DVH047 The Second Theatre Reform

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 3 credits for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Andrea Hanáčková, Ph.D. (lecturer), doc. MgA. David Drozd, Ph.D. (deputy)
doc. Mgr. Šárka Havlíčková Kysová, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Margita Havlíčková
Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Šárka Havlíčková Kysová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 9:10–12:25 G03
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to study the phenomenon known as the Second Theatre Reform (Braun) and the accompanying changes in the function and understanding of the theatre. The student will understand the new conception of the theatre space and acting, learn of the most important representatives of the movement, the theatre groups and productions of the period. The focus is predominantly on the founding generation of the 1970s and their immediate followers until about 1985. The everpresent liminal frissions on the borderlines of individual art make it possible to reflect the stress on dance and the visual arts given to the theatre and giving rise to the New Circus. Czech reception of the phenomenon is also covered by the lecture.
Syllabus
  • 1) The sources and inspirations of the theatre after 1945, Antonin Artaud
  • 2) Liminal forms of the visual arts and the theatre (from Jackson Pollock and performance to site specific)
  • 3) Living Theatre and Bread and Puppet Theatre
  • 4) R. Schechner, R. Wilson, L. Valdez, J. Chaikin
  • 5) Theatre laboratories of the 20th century until the Teatr Laboratorium
  • 6) T. Kantor: Cricot 2, A. Wajda
  • 7) Peter Brook's Shifting point
  • 8) Eugenio Barba and the "third theatre"
  • 9) Street theatre and the rise of the New Circus
  • 10) Postdramatic theatre
  • 11) Movement and dance theatre
  • 12) Reception of the 2nd theatre reform in the Czech lands
Literature
  • PILÁTOVÁ, Jana. Hnízdo Grotowského : na prahu divadelní antropologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Institut umění - Divadelní ústav, 2009, 581 s. ISBN 9788070082393. info
  • BROCKETT, Oscar G. Dějiny divadla. Translated by Milan Lukeš. Praha: NLN Nakladatelství lidové noviny, 2008, 948 s. ISBN 9788070082256. info
  • HYVNAR, Jan. Herec v moderním divadle :vize, metody a techniky herectví 20. století. Edited by Jan Dvořák. 1. vyd. Praha: Pražská scéna, 2000, 291 s., [3. ISBN 80-86102-07-6. info
  • BARBA, Eugenio and Nicola SAVARESE. Slovník divadelní antropologie : o skrytém umění herců. Brno: Lidové noviny, 2000, 285 s. : i. ISBN 80-7008-109-0. info
  • BROOK, Peter. Pohyblivý bod : čtyřicet let divadelního výzkumu : 1946-1987. Vydání první. Praha: Nakladatelství Studia Ypsilon, 1996, 246 stran. info
  • ARTAUD, Antonin. Texty [Artaud, 1995-]. V Praze: Herrmann & synové, 1995. info
  • SCHECHNER, Richard. Environmental theater. Expanded new ed. New York: Applause, 1994, li, 339. ISBN 1557831785. info
  • ARTAUD, Antonin. Divadlo Antonina Artauda. Edited by Jan Kopecký. Praha: Kulturní dům hl.m. Prahy, 1988, [241] s. URL info
  • BROOK, Peter. Prázdný prostor. Translated by Alois Bejblík. 1. vyd. Praha: Panorama, 1988, 229 s. URL info
  • KOŘÁN, Jaroslav and Petr OSLZLÝ. Living Theatre. [Praha]: Jazzová sekce SH, 1982. info
  • BRAUN, Kazimierz. Druga Reforma Teatru? : szkice. Wrocław: Zakład narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, 1979. info
Teaching methods
A lecture with audiovisual showings; discussions of texts.
Assessment methods
The course is concluded by a written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
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