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Evolution of the Puppet 1

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204PRL1 Z 1 2/T Czech
Tutor:
Alois TOMÁNEK
Synopsis:

Study of period documentation of specific puppet technologies used in major productions. Construction technology, the puppet as an artistic object.

Prerequisites:

1. Basic knowledge of theatre history and puppet theatre history

2. Spatial sensitivity

3. Capacity for reflection

4. Technical flair and creativity

Study Objectives:

1. Study of the period documentation on specific types of puppet technology

2. Research into technology?s role in the creation of major productions

3. Understanding technology?s role in the relationship between actor - puppet - viewer

4. Seeking the alternative use of technology in contemporary theatre production

5. Finding the boundaries where an artistic artefact changes into a ?puppet? in a production

Outline and Syllabus:

Curriculum

1. „Classical“ understanding of the puppet and its use

2. Historical technology

3. Technology as an artistic artefact

4. Character-creating possibilities of technology

5. Technology as an instrument of direction and structuring a production

6. Movement of objects, light, sound in a space

Syllabus

Contemporary puppet theatre is very difficult to place in its original disciplines (marionette, hand-puppet, javajka etc.), just like its puppets. The historical division of puppet productions by individual technologies is now, when puppet, actor - guide and actor meet in the same space, an anachronism, although on the other hand all these traditional types exist and live. By learning about the classical types of puppet, their technological possibilities and potential for expression, students develop a certain consciousness and understanding of the means and possibilities for ?puppet forms? as a source of inspiration or a direct production instrument, even if this may be in an entirely different context to the one orignally used. Research into these transformations helps one to understand and master the sense of puppetry production and the „technology of the puppet“, especially its scope to portray meaning and as a path to a dramatic statement. It leads to an appreciation of of the puppet, with its controlling mechanism, not only as an artistic artefact but as a symbol in the statement.

Study materials:

Alois Tománek: Puppet forms

Alois Tománek: Anatomy of the Puppet

Henryk Jurkowski: The Puppet at the Turn of the Millennium

Československý loutkář, Loutkář

Note:
Further information:
This course is an elective for all students of this school
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
Tue
místnost R111
Atelier
(Karlova 26, Praha 1)
TOMÁNEK A.
14:30–16:00
(paralelka 1)
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:
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