Texts and Contexts
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| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202TXK | credit | 2 | 24 hours (45 min) of instruction per semester, 32 to 42 hours of self-study | English, Czech | summer |
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Contents
I. Stage theatre (1959-1969):
- Stage theatre 13 order and the peak of Theatre Laboratorium works,
- exerises and their changes, actors and their changes,
- Towards a Poor Theatre (1968) - world response and changes in direction (1969-71).
II. Deserted Theatre (1970-1976); Institute Laboratorium:
- Phases „active cultures“ para-theatre, projects, Brzezinka,
- Universita Narodu Wroclaw, University searching for Venice - 1975,
- traveling for Theatre sources 1976-1982.
III. Grotowski in the world (1982-1999):
- American phase (1983, Irvine, California - objective drama).
- Italian phase (1985 Pontedera - Il Centro di Lavoro di Jerzy Grotowski).
- Performer teacher (1986-1996) - Dept. of Theatre Anthropology 1997 College de France.
IV. Main figure from Grotowski's nest and inheritance issues:
- Actors, dramaturgist, directors, teachers, intepreters - theatrology, filmmakers, collection makers.
Learning outcomes
The course aim is to introduce students to the main phases of Jerzy Grotowski's work.
Prerequisites and other requirements
DAMU students, able to study the assigned texts (electively in Czech, English, Polish) may register for the course. Capacity is 10 people. Priority is given to Czech and international Dept. of Alternative and Puppet Theater students.
Literature
Literatura –anglicky, česky, i v překladech do mateřštiny jednotlivých studentů
Antonin Artaud: The Theater and its Double. Grove Press Books 1958. Dále A.Artaud Texty I., Herrmann & synové 1995
Jerzy Grotowski: Towards a Poor Theatre. Odin Teatrets Forlag1968 Dále české překlady in Texty – Teatr Laboratorium I, II, III, Svět a divadlo 9/1991, 6/1996, 3/1999
Peter Brook: With Grotowski. Theatre is Just a Form. Inst. Grotowskiego Wroclaw 2009
Ludwik Flaszen: Grotowski & Company. Odin Teatret + The Grotowski Institute, 2010 Virginie Magnat: Grotowski, Women, and Contemporary Performance. Meetings with Remarkable Women. Routledge New York, London 2014
Jana Pilátová: Hnízdo Grotowského. Na prahu divadelní antropologie. Institut umění – divadelní ústav 2009
Leszek Kolankiewicz – Jana Pilátová. Antropologické příběhy I, II, III. Taneční zóna 2019 č. 1 (s. 66- 81) č. 2 (s. 62 -77), č. 3 (s. 84-99)
Evaluation methods and criteria
Credit base on class participation (75% attendance), in place of attendance is a written interpretative tex, studied during absences.
Further information
No schedule has been prepared for this course