Scenography 3

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Subject guarantor

Jan ŠTĚPÁNEK

Name of lecturer(s)

Jan FRIČ, Jan ŠTĚPÁNEK

Department

Předmět zajišťuje Department of Stage Design

Contents

The teaching of scenography in the 3rd semester develops students' talents and conceptual thinking based on the interpretation of opera/musical subjects. The student learns to perceive and interpret a musical subject similarly as he/she did in the previous semesters, i.e. based on the analysis of associative perception, specifically acquired information about the background of the subject with the participation of a pedagogical expert on the chosen musical subject. This is followed by the collection of reference material, the analysis of the acquired sources, and the development of the author's work, which, according to the individual approach of the student, can be directed either toward a classical scenographic project, or towards a conceptual research/performance in an open space, or any other form chosen together with the pedagogue. The student is left with the author's choice of topic, which aims at the output of the Master's thesis. High demands are placed on the student's interpretive, dramaturgical, craft, and technological skills. Teaching involves close contact with practice in the classical opera space. At the same time as tackling a musical opera stage design project, the student works on his/her master's thesis.

Learning outcomes

The study aims to master the prerequisites of opera scenographic creation in all their possible modifications with an emphasis on quality artistic expression in the context of subsequent possible realization.

• The student can dramaturgically and scenographically interpret a musical work in both traditional and conceptual contexts.

Prerequisites and other requirements

• Talent prerequisites.
• Good knowledge of cultural history.
• Ability to think conceptually.

Literature

Literature concerning own program and assigned tasks, especially in the field of the scenography of drama, opera, musical theatre, movement theatre, and exhibition installations.

Aronson, Arnold (ed.): The Routledge Companion to Scenography. Routledge, 2020.

Barbieri, Donatella. Costume in Performance: Materiality, Culture, and the Body. Bloomsbury, 2017.

Hann, Rachel: Beyond Scenography. Routledge, 2019.

Hannah, Dorita and Harsløf Olav: Performance Design. Museum Tusculanum Press, 2008.

McKinney, Joslin and Phillip Butterworth: The Cambridge Introduction to Scenography. Cambridge University Press, 2015.

McKinney, Joslin and Scott Palmer: Scenography Expanded: An Introduction to Contemporary Performance Design. Methuen/Bloomsbury, 2017.

Wiens, Birgit E. Contemporary Scenography: Practices in German Theatre, Arts and Design. Methuen/Bloomsbury, 2019.

Brockett Oscar Gross et al. Making the Scene : A History of Stage Design and Technology in Europe and the United States. 2nd printing ed. Tobin Theatre Arts Fund 2012.

Jones Robert Edmond. The Dramatic Imagination : Reflections and Speculations on the Art of the Theatre. Routledge 2004.

Adler Phoebe. Behind the Scenes Contemporary Set Design. Black Dog Pub 2012.

Taylor Clifton. Color & Light : Navigating Color Mixing in the Midst of an Led Revolution a Handbook for Lighting Designers. Quite Specific Media a Division of Silman-James Press 2019.

Hann Rachel. Beyond Scenography. Routledge Is an Imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group 2019.

Evaluation methods and criteria

During the semester, independent work in studios and a minimum of 80% attendance at tutorials are required. The condition for completion of the semester is a successful assignment, which includes a model (1:20), free artwork - 5 pcs, drawing/painting DIN A 1, 12 pcs of stage designs and visualizations DIN A 3, storyboard.

Schedule for winter semester 2024/2025:

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Schedule for summer semester 2024/2025:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans

• Scenography - Theatrical Scenography in EN (M. A.) (Required main subjects)