Course: Performance Analysis 1

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Course title Performance Analysis 1
Course code KDU/PA1
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Bernátek Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Kubartová Eliška, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
In the Summer Term 2024, the course is taught by Martin Bernátek (martin.bernatek@upol.cz). 1-2. How to understand scenography? introduction. 3.-4. How to analyse scenography? Basic critical gestures. 5.-6. How to understand intertwinning of time and space? Scenography and "chronotopes" 7.-8. Material and immaterial subcomponents of scenography 9.-10. Costume analysis 11.-12. Social scenography I will provide the exact layout of the topics and performances we will visit in the introductory class. Literature and other resources are provided in the e-learning moodle course.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Semestral Work - 25 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 25 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 50 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 1 hour per semester
  • Attendace - 2 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to offer basic tools for analyzing scenography and to practice working with them. Scenography is understood not only in an aesthetic sense as a part of theater performances, but as a cultural technique of setting up an environment for various types of actions. Therefore, we will study scenography not only as the "backdrop" of a certain action, but also from the point of view of its own action, or of the performative potential of "saying" and "doing" something with via scenography.
The students will be able to: - employ standard terms used in performance theories, - describe the intertwining of political, social and cultural history in scenography analysis, - respond knowledgeably, appreciatively and critically to selected significant theatrical and performative practices of modern and contemporary culture, and relate them to contemporary socio-cultural context, - analyze theatrical and performative practices of the time, employing concepts such as stage, facade, mise-en-scene, mask.
Prerequisites
The course is taught in English.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Student performance, Seminar Work

- Regular attendance (min. 70%), including live performances, - Home work (reading texts in English, watching audiovisual materials) - Final presentation (in English or Czech): discussion of selected scenographic element.
Recommended literature
  • BAY-CHENG, Sarah, ed. et al. (2010). Mapping intermediality in performance.. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
  • FISCHER-LICHTE, Erika. (2014). The Routledge Introduction to Theatre and Performance Studies. London, New York: Routledge.
  • PAVIS, Patrice. (2003). Analyzing Performance Theatre, Dance, and Film.. Michigan: University of Michigan Press.
  • SALTER, Chris. (2010). Entangled: technology and the transformation of performance.. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Theatre Studies (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Theatre Studies (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -