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The Theater Research Institute of Europe has both research and practical objectives. It encourages research into the psychological components of theatrical activity. Practically, it offers several services which are outlined below. Links expand on these services when additional information is desired.
TRIE was founded in 2007 by Dr Dana Rufolo as a framework by which to research the hypothesis that the need to be theatrical is innate to the human being. She presupposes that creating drama is a fundamental human activity which is either consciously or unconsciously integrated into the personality. When the fundamental urge for dramatic activity is unconscious, the hypothesis states, then there may be what has been called inappropriate"acting out."It is TRIE’s objective to disseminate the recognition that the urge to represent one’s self in relationship to self and to others on a designated neutral space is a fundamental need which must be recognized, permitted, and encouraged.
Drama permits the escape from self and the development of the perception of self simultaneously. In other words, dramatic activity blends the psychology of performance with the aesthetics of performance. Indeed, ethnologically the psychological reasons motivating the development of dramatic art are more compelling than the aesthetic ones. Dana Rufolo has chosen to research the psychological rather than the aesthetic origins of the drama and to disseminate what she learns through the umbrella organization of TRIE.
