THE BASICS OF THEATRE AND THEATRICAL QUESTION DEVELOPMENT: THE RESEARCHING APPROACH AND COMMON RESULTS
The article presents the results received during the independent scientific and applied interdisciplinary study of the fundamental foundations of the development of theatre and theatre studies, with the help of modern methods of analysis and forecasting. It was provided the by experts from various fields of knowledge - cultural studies, sociology, economics, statistics, state and municipal government. The work was carried out by the Laboratory of the Future Theatre GITIS with the support of the “Volnoe Delo” Fund. For the first time in Russia an attempt was made to a systematic approach to the study of theatre in all its multifaceted nature, the construction of formalized models, subsequent modeling, and analysis of interaction with the external environment. Keeping in mind the significant multidimensionality of the approach, the object and subject of research are “projected” and replaced by projections. Each one has a specific thematic focus and is described in the framework of the certain scientific disciplines. The heterogeneity of the theatre was taken into account by highlighting the most significant data and meanings, their localization in several structural components. The result of the study was the development of the theatre models that reflect current characteristics and form the basis for the future theater description. More than 40 hypotheses were formulated, both about the current state of the subject and possible scenarios of its development, which can be used in predicting the future theatre. The results of the study were discussed in a scientific and theatrical community.