http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/15/liviu-ciulei-fills-the-empty-space/ Poetics in Live Performance Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:44:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/15/liviu-ciulei-fills-the-empty-space/#comment-663 Blubeekuss is Not a Word « WordPunk Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:51:01 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/liviu-ciulei-fills-the-empty-space/#comment-663 [...] filled the empty space with [...] [...] filled the empty space with [...]

]]> http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/15/liviu-ciulei-fills-the-empty-space/#comment-538 David W. Boles Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:57:13 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/liviu-ciulei-fills-the-empty-space/#comment-538 Liviu does find a common and human way to be understood -- even in class when English words failed him. Liviu does find a common and human way to be understood — even in class when English words failed him.

]]> http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/15/liviu-ciulei-fills-the-empty-space/#comment-537 kathakali.chatterjee Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:55:59 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/liviu-ciulei-fills-the-empty-space/#comment-537 Gordon, it would be great to know what he actually saying...let us know! Gordon, it would be great to know what he actually saying…let us know!

]]> http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/15/liviu-ciulei-fills-the-empty-space/#comment-536 kathakali.chatterjee Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:54:48 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/liviu-ciulei-fills-the-empty-space/#comment-536 David, you are so right about "universal human communication"... Liviu Ciulei was a delight to watch, - I could pick up a couple of English words but overall understood what he wanted and he was all animated and happy when the actors on the stage could actually perform the way he was showing...powerful! David, you are so right about “universal human communication”…
Liviu Ciulei was a delight to watch, – I could pick up a couple of English words but overall understood what he wanted and he was all animated and happy when the actors on the stage could actually perform the way he was showing…powerful!

]]> http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/15/liviu-ciulei-fills-the-empty-space/#comment-535 David W. Boles Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:46:21 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/liviu-ciulei-fills-the-empty-space/#comment-535 Now I'm confused. You were immersed in 100% Romanian from birth and did not speak English. Your highly educated chemist mother took you to an American preschool... and expected what... that all the children and staff spoke Romanian and not English? How could she not prepare you to communicate in English? Now I’m confused. You were immersed in 100% Romanian from birth and did not speak English. Your highly educated chemist mother took you to an American preschool… and expected what… that all the children and staff spoke Romanian and not English? How could she not prepare you to communicate in English?

]]> http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/15/liviu-ciulei-fills-the-empty-space/#comment-534 Gordon Davidescu Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:05:45 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/liviu-ciulei-fills-the-empty-space/#comment-534 Indeed it was in America. Good ol' New Jersey. I started learning English in Preschool when my mother was confronted by my preschool teacher, wondering why jibberish was coming out of my mouth. That jibberish was Romanian. I would speak only Romanian. The teacher thought I was a special needs child. A doctor told my mother to exclusively speak English to me. The rest of the family continued speaking Romanian, however. Also, I avoided Sesame Street for a long time -- because it wasn't in Romanian! Indeed it was in America. Good ol’ New Jersey. I started learning English in Preschool when my mother was confronted by my preschool teacher, wondering why jibberish was coming out of my mouth. That jibberish was Romanian. I would speak only Romanian. The teacher thought I was a special needs child. A doctor told my mother to exclusively speak English to me. The rest of the family continued speaking Romanian, however.
Also, I avoided Sesame Street for a long time — because it wasn’t in Romanian!

]]> http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/15/liviu-ciulei-fills-the-empty-space/#comment-533 David W. Boles Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:58:00 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/liviu-ciulei-fills-the-empty-space/#comment-533 Wow! Was this in immersion in America? When did you begin to learn English? Wow! Was this in immersion in America? When did you begin to learn English?

]]> http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/15/liviu-ciulei-fills-the-empty-space/#comment-532 Gordon Davidescu Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:04:15 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/liviu-ciulei-fills-the-empty-space/#comment-532 Great question. It was my first language because that is all my Romanian parents, grandparents, and great grandmother spoke around me. Great question. It was my first language because that is all my Romanian parents, grandparents, and great grandmother spoke around me.

]]> http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/15/liviu-ciulei-fills-the-empty-space/#comment-531 David W. Boles Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:41:45 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/liviu-ciulei-fills-the-empty-space/#comment-531 Fantastic, Gordon! Let us know if you find anything interesting. Were you formally expected to learn Romanian or did it just flow naturally around you while you were growing up? Fantastic, Gordon! Let us know if you find anything interesting. Were you formally expected to learn Romanian or did it just flow naturally around you while you were growing up?

]]> http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/15/liviu-ciulei-fills-the-empty-space/#comment-530 Gordon Davidescu Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:21:02 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/liviu-ciulei-fills-the-empty-space/#comment-530 Wow, David. I really hope to meet him. I will watch this video when I can actually hear it since I am fluent in Romanian. Thanks for the great article! Wow, David. I really hope to meet him. I will watch this video when I can actually hear it since I am fluent in Romanian. Thanks for the great article!

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