the contemporary Romanian composers who in their works have given value to the modal features of the Romanian music folklore, by using the folkloric quotation. ...

The sounds are the substance of music, and by different combinations will generate sound structures with a certain meaning. Any musical discourse is based on vocabulary, which has as its primary source the sound material represented by musical modes or musical scale. The specificity of the mode transmits its features to all the sound structures and its characteristic elements is identifiable in almost any song that belongs to that musical mode. This feature is understood as the ethos of the musical modes and sometimes is seen as the defining element in establishing the meaning of a musical work. These features of musical modes have been known since ancient times. ...