DVHs150 Stage Design outside the Czech Lands

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Barbora Diego Rivera Příhodová, Ph.D. (lecturer), doc. MgA. David Drozd, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D.
Timetable
Wed 15:00–16:35 G01
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to critically evalute transformations in the development of modern scenography in the international context.
Syllabus
  • preconditions and beginnings of the development of modern scenography - R. Wagner's theatre reform, stage reformers A. Appia and E.G. Craig, manifestations of symbolism and art nouveau in scenography
  • expresionism, political theatre and its scenography: the influence of film on the expression of relationships in space, B. Brecht's scenographers
  • beginnings of the avant-garde and its transformations - futuristic, dadaistic, kubistic and surrealistic experiments, Russian constructivism,theatre workshop of the Bauhaus
  • world scenography after the World War II: symbiosis of director and scenographer in the process of staging, Josef Svoboda's scenography in the international context
  • scenography of the "poor theatre": rejection of technology on stage, unity of theatre space
  • new forms and paradigms: oscillation on the border of theatre and performance, postmodern manifestations in scenography
Literature
  • ARONSON, Arnold. Pohled do propasti : eseje o scénografii. Translated by Milan Lukeš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Divadelní ústav, 2007, 263 s. ISBN 9788070082140. info
  • Bablet, D. Scénické revoluce XX. století. In: Scénografie 2/76.
  • BRAUN, Kazimierz. Divadelní prostor. Translated by Jiří Vondráček. 1. vyd. V Praze: Akademie múzických umění, 2001, 268 s. ISBN 8085883732. info
  • BROOK, Peter. Prázdný prostor. Translated by Alois Bejblík. 1. vyd. Praha: Panorama, 1988, 229 s. URL info
  • DE MICHELI, Mario. Umělecké avantgardy dvacátého století. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury a umění, 1964, 378 s. URL info
  • PÖRTER, Paul. Experimentální divadlo. Praha: Orbis, 1965. info
  • PTÁČKOVÁ, Věra and Vladimír ADAMCZYK. Zrcadlo světového divadla :Pražské quadriennale, 1967-1991. 1. vyd. Praha: Divadelní ústav, 1995, 382 s. ISBN 80-7008-047-7. info
  • PTÁČKOVÁ, Věra. Josef Svoboda. Edited by Jana Pleskačová, Translated by Kurt Kuhn. 1. vyd. Praha: Divadelní ústav, 1983, 203 s. info
  • VACKOVÁ, Růžena. Výtvarný projev v dramatickém umění. 1. vyd. Praha: Václav Tomsa, 1948, 649 s. info
  • Zavarský, J. Kapitolky ze scénografie. Bratislava, 1989.
Teaching methods
Lecture (1.5 hour class per week). Every lecture requires homework preparation in reading the assigned study.
Assessment methods
(50% discussed topics, 50% assigned readings)
Language of instruction
Czech
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