Study Programmes 2015-2016
ASPE0005-1  
Questions of "mise-en-scene" (Théâtre, cinéma, télévision)
Duration :
30h Th
Number of credits :
Master in multilingual communication (120 ECTS)5
Master in communication (120 ECTS)4
Master in journalism (120 ECTS)5
Master in performing arts (120 ECTS)4
Master in information and communication (60 ECTS)5
Lecturer :
Dick Tomasovic
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the second semester
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
After a history of the concept of "mise-en-scene", the course proposes, in his first part, an analysis of the staging of actions and elements for theatre, cinema and television.
In the second part, the course will be devoted to the articulation between the process of "mise-en-scène" and the notion of choregraphic act. A large number of dancefilms will be studied.
Learning outcomes of the course :
  • To sensitize the students to the problematics of « mise-en-scene »
  • To develop analytical faculties of the students.
  • To sensitize the students to the complex notion of choregraphic creation. 
  • To sensitize the students to the interweaves between cinema studies and dance research. 
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
General knowledge of the history and the language of the cinema and the concepts of theatre's history.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
The course requires the active participation of the students.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
See http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires
Recommended or required readings :
Basic bibliography:


  • Jacques Aumont, Le Cinéma et la mise en scène, Paris, Armand Colin, 2005.
  • Erin Brannigan, Dancefilm, Choregraphy and the Moving Images, Oxford University Press, 2011.
  • Patrice Pavis, La Mise en scène contemporaine, Paris, Armand Colin, 2008.
  • Dick Tomasovic, Kino-Tanz, l'art chorégraphique du cinéma, Paris, PUF, 2009.
Assessment methods and criteria :
Written work. 
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Dansez, sinon nous sommes perdus. 
Pina Baush
Contacts :
Dick Tomasovic
Dpt. Information et Communication
Théorie et pratique du spectacle
Place du XX août, 7
4000 Liège
dick.tomasovic@ulg.ac.be
00 32 4 366 32 88