Alternative World Theatre in the 20th and 21st Century 2

Subject guarantor:

Ondřej HRAB, Karel MAKONJ

Name of lecturer(s):

Ondřej HRAB

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

To introduce students to the most diverse trends in contemporary world theatre. Emphasis is placed primarily on the diversity of contemporary theatre and the dissolution of borders between individual artistic forms. Particular attention is devoted to post-dramatic or non-interpretive theatre forms.

Mode of study:

Instruction through a presentation supplemented by videos, attended performances and topic classes. Contemporary pieces in stage arts will be, primarily, presented in contemporary theatre, dance, graphic and puppet theatre artists' profiles.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

1. Analysis and review skills

2. Creativity

3. At least a passive knowledge of English.

Recommended optional programme components:

Visits to current theatre performances at home and abroad.

Course contents:

Modern creations in stage arts through contemporary authors in modern theatre, dance and artistic puppet theatre.

Recommended or required reading:

Oscar G. Brockett - Dějiny divadla, Praha 2008

Kazimierz Braun: Druhá divadelní reforma?, Praha 1993

Jan Hyvnar: Herec v moderním divadle, Praha 2001

Eugenio Barba - Nicole Savarese: Slovník divadelní antropologie, Praha 2000

Anne Bogart, Tina Landau: Úhly pohledu, Praha 2007

Declan Donnellan: Herec a jeho cíl, Praha 2007

Irena Sławińska: Divadlo v současném myšlení, Praha 2002

Hans-Thies Lehmann: Postdramatické divadlo, Bratislava 2007

Peter Brook: Pohyblivý bod, Praha 1996

Dana Kalvodová: Asijské divadlo na konci milénia, Praha 2003

Elinor Fuchs: The Death of Character, Perspectives on Theater after Modernism, Indiana University Press, 1996

Jon Whitmore: Directing Postmodern Theatre, Ann Arbor, 2001

Časopisy: Svět a divadlo, Taneční zóna, Loutkář.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

A presentation supplemented with screenings of recorded performances or documentary profiles of individual artists. Subsequent discussions with students.

Assessment methods and criteria:

A condition for acquiring credit in the winter semester is 80% class participation. A condition for sitting the exam in the Summer semester is also a condition for successful completion of the course is class participation, completion of the course in the form of a 5 page essay reviewing the instruction content over the entire year.

Course web page:

Note:

This course may be attended by a limited number of Production Dept. and Theory and Critique Dept. students.

Further information:

This course is an elective for all students of this school

Schedule for winter semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2013/2014:

	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 R305 Dílna krejčovská (Karlova 26, Praha 1) HRAB O. 16:00–17:30 (přednášková par. 1)
Tue
Fri
Thu
Fri

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Mon	16:00–17:30	HRAB O.	Dílna krejčovská Karlova 26, Praha 1		přednášková par. 1

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Arts Management (B.A.) (optional subject)
• Directing and Dramaturgy for Dramatic Theatre (B.A.) (optional subject)
• Dramaturgy for Dramatic Theatre (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Dramaturgy for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Directing for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Stage Design for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Stage Design (B.A.) (optional subject)
• Stage Design - Costumes and Masks (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Theory and criticism (B.A.) (optional subject)
• Theory and criticism (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Directing for Dramatic Theatre (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Stage Design (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Directing and Dramaturgy for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (B.A.) (optional subject)
• Stage Design for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (B.A.) (optional subject)
• Drama in Education - part-time 2 years (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Arts Management (M.A.) (compulsory optional subject, optional subject)
• Authorial Acting (B.A.) (optional subject)
• Directing for Alternative and Puppet Theatre in English (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Arts Management in English (M.A.) (compulsory optional subject)
• Performerství alternativního divadla (Bc.) programu Divadelní tvorba v netradičních prostorech (optional subject)
• Scénografie alternativního divadla (Bc.) programu Divadelní tvorba v netradičních prostorech (optional subject)
• Režie a dramaturgie alternativního divadla (Bc.) programu Divadelní tvorba v netradičních prostorech (optional subject)
• Acting for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (B.A.) (optional subject)
• Drama in Education - part-time 4 years (B.A.) (optional subject)
• Acting for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Acting for Dramatic Theatre (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Stage Design - Film and Television (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Authorial Acting - 3 years (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Drama in Education (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Drama in Education - part-time 3 years (M.A.) (optional subject)