2023
Dramaturgies
Name: Dramaturgies
Code: ARC13923M
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Teatro
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: B-learning
Presentation
This course represents a structuring component in the theoretical field of the Program with a clear application to laboratory practice. Their frequency and approval are fundamental for an effective critical acquisition of the practical tools necessary to the actor/director work.
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Knowledge:
• theoretical acquisition of the diversity of dramaturgy concepts in a historical perception;
• critical perception of the potential of the field of dramaturgy in contemporary theatrical practice;
• broadening the understanding of the dramaturgical function in diverse artistic and socio-cultural contexts.
Skills:
• personal reflective production on the field of dramaturgy studies;
• dramaturgical analysis skills applied in specific artistic contexts;
• articulation of dramaturgical knowledge with practical creative work;
• experimentation with the potential multiplicity of works and their readings.
Competences:
• ability to practice the dramaturgical analysis applied to the formation of the actor-director;
• ability to develop new practices of reading and interpreting the theatrical performance;
• promote the production of the meaning of the work staged / interpreted with verbal and non-verbal materials through its application to the scene.
• theoretical acquisition of the diversity of dramaturgy concepts in a historical perception;
• critical perception of the potential of the field of dramaturgy in contemporary theatrical practice;
• broadening the understanding of the dramaturgical function in diverse artistic and socio-cultural contexts.
Skills:
• personal reflective production on the field of dramaturgy studies;
• dramaturgical analysis skills applied in specific artistic contexts;
• articulation of dramaturgical knowledge with practical creative work;
• experimentation with the potential multiplicity of works and their readings.
Competences:
• ability to practice the dramaturgical analysis applied to the formation of the actor-director;
• ability to develop new practices of reading and interpreting the theatrical performance;
• promote the production of the meaning of the work staged / interpreted with verbal and non-verbal materials through its application to the scene.
Contents
1. General principles
1.1. The roots of European dramaturgy: the Aristotelian tradition;
1.2. The epic in the European dramatic tradition
1.3. From the dramaturgy of the text to the dramaturgy of the scene: the invention of stag-ing;
1.4. The 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century: questions and new models for dramatic and scenic writing.
2. Topics in contemporary dramaturgy
2.1. Actor dramaturgy;
2.2. Visual and sound dramaturgy;
2.3. Dramaturgy in creative work on the scene;
2.4. Performance and performative theater;
2.5. Collaborative dramaturgy (devised theater) and the actor-director;
2.6. Documentary theater dramaturgy;
2.7. Dramaturgy and new technologies.
2.8. Spectator dramaturgy;
2.9. Dramaturgy and autobiography.
1.1. The roots of European dramaturgy: the Aristotelian tradition;
1.2. The epic in the European dramatic tradition
1.3. From the dramaturgy of the text to the dramaturgy of the scene: the invention of stag-ing;
1.4. The 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century: questions and new models for dramatic and scenic writing.
2. Topics in contemporary dramaturgy
2.1. Actor dramaturgy;
2.2. Visual and sound dramaturgy;
2.3. Dramaturgy in creative work on the scene;
2.4. Performance and performative theater;
2.5. Collaborative dramaturgy (devised theater) and the actor-director;
2.6. Documentary theater dramaturgy;
2.7. Dramaturgy and new technologies.
2.8. Spectator dramaturgy;
2.9. Dramaturgy and autobiography.
Teaching Methods
Teaching methodology:
The learning is based on individual reference readings (bibliography), discussed in collec-tive viewing sessions and commentary on video documents or live performances, and on the execution of an individual work of critical reflection on the contents of the curricular unit.
Evaluation:
Attendance and punctuality: 25%
Active participation in sessions: 25%
Execution of an individual work of critical reflection: 50%
The learning is based on individual reference readings (bibliography), discussed in collec-tive viewing sessions and commentary on video documents or live performances, and on the execution of an individual work of critical reflection on the contents of the curricular unit.
Evaluation:
Attendance and punctuality: 25%
Active participation in sessions: 25%
Execution of an individual work of critical reflection: 50%
Teaching Staff
- Cláudia Lucas Chéu
- Vítor Manuel Carneiro Lemos [responsible]
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