2024
Introduction to puppet theatre
Name: Introduction to puppet theatre
Code: ARC12580L
3 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours
Scientific Area:
Teatro
Teaching languages: Portuguese, English
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
- to initiate students in the theoretical and historical knowledge of puppet theater.
- to introduce the student to the practical experimentation of this form of theater.
Skills:
- to know the recurrent historical and theoretical problems in puppet theater;
- to grasp the specificity of the artistic practice of puppet theater and actor / puppeteer in contemporary theater;
- to know and know how to use puppet techniques.
- to apply appropriate methodologies in puppet theatrical research.
- to develop individual and group oral and written communication skills.
- to introduce the student to the practical experimentation of this form of theater.
Skills:
- to know the recurrent historical and theoretical problems in puppet theater;
- to grasp the specificity of the artistic practice of puppet theater and actor / puppeteer in contemporary theater;
- to know and know how to use puppet techniques.
- to apply appropriate methodologies in puppet theatrical research.
- to develop individual and group oral and written communication skills.
Contents
1. Theoretical module: The puppet theater as an artistic practice and object of study. Specificity. The contribution of puppet theater to the evolution of theatrical forms. Historical perspective: the popular tradition of the Marionette in the Europe of the 18th century. XIX and XX.
2. Meetings with Portuguese puppeteers: The practice of traditional puppet theater today (Bonecos de Santo Aleixo; Dom Roberto). Theater of puppets and visual arts (Trulé). The puppet in contemporary theater: case studies (Porto Marionette Theater, Iron Theater).
3. Construction workshops and manipulation of puppets. Around the puppeteer actor: the body and the mask. Construction exercises.
4. Puppet theater research: participation in seminars and projects; Essay writing on the subject.
2. Meetings with Portuguese puppeteers: The practice of traditional puppet theater today (Bonecos de Santo Aleixo; Dom Roberto). Theater of puppets and visual arts (Trulé). The puppet in contemporary theater: case studies (Porto Marionette Theater, Iron Theater).
3. Construction workshops and manipulation of puppets. Around the puppeteer actor: the body and the mask. Construction exercises.
4. Puppet theater research: participation in seminars and projects; Essay writing on the subject.
Teaching Methods
The teaching provided in the curricular unit is based on three methodological aspects:
- in the face-to-face lectures of expository nature; In sessions of debate, supported in readings and previous researches; In contact sessions with guest artists. The research work and readings and oral participation in the classes are subject to the evaluation;
- in the face-to-face classes of laboratory nature of construction of a show based on individual and group contributions, subject to evaluation with presentation of the result (written puppet, text and manipulation, quality of artistic performance in public presentation) and a written report;
- in the research work done by the student, in which the bibliographic resources available in libraries or specialized wwebsites or in databases are privileged, with a view to the elaboration of an individual research work, with written presentation, of a topic chosen by the student.
- in the face-to-face lectures of expository nature; In sessions of debate, supported in readings and previous researches; In contact sessions with guest artists. The research work and readings and oral participation in the classes are subject to the evaluation;
- in the face-to-face classes of laboratory nature of construction of a show based on individual and group contributions, subject to evaluation with presentation of the result (written puppet, text and manipulation, quality of artistic performance in public presentation) and a written report;
- in the research work done by the student, in which the bibliographic resources available in libraries or specialized wwebsites or in databases are privileged, with a view to the elaboration of an individual research work, with written presentation, of a topic chosen by the student.
Teaching Staff
- Ângela Sofia Branco Ribeiro
- Isabel Maria Gonçalves Bezelga [responsible]
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