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170005 UE Exercise Course Staged Spaces (2022S)
From Text to Space / Stage Design between Tradition and Avantgarde
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 07.02.2022 09:00 to Mo 21.02.2022 23:55
- Registration is open from Fr 25.02.2022 09:00 to Th 03.03.2022 23:55
- Deregistration possible until Fr 01.04.2022 23:55
Details
max. 35 participants
Language: German
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
The second session on April 1st will be held via Zoom.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81836155537?pwd=ZVlDalJndUFxREpKR0JKVTcxSHN5dz09- Friday 18.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1 2H316 UZA II Rotunde
- Friday 25.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1 2H316 UZA II Rotunde
- Friday 01.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1 2H316 UZA II Rotunde
- Friday 08.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1 2H316 UZA II Rotunde
- Friday 29.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1 2H316 UZA II Rotunde
- Friday 06.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1 2H316 UZA II Rotunde
- Friday 13.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1 2H316 UZA II Rotunde
- Friday 20.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1 2H316 UZA II Rotunde
- Friday 27.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1 2H316 UZA II Rotunde
- Friday 03.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1 2H316 UZA II Rotunde
- Friday 10.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1 2H316 UZA II Rotunde
- Friday 17.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1 2H316 UZA II Rotunde
- Friday 24.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1 2H316 UZA II Rotunde
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
The grade will be made up of three different items.* Presentation (40%) - In a twenty minute presentation groups of two or more present an artistic concept for a stage design. This can be done with the help of sketches, images and moodboards, or mere description. The rest of the group schools itself in feedback and critique to enhance the project.* 3 reading cards (20%). In preparation for three of the sessions the students will write a 1-2 page thesis in which they share their ideas and observations concerning what the text suggest for a room or stage design* Construction of a set design model on the basis of the prior presentation, accompanied by a scientific exemplification (40%)- The exemplification should have a length of about four pages. Alle design models will be presented in our last session on the 24th of June. The thesis should be submitted at this very date.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
For a positive evaluation of the course the participants have to fulfill all three items of work. Presence and active participation in the seminar is mandatory.
Examination topics
Reading list
Will be provided on Moodle.https://www.burgtheater.at/repertoire-202122
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Fr 01.04.2022 09:08
The course evolves around all those creative processes of thought and perception that precede every theater-production. How do ideas for space, setting and style come into existence? Which possibilities and what restrictions does the classical picture-frame stage offer? How do we proceed from the actual play to the design model and eventually to the completed stage set? How do collective forms of creativity function? And what prospects does digital technology offer today to amplify classical theatrical spaces?
The students will choose from a variety of plays that are currently produced at the Burgtheater Vienna. These plays will be thoroughly analyzed in a collective effort. Possible plays include “Cyrano de Bergerac” by Martin Crimp on the base of Edmond Rostand, “Moskitos” by Lucy Kirkwood, “Zdeněk Adamec” by Peter Handke. Possibly we will also include titles that will have their opening night in the following season. Subsequently the students will devise artistic concepts for the implementation of the play with a special focus on space and décor.GOALSTheater is - among others - an art of space. The course aims to approximate chances and difficulties of contemporary stage design to the students with a special focus on drama. This will be achieved by practical exercise accompanied by scientific commentary. In addition the course will look at the production chain of set designs in a theater. Key personal like the technical director will be introduced to the course.METHODSThe visiting lecturer is working as a dramaturg at the Burgtheater in Vienna. The central point of the course is the collective and critical discussion of the readings and the evolving artistic concepts. The students will become acquainted with stage designers who are currently working at the Burgtheater and will receive insight in their methods of work along concrete projects they are developing.