Alternative World Theatre in the 20th and 21st Century 3

Tutor:

Ondřej HRAB

Synopsis:

The semester focuses on the the artists behind contemporary puppet theatre (e.g. William Kentridge and the Handspring Puppet Company from South Africa) and the Theatre of Objects (e.g. the Dutch Dogtroep and their successors).

Studies are based on 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:

The semester focuses on the creators of contemporary dance crossing over to theatrical forms of expression. Teaching looks closely at

Lloyd Newson and his DV8 Physical Theatre (Great Britain),

Wim Vandekeybus and the Ultima Vez company (Belgium) and the

Japanese Butó dance of darkness (Hidžikata, Kazuo Ono, Sankai Juku, Min Tanaka).

Syllabus:

Study of the latest trends in contemporary world theatre based on personal experience as a spectator. This is gained both by 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 2009/2010:

	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 ODD WEEK (paralelka 1) místnost () HRAB O. 16:00–19:00 EVEN WEEK (paralelka 2)
Tue
Fri
Thu
Fri

Schedule for summer semester 2009/2010:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Doporučený magisterský dramaturgie ALD (compulsory subject)
• Doporučený magisterský režie ALD (compulsory subject)
• Doporučený magisterský scénografie ALD (compulsory subject)
• Doporučený magisterský teorie a kritika (compulsory subject)