Study Programmes 2015-2016
THEA0001-1  
Esthetics of the living spectacle
Duration :
30h Th
Number of credits :
Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures : classics5
Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures : classics5
Bachelor in information and communication4
Bachelor in information and communication5
Bachelor in information and communication5
Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : German, Dutch and English5
Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : German, Dutch and English5
Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : general5
Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : general5
Bachelor in history5
Bachelor in history5
Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : general5
Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : general5
Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : musicology5
Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : musicology5
Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures : Oriental studies5
Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures : Oriental studies5
Bachelor in philosophy5
Bachelor in philosophy5
Bachelor in French and Romance languages and literatures : general5
Bachelor in French and Romance languages and literatures : general5
Master in multilingual communication (120 ECTS)5
Master in philosophy (120 ECTS)5
Master in philosophy (120 ECTS)5
Master in performing arts (120 ECTS)5
Lecturer :
Dick Tomasovic
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
Initially, the course studies the founders texts of the esthetics of the living spectacle (Aristote, Diderot, Nietzsche, Antoine, Artaud, Brecht...).

In the second time, the course will concentrate on the particular case of the spectacle of dance and his history, from the end of the nineteenth century until our days.

It is in addition requested from the students to see a certain number of spectacles apart from the course.
Learning outcomes of the course :
Well illustrated, this course aims to make discover with the students aesthetic specificities of the living spectacles.

It also aims at bringing to the students a series of fundamental reference marks to understand the particularly creative field of the contemporary dance.
Lastly, the course asserts a methodological aiming.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
General knowledge of theatre's history.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Each student will have to analyze a spectacle of his choice.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
See http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires
Recommended or required readings :
Required reading:
  • Patrice Pavis, L'Analyse des spectacles, Paris, Armand Colin, 2005.
Recommended reading :
  • Annie Suquet, L'Eveil des modernités. Une histoire culturelle de la danse (1870-1945), Paris, Centre National de la Danse, 2012.
Assessment methods and criteria :
An oral examination during which the student will have to defend his work and to show of his knowledge and his comprehension of the course.
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Sans un élément de cruauté à la base de tout spectacle, le théâtre n'est pas possible. 
Antonin Artaud
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