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ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS IN PRAGUE

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

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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
204ASD1 Z 2 2/T Czech winter
Subject guarantor:
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

Magazines: 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.

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Note:

This course may be attended by an 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 2014/2015:
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
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HRAB O.
16:00–17:30
(paralelka 2)
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Date Day Time Tutor Location Notes No. of paralel
Mon 16:00–17:30 HRAB O.
paralelka 2
Schedule for summer semester 2014/2015:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
The subject is a part of the following study plans:
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