Performance Approach between Theatrical Improvisation and the Ceremony of Iraqi Clannish Segregation

Abstract

The study aims to find a Performance approach between theatrical improvisation and the ceremony of Iraqi clannish segregation from artistic aspects, the clan structure in Arab life has a basic system that has its own constitution and legislations that are used by individuals, the clan segregation is one of them. Where it is carried out by a team known for its special characteristics performance among the clans and takes place according to the current and contested situation, such as murder, and theft. The proceedings of the segregation are formed within a performance plot carried out by a team assigned by the perpetrator and the victim. Where the roles and emotional states are distributed among the members of the same team before reaching the opposing clan corresponding to them, and perform roles when the two chorus meet, typical characters with names that have a well-known social connotation such as: The obligatory, the master, the troublemaker, the discrimination, the reputed, and others.., The obligatory or (knowledgeable) personality leads the clan segregation and he almost plays the role of (director) with his directives, dividing roles and allowing to speak, and the presence of these stereotypical characters in every clan segregation, in comedy, dell'arte is matched by stereotypical characters with connotations of sociopolitical and artistic reality. This study, which was not previously covered by any Arab researcher, could constitute an Arab research attempt to create new theatrical appearances and approaches to be added to the pioneering attempts to root Arab theater.