Seminar of Theatre Anthropology 4

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Subject guarantor:

Jana PILÁTOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Jana PILÁTOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

- To introduce students to theatricality and theatre not only in aesthetic dimensions.

- To develop the ability to perceive and interpret social-cultural contexts of theatre and theatricality.

- To develop a theatre-anthopology idea and a bearing in the practice and theory contributions of these approaches in examples of world and domestic artists.

- To introduce a list of tasks related to this approach.

- To inspire student in their own original projects.

Mode of study:

Classes, Group work. Repeated video screenings (3-4 repetitions of approx. 5 minute examples) and subsequent formulated observations and analyses of the examples offered which have not been previously „announced“ (examples of group pieces, exercises or parts of performances or in the field events of well-known ensembles, an introduction to Teatru Laboratorium, Odin Teatret, Gardzienic, etc.). This expands student knowledge in dialogue with other parts of their skills in the perception and interpretation of acting and direction of various quality, collaboration with the audience, etc. At the close each lesson is an example arranged into the context of the work of that ensemble or actor. Gradually students skills grow in the recognition of the specifics of certain theatre expression and their bearing in its sense and awareness of the scale of potential of theatre-antrhopology approaches (comparative examples).

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

No entrance requirements other than an interest in this manner of study.

Course contents:

This seminar of video viewings and their interactive analysis acquaints students with:

- a theatre-anthropology approach to theatre and its cultural-historical contexts,

- the founders of this concept (J. Grotowski, E. Barba, W. Staniewski, etc.),

- various types of this approach (artists, thespian and anthropologist field and theory work, the International School of Theatre Anthropology and its contributors),

- its importance for the manner of theatre and the reception of theatre,

- overlaps to forerunners (theatre reformers of the 20th century, Artaud, Copeau, etc.),

- todays artists of the „third“, „anthropological“, „social“ theatres in the world and domestically.

Recommended or required reading:

BARBA, Eugenio; SAVARESE, Nicola. Slovník divadelní antropologie: O skrytém umění herců. Přel. Jan Hančil, Dana Kalvodová, Jitka Sloupová a Nina Vangeli. Praha: NLN; Praha: Divadelní ústav, 2000. 288 s. Přel. z: A Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology. The Secret Art of the Performer. ISBN 80-7008-109-0 (DÚ). ISBN 80-7106-369-X (NLN).

BRAUN, Kazimierz. Druhá divadelní reforma? Přel. Jiří Vondráček. Praha: Divadelní ústav; Praha: Městská knihovna; Praha: AMU; Brno: JAMU, 1993. 176 s. Přel. z: Druga reforma teatru? ISBN 80-7008-037-X.

PILÁTOVÁ, Jana. Hnízdo Grotowského: Na prahu divadelní antropologie. Praha: Insdtitut umění-Divadelní ústav, 2009. 584 s. ISBN 978-80-70008-239-3.

PILÁTOVÁ, Jana (ed.). Jerzy Grotowski a Teatr Laboratorium: Texty: (první část). Praha: Pražské kulturní středisko, 1990130 s. ISBN 80-85040-05-3.

---. Jerzy Grotowski a Teatr Laboratorium: Texty: (druhá část. Praha: Pražské kulturní středisko, 1990. 126 s. ISBN 80-85040-07-7.

---. Jerzy Grotowski a Teatr Laboratorium: Texty: (třetí část). Praha: Pražské kulturní středisko, 1990. 134 s. ISBN 80-85040-07-8.

SCHECHNER, Richard. The Future of Ritual. Writings on Culture and Performance. London-New York: Routledge, 1993. X, 284 s. ISBN 0-415-04689-0.

Assessment methods and criteria:

Credit is awarded based on:

Class participation.

Attendance (75%).

Course paper, discussed at a colloquium.

The student is to attempt to answer a question formed by that student. The answer is to be supported by a better view of some covered topics (figures, examples), one's study of trade literature and a complementary example from theatre (At best a live work which other students may know, also possibly a video.).

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Note:

For those who have completed the previous Theatre anthropology course.

Schedule for winter semester 2016/2017:

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Schedule for summer semester 2016/2017:

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The subject is a part of the following study plans: