Object - Mask - Puppet1

Tutor:

Karel VOSTÁREK

Synopsis:

We live and move in a mass world in which we are a part. Every day we take to hand numerous things. It is all the same to us from what and why they are made, mainly when they „function.“ We don't occupy ourselves too much with what it is and that some are „closer“ to us than others. Perhaps we sense in many objects energy potential, a certain attractiveness and even memories which could tell us much about the world and us. Therefore we offer a journey on the road under the surface of our everyday view.

Prerequisites:

Interest in working with props and puppets, introduction to several performances in which props, masks and puppets are used. Active participation in course work.

Study Objectives:

Main course aims:

- Entering into the world of props and things.

- Providing a look into the world of masks in their complete history and breadth to the students.

- Enable students to get to know the fundamental types and forms of puppets and their use.

The sense of the course is primarily a joint investigation and understanding of the place and sense of mass elements as bearers of significance and communication in actions - drama and fundamental understanding of creative quality - aesthetic functions in the theatre and drama.

Outline and Syllabus:

I. PROPS:

- Introduction to the world of things.

- Concurrent reflections upon working with material - masses.

II. MASKS:

- A mask as the oldest prop in human plays.

- Various types of masks.

III. PUPPETS:

- The puppet as a non-living mass symbol.

- The puppet and character.

Study materials:

CRAIG, Edward Gordon

1908 ?The Actor and the Übermarionette?; přel. Eva Poskočilová, ?Herec a nadloutka?, Loutkář 43, 1993, č. 10-12

ČAPEK, Josef

1938 Umění přírodních národů (Praha: F. Borový)

DVOŘÁK, Jan V.

1997 Herectví s loutkou (Praha: DDD-ARTAMA-IPOS)

HEROLD, Erich

1970 Africké masky (Praha: Odeon)

JURKOWSKI, Henryk

1993 Szkice z teorii teatru lalek; přel. Jana Pilátová, Magie loutky. Skici z teorie loutkového divadla (Praha: Nakladatelství Studia Ypsilon, 1997)

KALVODOVÁ, Dana

1992 Čínské divadlo (Praha: Panorama)

KALVODOVÁ, Dana-ZBAVITEL, Dušan

1987 Pod praporem krále nebes (Praha: Odeon)

LÉVY-STRAUSS. Claude

1979 La voie des masques; přel. Zdeněk Justoň, Cesta masek (Liberec-Praha: Dauphin-Ministerstvo životního prostředí České republiky, 1996)

PTÁČKOVÁ, Věra (ed.)

1985 Loutky. Výběr článků ze zahraničních časopisů. Scénografie 45 (Praha: Divadelní ústav)

RICHTER, Luděk

1997 Od předmětu k loutce, od loutky k divadlu (Praha: DDD-ARTAMA-IPOS)

RÖDL, Otto, Zdeněk BEZDĚK, Jiří KOLAFA, Věra KOVAŘÍČKOVÁ, Richard LANDER

1977 Loutkářství (Praha: SPN)

SVĚTOVÉ DIVADLO?

1981 Světové divadlo. Sv. 12 (Praha: Divadelní ústav)

SVĚTOVÉ LOUTKÁŘSTVÍ?

1966 Světové loutkářství. Současné loutkové divadlo slovem i obrazem (Praha: Orbis)

ŠECHTL, Josef, Marie ŠECHTLOVÁ, Jan MALÍK, Jan V. DVOŘÁK

1978 Svět loutek (Hradec Králové: Kruh)

TEUTEN, Timoth

1990 A collector´s guide to masks (New York: Wellfleet Press)

TOMÁNEK, Alois

1991 Anatomický atlas loutky (Praha: SPN)

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2009/2010:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2009/2010:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Doporučený bakalářský dramatická výchova - komb. (compulsory subject)