Alternative World Theatre in the 20th and 21st Century 1

Tutor:

Ondřej HRAB

Synopsis:

Familiarising students with the most diverse trends in contemporary world theatre. Emphasis is placed primarily on the diversity of contemporary theatre production and the dissolving of borders between different art forms.Contemporary creative work in the dramatic arts in the form of profiles of the practitioners of contemporary theatre, dance, puppet theatre design. Teaching focuses on artists whose work has become a reference point for contemporary theatre: Robert Wilson, whose work represents world theatre in a broad context, and the puppeteer and radical artist of the 60s and 70s Peter Schumann and his Bread Puppet group.

Studies are based on personal experience both through video projections and directly by visiting performances or through personal meetings with the artists.

Teaching through video projections, visits to performances, thematic seminars.

Prerequisites:

1. Creative ability

2. Capacity for independent reflection on the subject

3. Ability to analyse and reflect

4. Capacity for synthetic thought

5. Sufficient cultural overview and detailed knowledge of theatre history.

Study Objectives:

The subject?s aim is to familiarise the department?s students with the widest range of trends in contemporary world theatre. Emphasis is placed on the diversity of contemporary theatre and the dissolving of boundaries between individual art forms. Students learn about contemporary developments in the dramatic arts through profiles of contemporary practitioners in theatre, dance, puppet theatre design.

Outline and Syllabus:

Curriculum:

In this semester teaching will focus on those artists whose work has become a reference point for contemporary theatre: on Robert Wilson, whose work represents world theatre in a broad context, and on the puppeteer and radical artist of the 60s and 70s Peter Schumann and his Bread Puppet group.

Studies are based on personal experience both through video projections and directly by visiting performances or through personal meetings with the artists and subsequent personal reflections and contextualisation.

Syllabus:

Study of the most recent tendencies in contemporary theatre based on personal experience. This is gained both through video projections and directly by visiting performances or through personal meetings with the artists.

Study materials:

Oscar G. Brockett: History of Theatre

Kazimierz Braun: The Second Reform of Theatre

Jan Hyvnar: The Actor in Modern Theatre

Eugenio Barba, Nicole Savarese: Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology

Magazines: Svět a divadlo, Taneční zóna, Loutkář [World and Theatre, Dance Zone, The Puppeteer].

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2008/2009:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon	místnost () HRAB O. 16:00–19:00 (paralelka 1)
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Fri
Thu
Fri

Schedule for summer semester 2008/2009:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Doporučený magisterský teorie a kritika (compulsory subject)
• Doporučený magisterský herectví ALD (compulsory subject)
• Doporučený bakalářský režie a dramaturgie ALD (compulsory subject)
• Doporučený bakalářský scénografie ALD (compulsory subject)
• Doporučený magisterský produkce (compulsory optional subject, optional subject)